A future writer for the Chronicle, his major works include The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk, a portrayal of an assassinated activist, and Conduct Unbecoming, a 1993 publication regarding homosexuals in the military.  
Graduating from the University of Oregon in 1975, he found it difficult to find a job before he accepted a position at The Advocate.  A future writer for the Chronicle, his major works include The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk, a portrayal of an assassinated activist, and Conduct Unbecoming, a 1993 publication regarding homosexuals in the military.  FTP, name this gay-rights activist who died of HIV in 1994, but not before publishing And the Band Played On.
Graduating from the University of Oregon in 1975, he found it difficult to find a job before he accepted a position at The Advocate.  
Randy Shilts