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Coors Beer Boycott:

Coors was known for being discriminative toward minorities and the LGBT community. At random any workers would have to take a polygraph in order to provide proof for heterosexuality. Coors went started to fire workers with no explanation leading many to believe it was because of their ethnicity or sexuality. Coors had conservative political roots and funded and supporting anti-immigration legislations. First acts of protest started late 60s and came to an end toward the 80s. Protest included boycotting the purchase of Coors beer.

Scott helped Harvey to have gay establishments not sell coors products and dumped beer down the drains in the streets. Smith presented the epidemic to Harvey. D

Many of his friends and family want people to honor his life by donating to the Salvation Army, Women's Cancer Resource Center in Oakland, or SF AIDS foundation. Harvey and Smith had a romantic relationship for 7 years. Smith was given the nickname "The Widow Milk" by friends and family because of his dedication of archiving Harvey's belongings and photos. Went to the university of memphis for three years.