SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — One Utah lawmaker has said that he will introduce a bill to change the name of road in Salt Lake City to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk rather than San Francisco gay rights icon Harvey Milk.

Utah Rep. Trevor Lee is proposing to change the name of Harvey Milk Boulevard, a portion of 900 South, to Charlie Kirk Boulevard. The road has been known as Harvey Milk Blvd since 2016 when the Salt Lake City council unanimously voted to rename a stretch of 900 South in his name.

Milk was a prominent figure in the LGBTQ+ community, becoming one of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S., winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. He was assassinated the following year.

In an interview with KRON4's sister station ABC4, Rep. Lee talke

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