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2 gay nonprofits to share Harvey Milk's old store (AP)

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The nation's largest gay rights group announced Tuesday that it plans to share the San Francisco storefront where Harvey Milk waged his historic political campaign with a nonprofit that provides suicide prevention services for gay youth.

The deal is aimed at quelling a tempest over the slain gay rights leader's old stomping grounds.

The Human Rights Campaign said it would donate $10,000 a year and space inside the site of Milk's old Castro Camera to The Trevor Project, which plans to run a crisis hotline there. The deal will continue for as long as the Washington, D.C.-based organization leases the store.

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Complete article at AP : http://bit.ly/ieOx1C