San Francisco International airport has unveiled its reflagged Harvey Milk Terminal 1, named after California’s first openly gay elected public official who was assassinated in 1978.

The airport says it is the first terminal in the world to be named after a member of the LGBTQ+ community, and the renaming is part of the first stage of the terminal’s revamp.

The facility now features the new post-security exhibit Harvey Milk: Messenger of Hope, honouring the civil rights leader and his impact on LGBTQ+ rights.

The exhibit spans nearly 120 metres and includes 100 blown-up images of Milk, many of which have been crowdsourced from the public.