This episode of the MacNeil Lehrer Report discusses gay political rights at the federal and local level, with a particular focus on New York City and San Francisco. In New York, Robert MacNeil talks with the President of the New York City Policemen?s Benevolent Association and a founding member of the National Gay Task Force about their opinions on newly elected mayor Edward Koch's plans to prohibit city employment discrimination against homosexuals. In San Francisco, Charlene Hunter-Gault discusses the recent election of Harvey Milk to the city's Board of Supervisors, and speaks with a member of the San Francisco Police Department about local discrimination policy. In Washington, Jim Lehrer talks to Midge Constanza of the White House about her recent meeting with a gay rights activist delegation and federal discrimination protection.