WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 28, 2025) — In a move that has ignited national backlash, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. Navy will strip civil rights icon Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy ship — and rename it in honor of WWII Medal of Honor recipient Oscar V. Peterson. Related Links on JRL CHARTS: [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON D.C. — (June 15, 2025) — U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL), one of the few openly gay members of Congress, delivered a blistering rebuke to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday over the Pentagon’s reported move to strip civil rights icon Harvey Milk’s [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 4, 2025) — In a controversial move, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has directed the US Navy to remove the name of slain gay rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy vessel, the USNS Harvey Milk. This directive is part [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (11-07-21) — The U.S. Navy held a ceremony on Saturday christening and launching a ship in San Diego harbor that commemorates LGBT activist and icon Harvey Milk. “The secretary of the Navy needed to be here today not just to amend the wrongs of the past but to give inspiration to all [...]