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Defense Secretary Orders Removal of Harvey Milk’s Name from Navy Ship

By JRL Charts|2025-06-04T01:41:16-07:00June 4th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Civil Rights Legacy, DEI Initiatives, Harvey Milk, jrl charts, lgbt politics, Navy Ship Renaming, Pete Hegseth, PRIDE month, USNS Harvey Milk|

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 [...]

US Navy Commemorate Gay Rights Activist Harvey Milk

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 [...]