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Navy set to rename USNS Harvey Milk, mulls new names for other ships named for civil rights leaders
U.S. Navy is renaming a ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk and considering new names for others named for prominent ...
Reports: Trump administration to rename Navy ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk
The USNS Harvey Milk expected to be renamed four years after being launched. Defense secretary "is committed to ensuring that ...
In San Francisco, Harvey Milk’s Name Isn’t Going Anywhere
Mr. Milk’s name adorns numerous sites in the city, where he became a trailblazer for gay rights before he was killed in 1978.
San Francisco leaders blast Trump for trying to erase gay rights icon Harvey Milk’s name from ship
Leaders in San Francisco are blasting the Trump administration for stripping the name of gay icon Harvey Milk from a U.S.
Breaking down resurfaced rumors that Harvey Milk was a pedophile
In early June 2025, also known as Pride Month, rumors circulated that Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist and the first openly ...
Opinion
Hegseth’s move on USNS Harvey Milk is a stain on military’s ‘warrior ethos’
Of course, Trump's Secretary of Defense wants the name of Harvey Milk, the murdered gay rights pioneer, stripped from a ship.
Dustin Lance Black, Sean Penn Hit Back as Navy Ship Is Stripped of Harvey Milk’s Name: “These Guys Are Idiots” (Exclusive)
"He's an icon. Renaming a ship isn't going to change that," the Oscar-winning 'Milk' screenwriter tells THR, while the film's ...