Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to strike the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk from one of its ships, orchestrating the change amid Pride month celebrations.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to strike the name of pioneering gay rights activist Harvey Milk from one of its ships, orchestrating the change as Pride month celebrations take place, according to sources.

A defense official said the timing of the decision was intentional. The order was first reported by Military.com and confirmed by ABC News.

Milk was one of the first openly gay men elected to public office in the United States after winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. He was assassinated a year later.

  • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    ffs whoever wrote that headline needs to get a new job. It sounds like: Hegseth renames the ship to honor a gay right activist Harvey Milk.

    • MBech@feddit.dk
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      2 days ago

      Was my first thought, and thought that shitstain finally did something I don’t disagree with. But nope, he’s still just a piece of shit.