NonilexJun 3, 2025

#HarveyMilk served in the #Navy, #Trump's Secy of the US Navy John Phelan didn’t.

During #Pride month #PeteHegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of #GayRights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship

A defense official confirmed that the Navy was making preparations to strip the ship of its name…. The official also said that the timing of the announcement — occurring during #PrideMonth — was intentional.

#LGBTQ #discrimination #bigotry #ignorance #hate #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #military
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html

Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship | Military.com

Show threadNonilex

#HarveyMilk came from a family that had a history of #NavalService & he was commissioned as an officer in 1951…. Milk then served as a diving officer on the submarine rescue ship USS Kittiwake during the #KoreanWar. He was honorably discharged from the service as a lieutenant junior grade in 1955.

#Pride #LGBTQ #discrimination #bigotry #ignorance #hate #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #military #Navy

Jun 3, 2025 at 8:01pmWeb
Show threadNonilexJun 3, 2025

It gets predictably worse:

#HarveyMilk is just one of several trailblazers whose name has been identified for possible removal from naval vessels. …they include #ThurgoodMarshall, the first #Black #SCOTUS justice; #RuthBaderGinsburg [#RBG], another Supreme Court justice, who became a feminist icon;

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#WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #Heterosexism #bigotry #discrimination #hate #Trump #PeteHegseth #military #Tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/politics/navy-ships-harvey-milk-renamed.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=38D79453-1DC0-4D75-BF31-6387C3AEDEF0

U.S. May Strip Harvey Milk’s Name From Navy Vessel

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review of ship names honoring Mr. Milk, a gay rights pioneer, and other leaders. In Mr. Milk’s case, the move is intended as a rebuke of Pride Month.

The New York Times
Show threadNonilexJun 3, 2025

#HarrietTubman, who, after being born into #slavery, became an #abolitionist instrumental in the #UndergroundRailroad; #LucyStone, a prominent abolitionist & #suffragist; #MedgarEvers, a #CivilRights leader who was assassinated by a member of the Ku Klux Klan; #CesarChavez, a #labor leader; & #DoloresHuerta, another labor leader.

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#WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #Heterosexism #bigotry #discrimination #hate #Trump #PeteHegseth #military #Tyranny #AmericanAutocracy

Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Jun 4, 2025
@Nonilex There's a kind of mean pettiness to this. Okay, they're homophobic, but who on earth imagines a name on a ship is going to harm anyone?
Governments are supposed to have better things to do.
Show threadCurmudgeonJun 4, 2025
@Nonilex
According to Wikipedia, he accepted an "other than honorable" discharge to avoid a court martial for being gay.