Harvey Milk’s name returned to headlines after the defense secretary ordered the name of the slain gay rights advocate, who served in the Navy, removed from a naval ship. But Milk’s legacy lives on in ...

USNS Harvey Milk at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard during the christening and launch ceremony for the ship in San Diego, California on November 6, 2021.© AFP via Getty Images ...

Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday, the USNS Harvey Milk will be re-named the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, adding the Defense Department is "taking the politics out of ship naming.” File Photo by ...

Harvey Milk Plaza will stand in the heart of the Castro, where Harvey Milk lived during his groundbreaking time as a San Francisco supervisor, and where the fight for gay rights largely took shape.

The fleet oiler, formerly known as the USNS Harvey Milk, will now bear the name of Oscar V. Peterson, a Medal of Honor recipient who died saving his ship, the USS Neosho, during a 1942 Japanese ...

The USNS Harvey Milk will be the first Naval ship named for a gay rights leader and is one of six fleet replenishment ships in its class, all will be named after those who fought for civil rights ...

Most travelers at SFO said they know of Harvey Milk, who galvanized the gay rights movement in the 1970's, and became the first openly gay man elected to public office. RELATED: ...

The USNS Harvey Milk was named in 2016 by then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who said at the time that the John Lewis-class of oilers would be named after leaders who fought for civil and human rights.

The Pentagon on Sunday announced that a naval vessel named for labor leader Cesar Chavez will keep its name. Trump ...

Happy Fourth of July. The Times Of Harvey Milk is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, The Criterion Channel, and (HBO) Max, and is available for digital rental or purchase via AppleTV.