In the current administration’s consistent and inexorable march to erase all traces of history and practice that do not ...

Rep. Becca Balint tore into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for removing Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy ship, calling the move “small” and “petty.” Milk, a decorated veteran and civil rights icon, ...

Press Democrat readers comment on renaming USS Harvey Milk, and more ...

Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to strike the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk from one of its ships. Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who wrote the film "Milk," joins The ...

In truth, Milk is a worthy honoree. He was a true warrior. After graduating in 1951 from what is now the University at Albany ...

But since returning to office this year, Trump has engaged in what activists say is an unprecedented assault on the LGBTQ+ ...

Washington is hosting WorldPride, a global celebration of the L.G.B.T.Q. community, but the event has been made more ...

San Diego civic leaders held a press conference responding to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order to rename the USNS ...

Retired Adm. James Stavridis said he doesn’t agree with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to rename the USNS Harvey, removing the commemoration of gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Milk, a ...

The Secretary of Defense aims to remove names from Navy vessels honoring civil rights figures, reflecting Trump’s directive ...

A ‘cultural and political war’ continues in Maryland with reports that the Navy is considering renaming vessels bearing the ...

Leaders in the LGBTQ+ community and the family of Long Island native and gay rights activist Harvey Milk this week denounced a Pentagon review that could strip his name from a U.S. Navy ship.