And the U.S. Navy is naming a ship after Harvey Milk. Milk was murdered in 1978 after becoming one of the nation’s first openly gay elected officials. He served in the Navy in the 1950s, but he went on to become an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War. The proposal to name a Navy ship after Milk has faced opposition from some members of San Francisco’s LGBT community for years. When the idea was first proposed, queer activist Tommi Avicolli Mecca said, “It seems inappropriate and insensitive to name a Navy ship after a gay man who opposed the Vietnam War and war in general.”
Navy to Name Ship After Harvey Milk, Who Opposed Vietnam War
HeadlineJul 29, 2016