Sen. Adam Schiff introduced a resolution calling on the Defense Department to halt the name change for the ship built in San Diego.

In early June 2025, also known as Pride Month, rumors circulated that Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, was a pedophile. The claim spread online as Military.

The United States Naval Ship Harvey Milk, named in honor of the gay rights figure, faces the threat of losing its name to reflect the country's "warrior ethos," sparking frustration and backlash in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood.

Leaders in San Francisco are blasting the Trump administration for stripping the name of gay icon Harvey Milk from a U.S. naval ship.

Cowritten with librettist Michael Korie, Harvey Milk Reimagined is a nuanced opera befitting a complicated life. Cut down from the original three acts to two, its restaging comes during a time of despair and precariousness, when Milk’s achievements are worth celebrating and his bridge-building strategy worth studying.

Of course, Trump's Secretary of Defense wants the name of Harvey Milk, the murdered gay rights pioneer, stripped from a ship.

"He's an icon. Renaming a ship isn't going to change that," the Oscar-winning 'Milk' screenwriter tells THR, while the film's star calls Defense Secretary Hegseth "chief PETTY officer."