The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/06/04/harvey-milks-nephew-on-navy-ship-name-stripping/Reactions are streaming in across the Bay Area and beyond to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pride Month shot across the bow at the queer community, announcing his intention to strip the name of LGBTQ civil rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy ship. Most notably among these reactions is that of Stuart Milk, nephew of the late San Francisco supervisor and civil rights crusader. "So I don’t think he’d be surprised," Stuart Milk tells NBC Bay Area, "but he’d be calling on us to remain vigilant, to stay active." Milk adds that he's reached out to the Pentagon about the memo from Hegseth, saying, "our hope is that the recommendation is put aside, but if it’s not, it will be a ral

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