Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee spoke outside City Hall June 6 before a Progress Pride flag was raised.

Photo: Cynthia Laird

The late gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk was praised by East Bay elected officials Friday, as Oakland held its Pride flag raising ceremony outside of City Hall. Milk, who was assassinated in 1978, was in the news this week after it was reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to strip his name from a naval ship that was christened in his honor several years ago.   “I am reminded of our beloved Harvey Milk,” Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said. “Right now, as you know, Pride is under attack by the White House. Just like they’re trying to make trans lives disappear, they’re trying to erase Harvey.”   Milk’s name is on a John Lewis class Navy refueling vessel

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