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Harvey Milk

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5 months ago

‘Harvey would say, we’re on the brink’: why conservatives are coming for a gay rights hero

Emboldened by Trump, the right is trying to chip away the legacy of the trailblazing politician Harvey Milk. Activists say it’s a sign of a wider assault on the LGBTQ+ community

As San Francisco’s pri…

Hegseth announces new name of US navy ship that honored gay rights icon Harvey Milk

Defense secretary said the vessel will be renamed after Oscar V Peterson to take ‘politics out of ship naming’

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has formally announced that the US navy supply ve…

6 months ago

‘These guys are idiots’: Sean Penn calls out Hegseth’s erasure of Harvey Milk from navy ship

Team behind Oscar-winning biopic of the groundbreaking gay politician hits back at decision to remove his name

Sean Penn, the Oscar-winning actor of the 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk and Milk writer Du…

Hegseth orders US navy to strip Harvey Milk name from ship amid Pride month

Timing of announcement on ship named after prominent gay rights activist and veteran is intentional, reports say

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has ordered the US navy to strip the name of pr…

‘People raised hell’: why shouldn’t Scarlett Johansson and James Franco play queer characters?

If big names can get films telling fascinating queer stories green-lit, does their own sexuality really matter? In this extract from his new book, Ryan Gilbey takes a fresh look at the ‘queerbaiting’…

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