House and Senate Democrats chastise Pentagon leaders over plan to strip Harvey Milk’s name from Navy ship honoring civil rights icons.
Critics call the $175 event a betrayal of the LGBTQ community as Trump-era policies and Pride Month snubs resurface.
Pete Hegseth orders Navy to rename USNS Harvey Milk and other ships honoring civil rights leaders, citing a return to “warrior culture.”
Trans service members have until June 6 to "voluntarily" leave the military or face forcible discharge and lost benefits.
The reversal complies with a 2023 law that prohibits the Secretary of Defense from banning pronoun usage by DoD employees.
Trump's Defense Secretary nominee publicly lamented that allowing LGBTQ soldiers to serve openly would "erode" military standards.
Prohibition on military service would discharge at least 15,000 transgender individuals and ban any future transgender enlistees.