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14 advisories in effect for 12 regions in the area

HARVEY MILK


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Renaming of military bases stirs debate over Confederate ties

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More than half a dozen Army bases’ names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders.

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USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge

Read full article: USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal of Honor.

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Hegseth faces more grilling from Congress as Iran-Israel conflict escalates

Read full article: Hegseth faces more grilling from Congress as Iran-Israel conflict escalates

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon has provided possible options to President Donald Trump as he decides any next steps on Iran.

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Hegseth faces Congress for first time since Signal leaks and Marine deployment to Los Angeles

Read full article: Hegseth faces Congress for first time since Signal leaks and Marine deployment to Los Angeles

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been met with sharp questions and criticism by lawmakers who demanded details on his moves to deploy troops to Los Angeles.

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Trump once opened the door to the LGBTQ+ community. Now activists say he's their top threat

Read full article: Trump once opened the door to the LGBTQ+ community. Now activists say he's their top threat

When he first ran for office, Donald Trump seemed like he could be a new kind of Republican when it came to LGBTQ+ rights.

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San Francisco leaders blast Trump for trying to erase gay rights icon Harvey Milk's name from ship

Read full article: San Francisco leaders blast Trump for trying to erase gay rights icon Harvey Milk's name from ship

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

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Hegseth orders the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from Navy ship

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U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk in a highly rare move.

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Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She's being lauded as an evolving ally

Read full article: Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She's being lauded as an evolving ally

The nation's LGBTQ+ leaders are lauding the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein as a longtime friend who learned and evolved to become an ally.

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LGBTQ chorus in Colorado Springs unifies community with song

Read full article: LGBTQ chorus in Colorado Springs unifies community with song

A gay men's choir in Colorado Springs is among a group of organizations working locally to foster solidarity and healing after a shooting at a gay night club devastated Colorado Springs' LGBTQ community.

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Navy launches ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk

Read full article: Navy launches ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk

A Navy ship named for slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk has been launched in San Diego Bay.

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Paris names four squares and streets for LGBTQ icons

Read full article: Paris names four squares and streets for LGBTQ icons

iStock/Rikke68(CNN) - Paris has renamed three squares and one street to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, dedicating them to LGBTQ icons. One square was named Stonewall Riots Square, in recognition of the uprising by New York's LGBTQ community in response to a police raid at Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn. Another was named after San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected official, who was assassinated while in office. In the renamed Stonewall Riots Square, a plaque commemorating Gilbert Baker, the American artist and LGBTQ activist who designed the rainbow flag, was installed. Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, wrote on Instagram, "With Wednesday's inauguration of Harvey Milk square, Ovida Delect square, Stonewall Riots square and Pierre Seel Street, Paris celebrates all #LGBTQI+ activists.

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