It was Milk who commissioned artist Gilbert Baker to create a symbol to represent the LGBTQ+ community. Until then, the triangle had been employed, which was used by the Nazis to denote homosexuality ...

D efense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, after he ordered the Navy to strike the name of the pioneering gay rights activist ...

Navy Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson died while performing damage control on his ship during the Battle of the Coral ...

I say to my community today, with every breath of my being and the weight of our history at my back, we will not be erased. Not now. Not ever. On Nov. 6, 2021, a ship was christened in San Diego ...

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “ A Gay Old Time .” In this week’s column, marking 4th of July weekend, let’s ...

No other changes are expected soon to the fleet of John Lewis-class ships, most of which are named after civil rights figures ...

Harvey Milk was the first out, gay person elected to public office in California. The first out gay elected official in the country was Kathy Kozachenko, who was elected to the Ann Arbor, Michigan ...

Six airport terminals in the United States, Europe, and Asia were among those selected in the 2025 Prix Versailles ...

Harvey Bernard Milk was born and raised in Woodmere, New York. After graduating from college with a mathematics degree in 1951, he followed in his parents' footsteps and enlisted in the Navy.