Trump orders US Navy to strip Harvey Milk name from a ship

 

Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to strip the name of prominent gay rights activist and navy veteran Harvey Milk from a ship. 

The order to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler, is in a memorandum from the office of the Secretary of the Navy. The renaming is being done to ensure alignment with Trump objectives and priorities of reestablishing the warrior culture.

The US Navy named the ship for the gay rights icon Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California. He served as a diving officer from 1951 to 1955. 

Milk won a seat on the San Francisco board of supervisors. As one of the US’s first openly gay politicians, he became a forefront figure of the gay rights movement across the country before his assassination in 1978.

Hope Will Never Be Silent!

An Open Letter to LGBTQ+ Youth by The Trevor Project

 

According to a recently leaked proposed budget, Donald Trump‘s administration is considering defunding the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which helps connects callers in a mental health crisis with specially trained counselors with similar life experiences.

The Trevor Project, a non-profit devoted to suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth, wrote an open letter to save LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention hotline. The open letter starts:

"We are heartbroken by the proposal to eliminate federal funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services — a move that will have devastating, life-threatening consequences for young people across the country. As artists, creators, and public figures, our platforms come with responsibility. And today, that responsibility is clear: we must speak out to protect the mental health and lives of LGBTQ+ youth. We will not stay silent."

Read and sign the letter here.