US EditionSean Penn dubs Hegseth ‘Chief Petty Officer’ for effort to strip Harvey Milk’s name from Navy ship
- Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's 2025 plan to remove Harvey Milk's name from a Navy ship.
- Hegseth's decision comes after a leaked memo revealed plans to rename Navy vessels honoring prominent civil rights figures and progressive political leaders, continuing a Trump-era effort targeting such dedications.
- Harvey Milk served as a Navy lieutenant during the Korean War before resigning in 1955 due to his sexuality, then became California's first openly gay elected official.
- Sean Penn called Hegseth a 'Chief Petty Officer' for his actions, while San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie emphasized Milk's dedication to the city and country during Pride Month.
- The renaming reflects broader Defense Department moves to end diversity celebrations and may signal reduced official recognition of civil rights legacies on military assets.
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'Milk' star Sean Penn and writer blast Pete Hegseth for stripping Harvey Milk's name from Navy ship
The Trump Administration has recommended the renaming of several vessels named after civil rights icons, including Milk, Harriet Tubman, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty; Alex Wong/Getty; Kevin Winter/Getty Sean Penn in December 2024, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in April, and Dustin Lance Black in January 2023Mlik star Sean Penn and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who each won Academy Awards for th…
Sean Penn dubs Hegseth ‘Chief Petty Officer’ for effort to strip Harvey Milk’s name from Navy ship
Sean Penn, who played Harvey Milk on the big screen, is ripping Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for reportedly ordering the Navy to strip an oil ship of its name honoring the gay rights activist. “I’ve never before seen a Secretary of Defense so aggressively demote himself to the rank of Chief PETTY Officer,” Penn said…
‘These guys are idiots’: Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black call out government’s Harvey Milk erasure
The Harvey Milk Controversy: Will This Be the Last Stand? Table of Contents The Harvey Milk… The post ‘These guys are idiots’: Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black call out government’s Harvey Milk erasure | Sean Penn appeared first on TIme News.
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