SAN DIEGO -- A Navy ship named for slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk, who served four years in the Navy before being forced out, was christened and launched in San Diego Bay on Saturday. Milk’s nephew, Stuart Milk, and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro watched the traditional ceremony. Del Toro said that, like many others, Milk had to “mask that very important part of his life” while he served in the Navy. Milk were forced into the shadows or, worse yet, forced out of our beloved Navy,” Del Toro said. Stuart Milk, co-founder and president of the Harvey Milk Foundation, thanked Mabus for providing the family details of his uncle’s discharge from the Navy.

Source: ABC News November 06, 2021 23:39 UTC