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Pete Hegseth is targeting a Jewish American hero — who's next?

JL;DR SUMMARY Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to rename a Navy ship honoring Jewish LGBTQ+ rights advocate Harvey Milk, revealed during Pride Month, has sparked controversy and accusations of erasing queer progress from public life. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Lgbtq+ RightsRuth Bader GinsburgJewish ContributionsDiversity And InclusionJohn LewisHarvey MilkPresidential Medal Of FreedomPete HegsethNavy Ship RenamingWarrior Culture

Places mentioned

California, United States
"More temperately, gay Jewish California State Senator Scott Wiener informed the Los Angeles Times that the move was part of a systematic campaign to eliminate LGBTQ people from public life."
San Francisco, California, United States
"Harvey Milk speaks during a Police Community Relations meeting in San Francisco, 1974."
Mississippi, United States
"then-U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a Methodist from Mississippi, who noted that Milk had joined the Navy during the Korean War."
Alabama, United States
"John Lewis, after the Black Congressman who led  marches for Civil Rights and was beaten by Alabama state troopers and police."
Alaska, United States
"To cite merely one example, on June 3, United States Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced that the federal government had proposed reversing an order banning oil and gas drilling on the 23-million acre National Petroleum Reserve on Alaskas North Slope."
Israel
"More recently, another gay Jew who might be deemed a warrior is Sharon Afek, Deputy Attorney General in Israels Ministry of Justice."

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