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Milk served the Navy the 1950s, but was discharged after beg qutned about his sexual orientatn. He beme the first openly gay elected official California before his ath 1978.

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THE U.S. NAVY HAS CHRISTENED A SHIP NAMED AFTER SLA GAY RIGHTS LEAR HARVEY MILK

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Why is the navy picted as gay? What is the orig of the "gay sailor" stereotype? In the US there is a stereotype/myth/whatever that sailors the Navy tend to be gay.

Navy has lnched and christened a ship named for the sla gay rights lear Harvey Milk, who served the Navy durg the Korean War but was discharged after beg qutned about his sexual orientatn. Namg the ship after an in of the LGBTQ rights movement reprents a symbolic tone for the ary followg a long history which gay service members were unable to serve openly. In this April 1977 file photo, San Francis supervisor Harvey Milk ss the mayor's office durg the signg of the cy's gay rights bill San Francis.

The Navy is namg a ship honor of the late gay rights lear, who served the Navy for four years before he began a reer San Francis cy ernment.

NAVY YEOMAN REMEMBERS HIS TIME AS A GAY SERVICEMAN THE 'DON'T ASK DON'T TELL' ERA

Navy Yeoman Jab Tate remembers his time as a gay serviceman durg the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" era, which kept openly LGBTQ service members om servg the ary. * navy gay reputation *

In 1977, after his Navy reer, Milk beme the first openly gay elected official California when he won a seat on the San Francis Board of Supervisors.

Navy yeoman remembers his time as a gay serviceman the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' era Navy Yeoman Jab Tate remembers his time as a gay serviceman durg the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" era, which kept openly LGBTQ service members om servg the ary.,.

Navy yeoman remembers his time as a gay serviceman the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' era. Navy Yeoman Jab Tate remembers his time as a gay serviceman durg the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" era, which kept openly LGBTQ service members om servg the ary.

US NAVY LNCH SHIP NAMED FOR GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK

So the publitn of Gale’s Global Encyclopedia of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ) History is somethg I celebrate. In my encyclopedic entry on the Royal Navy, I show how the Navy has changed over the last s om beg an anisatn that once persecuted those spected of beg homosexual, often wreckg their liv, and for centuri even hanged such men.

Ined, some people joed the Merchant Navy bee had a reputatn for beg a supportive and acceptant suatn, even though homosexual acts by crew remaed illegal until 1996.

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