The Gay Boat Was Just Too Much: Trump’s Defense Dept. Declares War on Pride (And History)
Welp, they did it.
The Trump administration just announced it will rename the USNS Harvey Milk—because nothing says “strong national defense” like bullies with daddy issues erasing a ship named after a gay Navy vet.
While Americans struggle with unaffordable housing, student debt, and the existential horror of another Trump term, Secretary of Defense Pete “Book Bans for Freedom” Hegseth has bravely taken a stand…
against a boat.
Named after a gay guy.
During Pride Month.
🌈 Harvey Milk: Too Queer to Float?
Let’s be clear: Harvey Milk was a Navy veteran.
He served, he was forced out for being gay, and he became a martyr for LGBTQ+ rights.
The ship that bore his name? Part of the John Lewis class—aka the “Hey, Maybe Civil Rights Matter” fleet.
And apparently, that was one rainbow too far for the Trump crew.
Because nothing offends authoritarian cosplay quite like actual inclusion.
🧽 Operation Scrub That Gay Off
This isn’t just a name change. This is historical sanitization, straight from the "Project 2025" playbook:
- Erase the inconvenient heroes
- Replace them with vague, performative patriotism
- Slap an eagle sticker on it and call it freedom™
Let’s guess the replacement:
USS Ronald Reagan’s Ghost?
USS Straight Pride?
USS Traditional Family Values (batteries not included)?
🎯 Spoiler: It's Not About “Wokeness”
If naming a ship after Harvey Milk is too political, maybe the problem isn’t the name—it’s your paper-thin masculinity collapsing at the first whiff of honesty.
This isn’t about ships. It’s about making sure queer people know their place—and then erasing that place if it ever got officially recognized.
🧠 You Don’t Get to Pick Your History Like It’s a Tinder Profile
You can’t swipe left on Harvey Milk while swiping right on John Lewis. You can’t erase the parts of history that don’t make your voters cheer between “Let’s Go Brandon” chants. And you don’t get to claim you “support the troops” while scrubbing the name of a gay Navy vet off a military vessel.
This is cowardice dressed up as tradition.
It’s bigotry wearing a uniform.
It’s Pride Month, and instead of rainbow flags, we get middle fingers from the Pentagon.
🏳️🌈 But Guess What?
The ship might get renamed.
But Harvey Milk’s legacy?
Still louder than you. Still gayer than you. Still floating.
So congrats, Pete. You’ve renamed a boat.
Harvey Milk changed the world.
Let us know when you catch up.
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