Amid reports that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is ordering the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk during Pride month, several Bay Area leaders are condemning the directive as an attack on the LGBTQ+ community .

The naval oiler is one of several ships named after iconic civil rights leaders, including watercraft named for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Harriet Tubman. These ships are among several that could be renamed, keeping with the Trump administration’s hostility towards diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, according to reports by CBS News and other outlets.

The renaming of the USNS could happen in as little as a month. A spokesperson for the Pentagon said more information will be available upon the completion of an internal review.

“Secretary Hegs

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