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The Lavender Scare was a moral panic about homosexual people in the United States government which led to their mass dismissal from government service during the mid-20th century. It contributed to and paralleled the anti-communist campaign which is known as McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare. [1]
Jun 2, 2023 · Beginning in the late 1940s and continuing through the 1960s, thousands of gay employees were fired or forced to resign from the federal workforce because of their sexuality. Dubbed the Lavender Scare, this wave of repression was also bound up with anti-Communism and fueled by the power of congressional investigation.
Jun 5, 2018 · Historian David K. Johnson gave the period a name in his book, The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government. Johnson documents the use of the...
Dec 22, 2020 · Known as the “ Lavender Scare ,” the policy was based on the unfounded fear that gay men and lesbians “posed a threat to national security because they were vulnerable to blackmail and were...
Nov 27, 2019 · The “Lavender Scare” refers to the identification and mass firings of thousands of homosexual people from the U.S. federal government during the 1950s. This gay witch hunt grew out of the post-World War II Red Scare and its subsequent McCarthyism era campaign to purge communists from the government.
Aug 10, 2023 · In a moment when LGBTQ+ rights are again in the public crosshairs, we tell the story of the Lavender Scare: its victims, its proponents, and a man who fought for decades to end it. Throughline...
Nov 18, 2019 · A soon-to-be-launched space telescope named in honor of Webb is reviving memories of his controversial role in what’s become known as the Lavender Scare, which paralleled the more familiar McCarthy-era Red Scare.
Mar 29, 2017 · The Lavender Scare: Gay and Lesbian Life in Post-WWII America. Learn about the attempts to purge the US military and federal government of gay and lesbian employees during the Cold War and decades later. Last Updated: March 29, 2017. Share to Google Classroom. Print this Page. At a Glance. Video. Language. English — US. Subject. History.
Jun 7, 2019 · The Lavender Scare was the product of a perfect storm of circumstances. During the Great Depression and World War II, many gays and lesbians left their rural communities in search of...
Aug 16, 2023 · NPR's history podcast 'Throughline' looks back on the 'lavender scare'. The lavender scare was a moral panic that began in the early years of the Cold War. In 1953, President Eisenhower...
