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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.
The Lavender Scare is the first documentary film to tell the little-known story of an unrelenting campaign by the federal government to identify and fire all employees suspected of being homosexual. In 1953, President Eisenhower declared gay men and lesbians to be a threat to the security of the country and therefore unfit for government service.
Jun 2, 2023 · How did the Cold War and anti-Communism fuel the firing of thousands of gay employees from the federal government? Learn about the Lavender Scare, a wave of repression that lasted from the late 1940s to the 1960s, and the role of congressional investigations in it.
Jun 5, 2018 · The Lavender Scare was a period of persecution of gay and lesbian employees in the federal government in the 1950s, based on the assumption that they were security risks. Learn about the history, causes and consequences of this discrimination and the fight for justice by LGBT activists.
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 · Learn about the Lavender Scare, the identification and firing of thousands of homosexual people from the U.S. federal government in the 1950s. Explore the background, the players, the resistance and the impact of this gay rights movement milestone.
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.
