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Jun 7, 2019 · With Glenn Close, David Hyde Pierce, Cynthia Nixon, Zachary Quinto. With the United States gripped in the panic of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be "security risks" and orders the immediate firing of any government employee discovered to be gay or lesbian.
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- Josh Howard
- 2019-06-07
At the height of the Cold War, President Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be security risks. A vicious witch hunt ensues, ruining thousands of American lives.
73 Metascore. 2019. 1 hr 17 mins. Documentary. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A look at the 1950s cold war era which saw President Dwight D. Eisenhower enforce laws for male and female homosexual...
Zachary Quinto. Cynthia Nixon. T.R. Knight. The Lavender Scare is the first documentary film to tell the story of the U.S. government's decades-long effort to identify and fire gay and lesbian employees.
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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] Gay men and lesbians were said to be national security risks and communist sympathizers, which ...
