Clyde Tolson
Search results
The rumors about Hoover's sexuality predate the cross-dressing claim by decades (including rumors spread literally by the Soviets in the 1960s). It's a complicated subject where credible people have disagreed.
Feb 9, 2018 · Everyone has heard the rumors that long-time FBI director J. Edgar Hoover liked to dress up in women’s clothing and participate in homosexual orgies. (Right?)
In a time in the United States, where homophobia and cross dressing was much more culturally taboo than it would be considered today, wouldn't FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover have been more of a target to blackmail?
Nov 5, 2022 · The story of J. Edgar Hoover dressing in women's clothing is part of American myth. But does this story tell us more about Hoover or about the nature of gossip?
Jan 4, 2023 · The first FBI director wasn't a cross-dresser, says a new biography, but he was often quick to flout constitutional limits on state power. https://reason.com/video/2023/01/04/t...
- 94 min
- 34K
- ReasonTV
Jan 4, 2023 · The Complicated Truth about J. Edgar Hoover. The first FBI director wasn't a cross-dresser, says a new biography, but he was often quick to flout constitutional limits on state power. Nick ...
- 94 min
People also ask
How long did Hoover care about white girls enslaved by madams?
How did Hoover reshape slavery?
Did Hoover crack down on elite brothel madams in New York City?
Why did hoover'rescue sex workers'?
May 8, 2012 · The cross-dressing story — told by Anthony Summers in his 1993 book Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover — is almost certainly false. But rumors that Hoover was...
