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Summaries. 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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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.
Jun 7, 2019 · An essential and absorbing documentary tells the story of the political repression of homosexuality in America in the '50s, when anti-gay panic fused with anti-Communist...
Mar 8, 2018 · James was a casualty of the Lavender Scare, the anti-LGBTQ+ witch hunt that cascaded across the country in tandem with the Red Scare, Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist purges in the 50s. The Lavender Scare had its origins in the anti-queer campaigns begun in the military immediately after WWII, and in an anti-cruising campaign begun in ...
Oct 31, 2023 · The Lavender Scare, a panic related to LGBTQ+ people working in government, plays a prominent role in the show as the characters face discrimination and secrecy. More than 5,000 individuals lost their government jobs during the Lavender Scare, revealing the discriminatory practices and fear of homosexuality in the US government.
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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.
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.
