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Jun 30, 2024 · How the Lavender Scare forced LGBTQ workers out of the federal government. PBS is an American public broadcast service. On this final day of Pride Month, the next installment of our “Hidden ...
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Jun 30, 2024 · How the Lavender Scare forced LGBTQ workers out of the federal government.
- 8 min
Jun 30, 2024 · On this final day of Pride Month, the next installment of our “Hidden Histories” series isn’t about an individual, but a phenomenon: how the anti-communist paranoia that gripped Washington at the dawn of the Cold War led to an often-overlooked chapter in LGBTQ history.
Jun 30, 2024 · Watch Full Length. On this final day of Pride Month, the next installment of our “Hidden Histories'' series isn’t about an individual, but a phenomenon: how the anti-communist paranoia that gripped Washington at the dawn of the Cold War led to an often-overlooked chapter in LGBTQ history.
6 days ago · A 1950 Congressional investigation concluded that LGBTQ people were unsuitable for federal employment and posed a security risk because fear of exposure made them susceptible to blackmail ...
5 days ago · The hidden history of the Cold War-era Lavender Scare. On this final day of Pride Month, the next installment of our “Hidden Histories'' series isn’t about an individual, but a phenomenon: how the anti-communist paranoia that gripped Washington at the dawn of the Cold War led to an often-overlooked chapter in LGBTQ history.
Jun 20, 2024 · 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.
