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The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays an…

Historian David K. Johnson relates the frightening, untold story of how, during the Cold War, homosexuals were considered as dangerous a threat to national ...

The Lavender Scare - Frameline

This powerful and illuminating documentary uses archival footage and firsthand accounts to trace the history of America's Cold War panic over “commies and ...

The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians

McCarthyism and the Red Scare are well known concepts in American history textbooks. But if you're only teaching about McCarthy's attack on.

North Carolina and the Lavender Scare - NCpedia

North Carolina and the Lavender Scare by Jared Dease, August 2024. Newspaper clipping detailing events of the Newport Scandal.

The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and ...

This book is a cautionary tale, reminding us how governmental actions in the name of national security can unjustly harm entire groups of American citizens.

Lavender Scare | PBS LearningMedia

Learn about the Lavender Scare and its lasting impact on the LGBTQ community in this video from First Person: Classroom.

The Lavender Scare: The Case Against Homosexuals

The Lavender Scare: a belief that homosexual men and women were seen as “sexual perverts,” “deviants” and a national security threat.

The Lavender Scare: The case against homosexuals - News Is Out

Executive Order 10450 removed homosexuals from every arena of American government from 1953 until well into the 1970s. The HUAC and Lavender ...

The Lavender Scare | The Indianapolis Public Library

The Lavender Scare — Johnson, David K., — "The Lavender Scare shatters the myth that homosexuality has only recently become a national ...

How the Lavender Scare forced LGBTQ workers out of the federal ...

The anti-communist paranoia that gripped Washington at the dawn of the Cold War led to an often-overlooked chapter in LGBTQ history.

The Lavender Scare - YouTube

The Cold War persecution known as the Lavender Scare barred members of the LGBTQ+ community from working for the federal government for ...

The lavender scare : the Cold War persecution of gays and lesbians ...

"The Lavender Scare shatters the myth that homosexuality has only recently become a national political issue, changing the way we think about both the ...

Screening of the documentary "The Lavender Scare"

“The Lavender Scare” tells the story of an unrelenting campaign started in 1953 by the U.S. federal government to identify and fire government ...

The Lavender Scare: Federal Anti-Gay Purges during the Cold War

His first book, The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government, (University of Chicago, 2004) won three awards, ...

How the Lavender Scare Ruined Queer Lives - Them.us

During the Lavender Scare, LGBTQ+ military and government personnel were targeted en masse — especially women.

The Lavender Scare: The Case Against Homosexuals - Erie Gay News

The Lavender Scare: The Case Against Homosexuals. by Victoria A. Brownworth. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivering a speech sponsored by the National ...

Lavender Scare Movie - Safe Schools Project

PreMovie Lesson Plan – The Lavender Scare – Grades 5-12. · Questions to Ask: Can you think of any events or decisions in American or world history that caused ...

Lavender Scare: The Government's Gay Witch Hunt - ThoughtCo

The 1950s Lavender Scare witch hunt resulted in the firing of thousands of gay federal government employees, but advanced the gay rights ...

Lavender Scare: Park Police "Pervert Records" · SHEC

Lavender Scare: Park Police "Pervert Records" ... By 1950, the belief that homosexuals working for the government threatened national security led to the creation ...

The Lavender Scare | Film Review - Spirituality & Practice

Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat ... The Lavender Scare shines a spotlight on the repugnant and little-known story of the U.S. government's moral ...