#TheLavenderScare (Throwback)

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.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/20/1198908935/lavender-scare-throwback

#FellowTravelers #Showtime #TheLavenderScare
"For nearly four decades, the Federal Bureau of Investigation used the so-called Sex Deviates Program to investigate and badger gay men and women in the United States."
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J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI, and the “Sex Deviates” Program – NOTCHES

The Bureau was driven by “an overarching and intense fear and loathing of gays.”
https://notchesblog.com/2016/06/21/j-edgar-hoover-the-fbi-and-the-sex-deviates-program/

#FellowTravelers #Showtime #ParamountPlus #McCarthyism #TheLavenderScare

The first episode of Fellow Travelers is now available on Paramount+ with Showtime, the Showtime app and Showtime on demand.
https://youtu.be/xR0dT9B-_bE?si=AG_jZbIPuRlachBk

#Showtime’s #FellowTravelers Explores Historic Forbidden Love.

On April 27, 1953, the #US. #government #targeted its #queer #employees. Eisenhower's #EO10450 launched a #witchhunt, branding them as #nationalsecurityrisk, #TheLavenderScare, cost 5,000-10,000 #gay and #lesbian #employees their #jobs.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #TheLavenderScare #Workplace #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://time.com/6325890/fellow-travelers-review/

#TheLavenderScare

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.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #GayRights #Workplace #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1192980071/the-lavender-scare

#TheLavenderScare 2.0.

Seventy years later, #America is again in the grip of a #LavenderScare. #Republican-controlled #states are #copyandpasting #antiLGBTQ+ #legislation from one #statehouse to the next with #frightening #speed and #ruthlessness

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Conservatives #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2023/07/20/the-lavender-scare-2-0/

#President #JoeBiden issues #PresidentialProclamation for the 70th #anniversary of #TheLavenderScare

"Great #nations face their #history...honestly," said Biden, referring to the thousands of #LGBTQ+ #people whose #lives were #ruined by the #Homophobic #US government Actions.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #History #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/joe-biden-issues-presidential-proclamation-for-the-70th-anniversary-of-the-lavender-scare/

#President #JoeBiden issues #proclamation on 70th anniversary of #TheLavenderScare, a #moralpanic that caused investigations and #firings of thousands of #known or #suspected #gay #men and #lesbians who were working for the #US #government.

—This likely also impacted closeted trans people.

#Women #Lesbians #Gay #LGBTQIA #Workplace #CivilService #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #History
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/04/26/biden-issues-proclamation-on-70th-anniversary-of-lavender-scare/

LISTEN: '50s #hit #love #song full of #gay subtext.

The Straight-laced '50s weren't known for flourishing gay #culture, as #TheLavenderScare forced #queer #people out of their #jobs, #homosexuality was still seen as #mentalillness. Yet, "#Secretly" by #JimmieRodgers (1958) broke through with #queer #undertones, a #hit song with #lyrics that could be seen as a #rallyingcry for #gayrights

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Music #Representation #Culture #History https://www.queerty.com/listen-this-hit-love-song-from-the-50s-is-chock-full-of-very-gay-subtext-20230423