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The Homophobic Hysteria of the Lavender Scare

by Dorian Alexander and Kazimir Lee

Posted on May 31, 2019May 27, 2022

Despite a thriving queer community in Washington, the 1950s State Department fired gay and lesbian workers en masse.

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