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The lavender scare: the Cold War persecution of gays and lesbians in the federal government

Abstract
In Cold War America, Senator Joseph McCarthy enjoyed tremendous support in the fight against what he called atheistic communism. But that support stemmed less from his wild charges about communists than his more substantiated charges that sex perverts had infiltrated government agencies. Although now remembered as an attack on suspected disloyalty, McCarthyism introduced moral values into the Amer...
Keywords
Persecution
Cold war
Government (linguistics)
Lavender
Political science
Male Homosexuality
Psychology
Medicine
Law
Family medicine
Biology
Botany
Philosophy
Linguistics
Politics
Syphilis
Men who have sex with men
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Essential oil
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Gender equality



The lavender scare: the Cold War persecution of gays and lesbians in the federal government

The lavender scare: the Cold War persecution of gays and lesbians in the federal government

Abstract
In Cold War America, Senator Joseph McCarthy enjoyed tremendous support in the fight against what he called atheistic communism. But that support stemmed less from his wild charges about communists than his more substantiated charges that sex perverts had infiltrated government agencies. Although now remembered as an attack on suspected disloyalty, McCarthyism introduced moral values into the Amer...
Keywords
Persecution
Cold war
Government (linguistics)
Lavender
Political science
Male Homosexuality
Psychology
Medicine
Law
Family medicine
Biology
Botany
Philosophy
Linguistics
Politics
Syphilis
Men who have sex with men
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Essential oil
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Gender equality