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

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06/30/2024

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. John Yang speaks with Marc Stein, a history professor at San Francisco State University, to learn more.

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