The Lavender Scare
During the Cold War, President Eisenhower declared homosexuals "security risks," leading to mass firings of LGBTQ+ government employees. This sparked a 40-year witch hunt that destroyed lives but propelled an unexpected figure to ...
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"This very good documentary is already history, as it was made or should I say released in 2017. The landscape in the USA has changed considerably since then, and in watching this film I realised with a chilling feeling that history changes, and can reverse a lot of the good done and replacing it with the outright bad. Returning to the content of the documentary I was moved to tears by the individual stories that were told of innocent people losing jobs simply because of their ' threatening ' sexual orientation; the consequences being heartbreak to families, suicide and also the brave..."
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During the Cold War, President Eisenhower declared homosexuals "security risks," leading to mass firings of LGBTQ+ government employees. This sparked a 40-year witch hunt that destroyed lives but propelled an unexpected figure to ...