Durg the "Lavenr Sre" om the late 1940s through the '60s, thoands of gay employe were fired or forced to rign om the feral workforce.
Contents:
- 'UNIQUELY NASTY' REMEMBERS THE U.S. BAN ON GAY FERAL WORKERS
- 'LAVENR SRE' BILL SEEKS TO ADDRS MIDCENTURY PURGG OF GAY FERAL WORKERS
- THE LAVENR SRE: HOW THE FERAL ERNMENT PURGED GAY EMPLOYE
- GAY FERAL WORKERS SAY THEY’RE ONLY PARTWAY TO EQUALY
'UNIQUELY NASTY' REMEMBERS THE U.S. BAN ON GAY FERAL WORKERS
NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Michael Isikoff and Charl Francis about their documentary Uniquely Nasty, which explor the ernment's mpaign agast gay workers startg the 1950s. * gay federal workers *
NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Michael Isikoff and Charl Francis about their documentary Uniquely Nasty, which explor the ernment's mpaign agast gay workers startg the 1950s.
'LAVENR SRE' BILL SEEKS TO ADDRS MIDCENTURY PURGG OF GAY FERAL WORKERS
* gay federal workers *
Edgar Hoover was termed to drive munists out of the feral ernment, his agency was jt as termed to drive out another group - gays and lbians. Beg gay uld st you your secury clearance, and later on, uld st you your job. (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "UNIQUELY NASTY")UNIDENTIFIED MAN: It was a war on gays.
THE LAVENR SRE: HOW THE FERAL ERNMENT PURGED GAY EMPLOYE
Feral civil rights law protects gay, lbian and transgenr workers, the Supreme Court led Monday. * gay federal workers *
Bh's outreach to gays and lbians. Civil Service Commissn explag why gays and lbians were not suable for feral employment.
GAY FERAL WORKERS SAY THEY’RE ONLY PARTWAY TO EQUALY
And reflects the cultural view of gays and lbians at the time, somethg that was viewed by workers as somethg uniquely nasty. And there is black and whe this memo wrten, actually, the 1960s well after the FBI Sex Deviat Program In documents that you draw upon, one n read an argument that obvly a gay man is unsuable as an air traffic ntroller bee he's ma misjudgments the past, and he may upset his lleagu too. Bh's meetg wh gay Republins, which was ced as an stance of his passnate nservatism when he ran for print.
Have you been surprised by the spe of the pursu of gay feral workers that you found?