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MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
WHEN Senator Larry Craig faced the televisn meras here last week and nied three tim that he was gay, many Idahoans were remd of a much olr sex sndal, one that rocked the state’s polil pal 52 years ago and ma natnal headl.
There are few Idaho who have not heard of Boise’s gay sex sndal of 1955. And across the untry, a generatn of gay men grew up hnted by the publicy engenred. The lson of the 1955 sndal was clear: sexual misnduct — or even the mere perceptn that one is gay — uld a man’s reputatn.
In short, was a homophobic wch hunt that aimed to aid society but ultimately jt stroyed the liv of over a dozen men and damaged the reputatn of Boise natnally.