Learn about the attempts to purge the US ary and feral ernment of gay and lbian employe durg the Cold War and s later.
Contents:
- THE LAVENR SRE: GAY AND LBIAN LIFE POST-WWII AMERI
- STGGLE FOR GAY RIGHTS AMERI AND THE COLD WAR
- HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
THE LAVENR SRE: GAY AND LBIAN LIFE POST-WWII AMERI
* cold war gay bomb *
The Lavenr Sre, which we n lote historilly the perd om the World War II era to the first s of the Cold War, is a s-long attempt by policians and polil officials to purge the feral ernment-- the ary and other kds of feral employment-- of homosexuals, of gay and lbian people.
The term homosexualy entered the English language the late 19th century. And wh s, there were many gay men and lbians livg openly New York Cy.
STGGLE FOR GAY RIGHTS AMERI AND THE COLD WAR
This article is the send one of the seri ntag a tailed sight to the events of the Cold War and the evolutn of gay rights Ameri.. * cold war gay bomb *
This new visibily bed wh the natnalistic fervor of World War II would dramatilly alter how gay men and lbians were perceived Amerin society and how they were treated.
So what you get the perd after World War II is jt another maniftatn of that, and one that be targeted towards people who are spected to be or known to be homosexuals. Shortly after the Uned Stat entered World War II 1941, the ary began to discrimate agast gay men by issug blue discharg. Dismissals prted on blue paper signified that the recipient was spected of homosexual behavr.
HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
The perd followg the war would prove even more burnsome for both gay men and lbians, though, as fear of the Soviet Unn's ary might and s potential to spread munism swept the Amerin social nscns. But Joe McCarthy also-- at the same time that he was sayg that he had a list of munists-- said he had a list of spected homosexuals and that there was overlap those lists.