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• ‘THE OFFICE’: THE IMPORTANT MSAGE HIDN THE ‘GAY WCH HUNT’ EPISO
• GAY WCH HUNT
• GAY WCH HUNT DELETED SCEN SCREENPS
• GAY WCH HUNT QUOT
• "THE LAVENR SRE" TACKL THE GAY WCH HUNT THAT SWEPT 1950S AMERI"AT ONE POT THERE WERE OVER 1,000 FBI AGENTS ASSIGNED TO DO NOTHG BUT VTIGATE THE LIV OF GAY PEOPLE," SAYS DIRECTOR JOSH {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LAWRENCE FERBERJUNE 7, 2019/8:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3000PX;WIDTH:2400PX;}FULL EXPOSURE FILMSTHE U.S. ERNMENT’S ANTI-GAY WCH HUNTS HELPED IGNE THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT YEARS BEFORE THE STONEWALL RTS. THIS 1965 PICKET ONT OF THE WHE HOE WASHGTON, D.C. WAS THE FIRST MONSTRATN OF S KD.BY LAWRENCE FERBERJUNE 7, 2019 / 8:30 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE LAVENR SRE\" TACKL THE GAY WCH HUNT THAT SWEPT 1950S AMERI","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-06-07T12:30:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-06-07T12:30:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FET THE MUNIST RED SRE: IN 1950S AMERI, HOMOSEXUALS WERE NSIRED AN EVEN MORE DIRE, DANGERO THREAT TO U.S. SECURY. PART OF A NEARLY FOTTEN CHAPTER AMERIN HISTORY, THE “LAVENR SRE” SAW THE STATE PARTMENT EAGERLY EXPOSG AND FIRG THOANDS OF GAY AND LBIAN WORKERS OM THEIR ERNMENT JOBS, OBLERATG HARD-EARNED REERS AND LERALLY STROYG LIV. EVEN AFTER JOSEPH MCCARTHY’S MUNIST WCH HUNT FACED PUBLIC BACKLASH AND WENT DOWN FLAM, THE AMERIN CIVIL LIBERTI UNN STOOD BEHD THIS ANTI-GAY POLICY, A SHOCKG REVELATN BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE NEW DOCUMENTARY THE LAVENR SRE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIRECTED BY EMMY-WNG PRODUCER JOSH HOWARD (60 MUT) AND BASED ON DAVID K. JOHNSON’S 2004 BOOK OF THE SAME NAME, THE FILM FEATUR NARRATN BY GLENN CLOSE; VOICEOVERS BY ZACHARY QUTO, CYNTHIA NIXON, DAVID HY PIERCE, AND T.R. KNIGHT; AND TERVIEWS WH SURVIVG KEY PLAYERS CLUDG THE LATE DR. FRANK KAMENY, AN ASTRONOMER WHO WAS FIRED OM HIS ERNMENT JOB BUT WENT ON TO BEE A GAME-CHANGG LGBTQ ACTIVIST WHOM PRINT OBAMA HONORED 2009 (WE WNS HIM RECEIVG HIS ACLA ONE OF THE DOC'S HAPPIT TEAR-JERKG MOMENTS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2017, A FERAL BILL, THE LAVENR OFFENSE VICTIM EXONERATN ACT (A.K.A. THE LOVE ACT), WAS TRODUCED TO FORMALLY MAKE AMENDS. IT IS NOW WORKG S WAY THROUGH THE ERNMENT WH THE SUPPORT OF -SPONSORS LIKE KAMALA HARRIS, KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, AMY KLOBUCHAR, AND CORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWARD, WHO DITED THE LAVENR SRE TO HIS LATE HBAND, POSER RICHARD BURKE, SPOKE WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT BRGG THE STORY TO THE SCREEN AND WHY FEELS MORE RELEVANT THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN OF THE LAVENR SRE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAD RETIRED OM A REER TV NEWS AND WAS NOT NECSARILY LOOKG FOR SOMETHG TO DO, BUT I ME ACROSS DAVID’S BOOK AND WAS SHOCKED BY THE STORY. I KNEW THE 1950S WERE NOT A GREAT TIME TO BE GAY AMERI, BUT I HAD NO IA ABOUT THE SYSTEMATIC WAY THE U.S. ERNMENT WENT ABOUT PERSECUTG PEOPLE. I FIGURED A DOCUMENTARY HAD BEEN MA ON THIS SUBJECT THAT I HAD MISSED, AND I TRACKED DOWN DAVID, WHO TEACH AT THE UNIVERSY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, 2010, BUT HE SAID NO, ONE HADN’T BEEN DONE, SO LET’S DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS A CHALLENGE TO FD TERVIEW SUBJECTS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE DID HAVE A PROBLEM LOTG KEY FIGUR WHO ARE STILL ALIVE. LUCKILY WE TERVIEWED FRANK KAMENY, AND HE’S A CENTRAL FIGURE. THE OTHER REASON WAS HARD IS SO MUCH OF THIS HAPPENED SECRET. UNLIKE THE RED SRE AND MCCARTHY HEARGS, WHICH WERE TELEVISED AND PUBLIC, THE FIRGS TOOK PLACE SECRET. THERE REALLY WAS A NSPIRACY OF SILENCE ON BOTH SIS. THE PEOPLE BEG FIRED DIDN’T WANT TO REVEAL TO FAY AND IENDS WHY THEY HAD BEEN FIRED BEE THEY WERE THE CLOSET. AND AFTER A WHILE THE ERNMENT WAS EMBARRASSED TO SAY HOW MANY GAY PEOPLE THEY WERE FIRG BEE THE QUTN BEME, “WHY DID YOU HIRE THEM THE FIRST PLACE?” IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS STORY.FULL EXPOSURE FILMSFRANK KAMENY LEADS A PICKET LE ONT OF INPENNCE HALL PHILALPHIA ON JULY 4, 1965. FORTY ACTIVISTS JOED THE PROTT, MAKG (AT THE TIME) THE LARGT PUBLIC MONSTRATN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK KAMENY LEADS A PICKET LE ONT OF INPENNCE HALL PHILALPHIA ON JULY 4, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS ANYONE WHO WAS VOLVED ON THE ERNMENT SI EXPRSED REMORSE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE WERE ABLE TO TERVIEW THREE PEOPLE: TWO SENR VTIGATORS FOR THE ERNMENT AND THE NO. 3 GUY THE STATE PARTMENT WHO WAS RPONSIBLE FOR STUTG AND RRYG OUT THIS POLICY. ONE OF THE VTIGATORS WE TERVIEWED SAYS HE STILL WOULDN’T HIRE GAY PEOPLE EVEN TODAY. HE SAID, “I’M SURE YOU N FD SOMEONE TO FILL THE JOB WHO DON’T HAVE THAT MENTAL FECT.” MY MERAMAN ASKED ME, “DIDN’T YOU WANT TO PUNCH THIS GUY?” I SAID AS A FILMMAKER I WANTED TO GIVE HIM A HUG. THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT AS A FILMMAKER: SOMEONE TO TELL THE TTH AND SHARE THEIR FEELGS, EVEN IF THEY’RE UNPOPULAR OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DID YOU LEARN THAT REALLY SURPRISED YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT DURG THE HEIGHT OF THE LAVENR SRE THERE WERE OVER 1,000 FBI AGENTS ASSIGNED TO DO NOTHG BUT VTIGATE THE LIV OF GAY PEOPLE. ANOTHER FASCATG ASPECT OF THIS STORY IS THAT THE 1930S AND ’40S HOMOSEXUALY WAS MUCH MORE WILY ACCEPTED THE U.S., OR AT LEAST WASN’T NMNED. IT WAS REALLY THE YEARS AFTER WWII, WHEN SOCIETY GOT A LTLE MORE NSERVATIVE AND POLICIANS SEIZED ON THIS ISSUE OF MORALY, THAT THE ERNMENT HAD A CENTRAL ROLE MONIZG HOMOSEXUALS. THE LAVENR SRE—THE ACTNS OF THE ERNMENT—SET OFF THIS WAVE OF HOMOPHOBIA THROUGHOUT THE UNTRY. LOLI FOLLOWED THE ERNMENT’S LEAD AND DID THEIR OWN PURG OF THEIR WORKFORC, AND PRIVATE PANI SAID, “WELL IF THE ERNMENT SAYS HOMOSEXUALS ARE BAD, WE NEED TO GET RID OF THEM, TOO.”FULL EXPOSURE FILMSTHE U.S. ERNMENT’S WCH HUNT OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS WAS ONT-PAGE NEWS THE 1940S AND 1950S. BUT AS THE FIRGS NTUED WELL TO THE 1980S AND ‘90S THEY WOULD DRAW LS AND LS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE U.S. ERNMENT’S WCH HUNT OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS WAS ONT-PAGE NEWS THE 1940S AND 1950S, BUT AS THE FIRGS NTUED TO THE 1980S AND ‘90S THEY DREW LS AND LS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM IALLY PLAYED SOME FTIVALS 2017. DID THAT HELP YOU GET PEOPLE LIKE CYNTHIA NIXON AND ZACHARY QUTO TO LEND THEIR VOIC AND NAM TO THE CURRENT VERSN BEG RELEASED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS SOMETHG I WANTED TO DO OM THE BEGNG. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SMALL ROL FOR VOICEOVER ARTISTS, AND I TRIED TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE, BUT THIS WAS MY FIRST FILM AND I WASN’T GETTG MUCH TERT OR RPONS. IT WAS ONLY WHEN MA THE ROUNDS AT FTIVALS THAT GOT SOME ATTENTN, AND ONCE THEY ULD SEE WAS A SER PROJECT THOSE PEOPLE AGREED TO LEND THEIR NAM TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU THK TMP HAS STARTED A LAVENR SRE 2.0 WH HIS AGGRSIVE ANTI-TRANSGENR AND “RELIG EEDOM” POLICI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEFELY. IT’S ONE OF THE LSONS OF THE FILM. THE ANTI-GAY FEELG THE 1950S WAS A BACKLASH AGAST AN EARLIER TIME WHEN SOCIETY WAS MORE ACCEPTG. IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT SOCIAL CHANGE DON’T HAPPEN A STRAIGHT LE. IT’S ONE STEP FORWARD AND TWO STEPS BACK. WE’VE MA SUCH GREAT PROGRS THE PAST FEW S, BUT NOTHG IS GUARANTEED AND WE HAVE TO BE VIGILANT. THERE ARE 29 STAT WHERE ’S LEGAL TO FIRE SOMEONE SOLELY BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN. THERE IS NO LEGAL PROTECTN FOR THEM 29 STAT. I THK PEOPLE BELIEVE THERE IS FERAL LEGISLATN THAT PROTECTS GAY PEOPLE, BUT THERE ISN’T. INTERTGLY, THE SUPREME COURT IS GOG TO TAKE UP THIS QUTN OF WHETHER THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT EXTENDS TO SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND ARE YOU NCERNED ABOUT THAT GIVEN OUR NSERVATIVE-LEANG, TMP-IFIED SCOTUS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VERY MUCH NCERNED. I'M NCERNED ABOUT ALL THE SOCIAL ISSU G BEFORE THE URT. A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE IS BEG WHTLED AWAY BY STATE LEGISLATNS, AND THAT WILL MAKE S WAY UP TO THE URT. MARRIAGE EQUALY SEEMS TO BE SETTLED LAW AT THIS POT—BUT WHO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LAVENR SRE OPENS JUNE 7 SELECT THEATERS AND PREMIER JUNE 18 ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY WCH HUNT

‘THE OFFICE’: THE IMPORTANT MSAGE HIDN THE ‘GAY WCH HUNT’ EPISO

TV'Gay Wch Hunt' was a hilarly unfortable episo of 'The Office, ' but had an important msage buried unrneath the edy. In one of the show’s funnit episos, “Gay Wch Hunt, ” shownners were able to rporate an important msage on a relevant social issue.

GAY WCH HUNT

‘Gay Wch Hunt’ is a hilar episo. The “Gay Wch Hunt” episo of The Office opened the third season of the seri. Meanwhile, back Scranton, Pennsylvania, Michael Stt (Steve Carell) disvered acuntant Osr Martez (Osr Nuñez) was gay.

She referenced his improvised kiss “Gay Wch Hunt, ” llg “one of the bt moments of the whole show. And “Gay Wch Hunt, ” that meant kissg Osr.

GAY WCH HUNT DELETED SCEN SCREENPS

There is a strong msage of tolerance wh ‘Gay Wch Hunt’. In addn to beg one of the funnit episos  The Office, “Gay Wch Hunt” serv as an important mentary on homophobia the workplace.

And “that’s so gay” was a mon sult.

GAY WCH HUNT QUOT

For Nuñez — the first person of lor to play a gay man on prime time televisn — The Office uld make anythg funny as long as the wrg of a high qualy. Audienc and crics alike raved about “Gay Wch Hunt, ” both for s abily to touch on a sensive issue that no other show was talkg about at the time and for beg hilar.

“The reason that episo works is bee ’s rercg the belief that ’s totally fe to have gay iends your life, ” cric Ey VanDerWerff poted out.

The gay guy your office is jt like you. There is a joke buried that episo that is very progrsive s valu and the way talks about what means to be a gay man Ameri. As a gay man, "Gay Wch Hunt" is terrifyg and angerg how accurate is.

"THE LAVENR SRE" TACKL THE GAY WCH HUNT THAT SWEPT 1950S AMERI"AT ONE POT THERE WERE OVER 1,000 FBI AGENTS ASSIGNED TO DO NOTHG BUT VTIGATE THE LIV OF GAY PEOPLE," SAYS DIRECTOR JOSH {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LAWRENCE FERBERJUNE 7, 2019/8:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3000PX;WIDTH:2400PX;}FULL EXPOSURE FILMSTHE U.S. ERNMENT’S ANTI-GAY WCH HUNTS HELPED IGNE THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT YEARS BEFORE THE STONEWALL RTS. 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PART OF A NEARLY FOTTEN CHAPTER AMERIN HISTORY, THE “LAVENR SRE” SAW THE STATE PARTMENT EAGERLY EXPOSG AND FIRG THOANDS OF GAY AND LBIAN WORKERS OM THEIR ERNMENT JOBS, OBLERATG HARD-EARNED REERS AND LERALLY STROYG LIV. EVEN AFTER JOSEPH MCCARTHY’S MUNIST WCH HUNT FACED PUBLIC BACKLASH AND WENT DOWN FLAM, THE AMERIN CIVIL LIBERTI UNN STOOD BEHD THIS ANTI-GAY POLICY, A SHOCKG REVELATN BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE NEW DOCUMENTARY THE LAVENR SRE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIRECTED BY EMMY-WNG PRODUCER JOSH HOWARD (60 MUT) AND BASED ON DAVID K. JOHNSON’S 2004 BOOK OF THE SAME NAME, THE FILM FEATUR NARRATN BY GLENN CLOSE; VOICEOVERS BY ZACHARY QUTO, CYNTHIA NIXON, DAVID HY PIERCE, AND T.R. KNIGHT; AND TERVIEWS WH SURVIVG KEY PLAYERS CLUDG THE LATE DR. FRANK KAMENY, AN ASTRONOMER WHO WAS FIRED OM HIS ERNMENT JOB BUT WENT ON TO BEE A GAME-CHANGG LGBTQ ACTIVIST WHOM PRINT OBAMA HONORED 2009 (WE WNS HIM RECEIVG HIS ACLA ONE OF THE DOC'S HAPPIT TEAR-JERKG MOMENTS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2017, A FERAL BILL, THE LAVENR OFFENSE VICTIM EXONERATN ACT (A.K.A. THE LOVE ACT), WAS TRODUCED TO FORMALLY MAKE AMENDS. IT IS NOW WORKG S WAY THROUGH THE ERNMENT WH THE SUPPORT OF -SPONSORS LIKE KAMALA HARRIS, KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, AMY KLOBUCHAR, AND CORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWARD, WHO DITED THE LAVENR SRE TO HIS LATE HBAND, POSER RICHARD BURKE, SPOKE WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT BRGG THE STORY TO THE SCREEN AND WHY FEELS MORE RELEVANT THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN OF THE LAVENR SRE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAD RETIRED OM A REER TV NEWS AND WAS NOT NECSARILY LOOKG FOR SOMETHG TO DO, BUT I ME ACROSS DAVID’S BOOK AND WAS SHOCKED BY THE STORY. I KNEW THE 1950S WERE NOT A GREAT TIME TO BE GAY AMERI, BUT I HAD NO IA ABOUT THE SYSTEMATIC WAY THE U.S. ERNMENT WENT ABOUT PERSECUTG PEOPLE. I FIGURED A DOCUMENTARY HAD BEEN MA ON THIS SUBJECT THAT I HAD MISSED, AND I TRACKED DOWN DAVID, WHO TEACH AT THE UNIVERSY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, 2010, BUT HE SAID NO, ONE HADN’T BEEN DONE, SO LET’S DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS A CHALLENGE TO FD TERVIEW SUBJECTS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE DID HAVE A PROBLEM LOTG KEY FIGUR WHO ARE STILL ALIVE. LUCKILY WE TERVIEWED FRANK KAMENY, AND HE’S A CENTRAL FIGURE. THE OTHER REASON WAS HARD IS SO MUCH OF THIS HAPPENED SECRET. UNLIKE THE RED SRE AND MCCARTHY HEARGS, WHICH WERE TELEVISED AND PUBLIC, THE FIRGS TOOK PLACE SECRET. THERE REALLY WAS A NSPIRACY OF SILENCE ON BOTH SIS. THE PEOPLE BEG FIRED DIDN’T WANT TO REVEAL TO FAY AND IENDS WHY THEY HAD BEEN FIRED BEE THEY WERE THE CLOSET. AND AFTER A WHILE THE ERNMENT WAS EMBARRASSED TO SAY HOW MANY GAY PEOPLE THEY WERE FIRG BEE THE QUTN BEME, “WHY DID YOU HIRE THEM THE FIRST PLACE?” IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS STORY.FULL EXPOSURE FILMSFRANK KAMENY LEADS A PICKET LE ONT OF INPENNCE HALL PHILALPHIA ON JULY 4, 1965. FORTY ACTIVISTS JOED THE PROTT, MAKG (AT THE TIME) THE LARGT PUBLIC MONSTRATN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANK KAMENY LEADS A PICKET LE ONT OF INPENNCE HALL PHILALPHIA ON JULY 4, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS ANYONE WHO WAS VOLVED ON THE ERNMENT SI EXPRSED REMORSE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE WERE ABLE TO TERVIEW THREE PEOPLE: TWO SENR VTIGATORS FOR THE ERNMENT AND THE NO. 3 GUY THE STATE PARTMENT WHO WAS RPONSIBLE FOR STUTG AND RRYG OUT THIS POLICY. ONE OF THE VTIGATORS WE TERVIEWED SAYS HE STILL WOULDN’T HIRE GAY PEOPLE EVEN TODAY. HE SAID, “I’M SURE YOU N FD SOMEONE TO FILL THE JOB WHO DON’T HAVE THAT MENTAL FECT.” MY MERAMAN ASKED ME, “DIDN’T YOU WANT TO PUNCH THIS GUY?” I SAID AS A FILMMAKER I WANTED TO GIVE HIM A HUG. THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT AS A FILMMAKER: SOMEONE TO TELL THE TTH AND SHARE THEIR FEELGS, EVEN IF THEY’RE UNPOPULAR OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DID YOU LEARN THAT REALLY SURPRISED YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT DURG THE HEIGHT OF THE LAVENR SRE THERE WERE OVER 1,000 FBI AGENTS ASSIGNED TO DO NOTHG BUT VTIGATE THE LIV OF GAY PEOPLE. ANOTHER FASCATG ASPECT OF THIS STORY IS THAT THE 1930S AND ’40S HOMOSEXUALY WAS MUCH MORE WILY ACCEPTED THE U.S., OR AT LEAST WASN’T NMNED. IT WAS REALLY THE YEARS AFTER WWII, WHEN SOCIETY GOT A LTLE MORE NSERVATIVE AND POLICIANS SEIZED ON THIS ISSUE OF MORALY, THAT THE ERNMENT HAD A CENTRAL ROLE MONIZG HOMOSEXUALS. THE LAVENR SRE—THE ACTNS OF THE ERNMENT—SET OFF THIS WAVE OF HOMOPHOBIA THROUGHOUT THE UNTRY. LOLI FOLLOWED THE ERNMENT’S LEAD AND DID THEIR OWN PURG OF THEIR WORKFORC, AND PRIVATE PANI SAID, “WELL IF THE ERNMENT SAYS HOMOSEXUALS ARE BAD, WE NEED TO GET RID OF THEM, TOO.”FULL EXPOSURE FILMSTHE U.S. ERNMENT’S WCH HUNT OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS WAS ONT-PAGE NEWS THE 1940S AND 1950S. BUT AS THE FIRGS NTUED WELL TO THE 1980S AND ‘90S THEY WOULD DRAW LS AND LS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE U.S. ERNMENT’S WCH HUNT OF GAY MEN AND LBIANS WAS ONT-PAGE NEWS THE 1940S AND 1950S, BUT AS THE FIRGS NTUED TO THE 1980S AND ‘90S THEY DREW LS AND LS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM IALLY PLAYED SOME FTIVALS 2017. DID THAT HELP YOU GET PEOPLE LIKE CYNTHIA NIXON AND ZACHARY QUTO TO LEND THEIR VOIC AND NAM TO THE CURRENT VERSN BEG RELEASED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS SOMETHG I WANTED TO DO OM THE BEGNG. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SMALL ROL FOR VOICEOVER ARTISTS, AND I TRIED TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE, BUT THIS WAS MY FIRST FILM AND I WASN’T GETTG MUCH TERT OR RPONS. IT WAS ONLY WHEN MA THE ROUNDS AT FTIVALS THAT GOT SOME ATTENTN, AND ONCE THEY ULD SEE WAS A SER PROJECT THOSE PEOPLE AGREED TO LEND THEIR NAM TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU THK TMP HAS STARTED A LAVENR SRE 2.0 WH HIS AGGRSIVE ANTI-TRANSGENR AND “RELIG EEDOM” POLICI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEFELY. IT’S ONE OF THE LSONS OF THE FILM. THE ANTI-GAY FEELG THE 1950S WAS A BACKLASH AGAST AN EARLIER TIME WHEN SOCIETY WAS MORE ACCEPTG. IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT SOCIAL CHANGE DON’T HAPPEN A STRAIGHT LE. IT’S ONE STEP FORWARD AND TWO STEPS BACK. WE’VE MA SUCH GREAT PROGRS THE PAST FEW S, BUT NOTHG IS GUARANTEED AND WE HAVE TO BE VIGILANT. THERE ARE 29 STAT WHERE ’S LEGAL TO FIRE SOMEONE SOLELY BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN. THERE IS NO LEGAL PROTECTN FOR THEM 29 STAT. I THK PEOPLE BELIEVE THERE IS FERAL LEGISLATN THAT PROTECTS GAY PEOPLE, BUT THERE ISN’T. INTERTGLY, THE SUPREME COURT IS GOG TO TAKE UP THIS QUTN OF WHETHER THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT EXTENDS TO SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND ARE YOU NCERNED ABOUT THAT GIVEN OUR NSERVATIVE-LEANG, TMP-IFIED SCOTUS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VERY MUCH NCERNED. I'M NCERNED ABOUT ALL THE SOCIAL ISSU G BEFORE THE URT. A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE IS BEG WHTLED AWAY BY STATE LEGISLATNS, AND THAT WILL MAKE S WAY UP TO THE URT. MARRIAGE EQUALY SEEMS TO BE SETTLED LAW AT THIS POT—BUT WHO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LAVENR SRE OPENS JUNE 7 SELECT THEATERS AND PREMIER JUNE 18 ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

And bt of all " pays to be gay. " Great to see such a pro-gay episo (disguised as a non-pro gay episo) om 2006.

"Gay Wch Hunt" is the first episo of the third season of The Office and the 29th overall.

GAY WCH HUNT

") Toby tells Michael that Osr is homosexual and fds the word offensive.