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• GAY WCH HUNT
• LAVENR SRE: THE GOVERNMENT’S GAY WCH HUNT
• INSI THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF THE 'LAVENR SRE,' WHEN THE US ERNMENT EMBARKED ON AN ANTI-GAY WCH HUNT AND PURGED THOANDS OF EMPLOYE
• "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
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GAY WCH HUNT

In a succsn of short on-mera terviews, Osr reveals that he is gay, Angela dit she hat the whole ia of homosexualy and the jowls of Kev's face jiggle as he is unable to manage anythg but " gay" through his giggl.

In the fal moments, Dwight opens a package om Jim, a novelty "gaydar" mache fashned om a metal tector and lettered wh the prefix "Homo", "Bi", and "Hetero". Later the episo, Dwight receiv a package ntag a "gaydar" (actually a hand-held metal tector wh "HOMO BI HETERO" brandg) that beeps at Osr and also when Dwight pots himself (bee of his metal belt).

The OfficeCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Sep 21, 2006TV-1423mMichael apologiz to Osr, after he fds out he's gay, for llg him a homosexual slur--but his apology outs Osr to the entire office.

LAVENR SRE: THE GOVERNMENT’S GAY WCH HUNT

And Jim cis to take a promotn at the Stamford office.Michael apologiz to Osr, after he fds out he's gay, for llg him a homosexual slur--but his apology outs Osr to the entire office.

INSI THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF THE 'LAVENR SRE,' WHEN THE US ERNMENT EMBARKED ON AN ANTI-GAY WCH HUNT AND PURGED THOANDS OF EMPLOYE

Can't wa to hear what The Office Ladi have to say about Gay Wch Hunt!Cric_For_LifeNov 20, 2019Contribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentEd pageMore to exploreRecently viewedYou have no recently viewed pag. The ll to remove gay men and lbian women om ernment employment was based on the theory that they were likely to be munist sympathizers and th secury risks.

The term Lavenr Sre refers to the intifitn and firg of some 5, 000 homosexual people om the US ernment between 1950 and Lavenr Sre was nnected to Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Red Sre heargs tend to purge munists and munist sympathizers om ernment. ” The Hoey Commtee’s report, Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts Government, found that om 1948 to 1950, nearly 5, 000 homosexuals had been intified the ary and civilian ernment workforc.

"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

McCarthy often associated his accatns of munism to accatns of homosexualy, once tellg reporters, “If you want to be agast McCarthy, boys, you’ve got to be eher a Communist or a (explitive). Gee Chncey, profsor of history at Columbia Universy, once wrote that “The specter of the visible homosexual, like that of the visible munist, hnted Cold War Ameri.

When the feral ernment began nsirg job applitns om gays and lbians on a se by se basis 1975, the Lavenr Sre officially end—at least for civilian ernment employe. However, Executive Orr 10450 remaed effect for ary personnel until 1995, when Print Bill Clton replaced wh his “Don't ask, don't tell” policy for ndnal admtance of gays to the ary. Fally, 2010, Print Barack Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, allowg gay, lbian, and bisexual people to serve openly the ary.

DOZENS ARRTED AS SOUTH KOREAN ARY NDUCTS ‘GAY WCH-HUNT’

While eventually ntributed to the succs of the Amerin gay rights movement, the Lavenr Sre ially actured the natn’s LGBTQ muny and drove even eper unrground. Though most feral agenci reversed their polici on LGBTQ discrimatn employment after the 1973 urt orr, the FBI and Natnal Secury Agency ntued their bans agast homosexuals until Print Clton overturned them 1995. In 2009, Frank Kameny returned to the Whe Hoe, this time at the vatn of Print Barack Obama for a ceremony observg the signg of an executive orr extendg the rights of gay feral employe to receive full feral benefs.

GAY WCH-HUNT SPARKS FEAR AND PANIC TANZANIA'S LGBT+ MUNY

"The hysteria was later followed by a send ernment mpaign prompted by discrimatn agast gay people the feral ernment, which siarly beme known as the "Lavenr Sre. "Many assumptns about Communists mirrored mon beliefs about homosexuals, " Natnal Archiv archivist Judh Adks add: "Both were thought to be morally weak or psychologilly disturbed, both were seen as godls, both purportedly unrmed the tradnal fay, both were assumed to rec, and both were shadowy figur wh a secret subculture. The media and policians were sudnly spic not only of munists but of the gay muny, suatn wasn't helped by a Senate mtee report released 1950 lled "Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts Government.

THE OFFICE: ”GAY WCH HUNT”/”THE CONVENTN”

"They sat behd the big lights and started grillg them, sayg, 'We know you're a homosexual bee your partner is the next room, '" she relled an terview wh ABC News.

Even then, nservative groups backed the law, sayg had been Rearch Council analyst Robert Magnis told the New York Tim that homosexualy was a "behavr that is associated wh a lot of anti-secury markers such as dg and alhol abe, promiscuy and vlence.

""The ernment has gone beyond simply ceasg to be a hostile and vic adversary and has now bee an ally, " he year, lawmakers retroduced the Lavenr Offense Victim Exoneratn Act, known as the LOVE Act, which aims to "rrect historic jtic" by regnizg and reviewg the dismissals of gay employe om the State Department bee of their sexual orientatn. 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.

GAY WCH HUNT QUOT

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

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. 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 film ially played some ftivals 2017.

We are not able to make any further ment at this stage.”Wootton returned to GB News on Monday after he told viewers he took a break last week to see fay New Zealand.A spokperson for GB News said the broadster had no ment at this time.Master of the tabloid stg has bee the storyDan Wootton has ma a reer shg a spotlight on the liv and lov of the rich and famo.But he is now the unfortable posn of havg that same spotlight st firmly on himself, wh qutns over his behavur leadg to the sort of media enzy he would once have revelled when directed at others.He was, after all, the reporter who - January 2020 - broke the news that Prce Harry and Meghan Markle were planng to qu their royal duti and move abroad.His Megx revelatns bounced the then De and Duchs of Ssex to issug a statement nfirmg the story earlier than they would have liked, leadg Prce Harry later that year to acce Wootton of havg paid money to associat of palace officials exchange for stori.Wootton nied the claims, but the accatns were all grist to the l of a reporter who had ma his name turng celebry gossip to ont page news.Wootton, the son of Brish parents who emigrated to New Zealand - his mother was om Essex, his father was born on a Brish Army base Malta - cut his teeth wrg an entertament lumn for the Wellgton-based broadsheet The Domn Post before a reportg stt on the daily televisn liftyle show Good Morng.He soon tired of New Zealand and at the age of 21 moved to Bra, first workg for Broadst magaze before jog the News of the World  - the Sunday tabloid that pneered the morn Fleet Street celebry expose, often the form of a “kiss and tell”.Here he beme TV edor before beg promoted to the prtig posn of showbs edor November 2008.Followg the News of World’s closure July 2011 the wake of the phone hackg sndal - and particular, claims s journalists had hacked the phone of murred schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s fay - Wootton was forced to give evince to Lord Levon’s public quiry to the “culture, practice and ethics” of the prs.Wootton firmly nied illegally publishg stori llected through phone hackg or other ceptive means while at the News of the World, sistg he was “sickened” by the claims and that he almost always checked stori wh the celebri volved them.His appearance before Lord Levon and the qutns raised had no apparent effect on his meteoric rise.In 2014 he beme edor of the newspaper’s Bizarre lumn - a posn prevly occupied by Piers Man - before beg promoted to associate edor (showbiz and TV) 2016.He was named Showbiz Reporter of the Year at the 2010, 2013 and 2018 Brish Prs Awards and ma regular appearanc on ITV’s morng show Lorrae between 2011 and 2019.Wootton - who me out as gay on Twter 2013 - also land a signifint victory November 2020 when the High Court led that an article published 2018 The Sun scribg Johnny Depp as a “wife beater” who had repeatedly asslted his partner Amber Heard was substantially accurate on the balance of probabili.Depp had brought libel proceedgs agast Wootton and News Group Newspaper and Mr Jtice Nil’s lg was seen as vditg the tabloid and s edor.Wootton’s methods were not always appreciated. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told MP.

Promisg the ernment would implement the “vast majory” of Etherton’s remendatns, Wallace said he would fully update the Commons a formal bate about the issue after the about pensatn, Wallace said he hoped to fd “an elegant solutn that match the need and the requirements of those dividuals”, promisg to set this out after Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, was among mpaigners who weled the apology. Starmer said one of his nstuents, Ken Wright, a former RAF service member who was “forced to leave the job he loved simply bee he was gay”, was the public gallery to hear the apology. He had been anonymo until Wednday's his openg statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been acced of betrayg his party.

EPISO 29 | GAY WCH HUNT WH OSR NUñEZ

In a statement, Amnty Internatnal East Asia director Roseann Rife lled for the nvictn to be immediately overturned and the group nmned what scribed as “an outrageo ary gay wch-hunt.

Lim Tae-hoon, an activist wh the Milary Human Rights Center for Korea (MHRCK), said the ary has been g gay datg apps to try and track down homosexual soldiers. Days later he walked that back slightly, sayg that was “still a ltle early to allow homosexualy wh the ary” on the ground that South Korean society was not ready for . NAIROBI (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Gay and transgenr people Tanzania have gone to hidg fearg for their liv after a senr ernment official lled on the public to report spected homosexuals so that they uld be arrted om early next Makonda, regnal missner for Tanzania’s ma cy of Dar Salaam, announced the crackdown on Monday.

Homophobia and attacks and arrts on lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people (LGBT+) have however risen sce Print John Magufuli’s electn 2015, activists though the clampdown is set to beg on Monday, Nathan said hom were already beg raid the port cy and gay people were arrted. Tanzania has had a reputatn for beg more tolerant than s neighbor Uganda but, sce Magufuli me to power three years ago, mpaigners say the ltle protectn, reprentatn and eedom LGBT+ people have is beg slowly society anizatns supportg gay people have been shut down and activists have been arrted.

INSI THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF THE 'LAVENR SRE,' WHEN THE US ERNMENT EMBARKED ON AN ANTI-GAY WCH HUNT AND PURGED THOANDS OF EMPLOYE

Surprisgly, there won't be any Elvis songs "Priscilla"OffEnglish“Gay Wch Hunt” (season three, episo one; 9/21/2006)In which Michael wants you to burn this to your bras…Michael Stt never looks more like David Brent than he do the first episo of the Amerin Office’s third season. Compare that to Ed Helms as Andy Bernard—who we meet for the first time “Gay Wch Hunt”—who end up a man of many fac, but lacked somethg solid to une them all.

LAVENR SRE: U.S. FIRED 5,000 GAYS 1953 'WCH HUNT'

”) In “Gay Wch Hunt, ” Carell exprs the sire to be loved that so richly rmed Ricky Gervais’ Office persona—but there’s also a tenrns there, a vulnerabily that David Brent never exposed to his -workers. “Gay Wch Hunt” mt have been a difficult episo to make, on multiple unts:It was the first new Office produced after season two, a high-water mark for both the seri and TV edy the was the first episo of the “Jim Stamford” arc, a narrative necsy that temporarily spl up some of the show’s bt character pairgs and left a big hole the Scranton handled poorly, the A-story uld’ve blown up the show’s ’s start wh what happens to Osr, a mefield of a storyle that the show p nearly unsthed. The third-season premiere harkens back to The Office’s crge-edy roots, but has sttered moments—Dwight statg “all the other office gays should intify themselv” or Angela’s “Watchg some of your iends”—that are crge-ducg for reasons I don’t believe Daniels or any member of his team so down to Michael and Osr—and, to a tremendo extent, the actors playg those characters—to keep this part of the episo afloat.

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