The lavender scare : the Cold War persecution of gays and lesbians in the federal government / David K. Johnson

Object Details

Contents: "Panic on the Potomac" -- Peurifoy's revelation : the politics of the purges -- "This used to be a very gay city" : Lafayette Park and the sex crime panic -- "Cookie pushers in striped pants" : the lavender lads in the state department -- "Fairies and fair dealers" : the immoral bureaucracy -- The Hoey investigation : searching for a homosexual spy -- "Let's clean house" : the Eisenhower security program -- Interrogations and disappearances : gay and lesbian subculture in 1950s Washington -- "Homosexual citizens" : the Mattachine Society of Washington

2004

20th century

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic: Gays in the civil service--History; Gays--Employment--History; Civil service--Security measures--History; Cold War; Officials and employees; History