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Lavender Scare (en.m.wikipedia.org)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Repost from eight months ago, because it's happening again.

I saw the article posted on !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com just now, if you want to join the conversation.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Gay men and lesbians were said to be national security risks and communist sympathizers, which led to the call to remove them from state employment. It was thought that due to the stigma around homosexuality, gay people were vulnerable to blackmail, which could lead to a breach in national security.