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1950

1950-12-15The U.S. Senate releases a report titled “Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government.”

The U.S. Senate released a report titled “Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government.” The report described homosexuals as “security risks” and wrote that even one homosexual “can pollute a Government office.” The report received wide publicity and helped provoke campaigns to identify and terminate all gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals employed by the federal government.

 

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