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Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_10450" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_10450</a> I take back all of the nice things I’ve said about <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Eisenhower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eisenhower</a> . <a href="https://cville.online/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIL</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/LavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a>

LGBTQIA+ Archives🚨 100 LGBTQ+ intelligence officers fired. Workplace discussions on LGBTQ+ culture seemingly labeled “sexual behavior.” From the Lavender Scare to today’s DEI purge, history is repeating itself. Is this a new wave of workplace exclusion?📖 Read more: <a href="https://archive.lgbt/blog/2025/02/from-security-risk-to-dei-hire-a-century-of-lgbtq-workplace-purges/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.lgbt/blog/2025/02/from-security-risk-to-dei-hire-a-century-of-lgbtq-workplace-purges/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEI</a>

LGBTQIA+ Archives🚨 LGBTQ+ federal workers are being pushed out—again.From the Lavender Scare to today's DEI rollbacks, workplace purges are nothing new. With over 100 intelligence employees fired for alleged inappropriate behavior, history is repeating in real time.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dei</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lavenderscare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lavenderscare</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/federalemployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federalemployees</a><a href="https://archive.lgbt/blog/2025/02/from-security-risk-to-dei-hire-a-century-of-lgbtq-workplace-purges/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.lgbt/blog/2025/02/from-security-risk-to-dei-hire-a-century-of-lgbtq-workplace-purges/</a>

Megaphone :verified:<a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Trump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/AntiTrans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiTrans</a> policies mirror the <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/LavenderScare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a>, when thousands of <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/LGBTQ?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+ <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/federal?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> employees were purged from the government (the 1940s-60s). 🚨 Fueled by <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/McCarthyism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#McCarthyism</a> and <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/MoralPanic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoralPanic</a>, it destroyed careers and lives, leading to suicides but also sparking a civil rights movement. Now, Trump bans <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/trans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trans</a> people from the <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/military?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a>, rolls back <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/healthcare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a>, and fuels fear for political gain, echoing history’s worst <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/injustices?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#injustices</a>. Read more from LGBTQ Nation (<a class="u-url" href="https://lgbt.earth/(@LGBTQNation@flipboard.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@(@LGBTQNation@flipboard.com</a>), a leading source for LGBTQ+ news: <a href="https://rb.gy/9n8ck3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rb.gy/9n8ck3</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/LGBTQRights?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQRights</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TransRightsAreHumanRights</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/LavenderScare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a>

Socialism for All ☭ S4ALavender & Red (Parts 25-29) (2005) by Leslie Feinberg. 🏳️‍🌈 History Meets ☭ History. Audiobook.<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialist</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communist</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marxism</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/marxist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marxist</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/lavenderscare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lavenderscare</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/redscare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redscare</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coldwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coldwar</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/mccarthyism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mccarthyism</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gay</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesbian</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqj5_ZlYiH0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqj5_ZlYiH0</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈[Video] How the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a> forced <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workers</a> from of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/anticommunist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anticommunist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/paranoia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paranoia</a> that gripped <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Washington</a> at the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dawn</a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColdWar</a> led to an often-overlooked chapter in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extremism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Religion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bigotry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Violence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homophobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transphobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThePartyOfHate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmptyThePews</a> <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-lavender-scare-forced-lgbtq-workers-out-of-the-federal-government" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-lavender-scare-forced-lgbtq-workers-out-of-the-federal-government</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History June 15, 1950: As part of their Cold War hysteria, the Senate opened an investigation of 3,500 alleged "sex perverts" (i.e., homosexuals) in the federal government, somehow overlooking their cross-dressing darling in the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homophobia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coldwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coldwar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lavenderscare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lavenderscare</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fbi</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jedgarhoover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jedgarhoover</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crossdressing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crossdressing</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bawdy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bawdy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/genderqueer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genderqueer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesbian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/singer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#singer</a> who helped shape the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sound</a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HarlemRenaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HarlemRenaissance</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GladysBentley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GladysBentley</a> was on top of the world until the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a> forced her back into the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/closet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#closet</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lesbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lesbians</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entertainment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Representation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RoleModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RoleModels</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/the-bawdy-genderqueer-lesbian-singer-who-helped-shape-the-sound-of-the-harlem-renaissance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/the-bawdy-genderqueer-lesbian-singer-who-helped-shape-the-sound-of-the-harlem-renaissance/</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈'<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FellowTravelers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FellowTravelers</a>' <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/depicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#depicts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gay</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#love</a> during the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Entertainment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TV</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Representation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://www.kosu.org/arts-culture/2023-11-19/fellow-travelers-depicts-gay-love-during-the-lavender-scare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kosu.org/arts-culture/2023-11-19/fellow-travelers-depicts-gay-love-during-the-lavender-scare</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈A <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesbian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WWII</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vet</a> was <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/renowned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#renowned</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/standingup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#standingup</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eisenhower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eisenhower</a>. Was it all a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lie</a>?<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnniePhelps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnniePhelps</a> may have <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fabricated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fabricated</a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#story</a>, but she was still a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pioneering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pioneering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesbian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/advocate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#advocate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lesbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lesbians</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MilitaryService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryService</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Representation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a> <a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/a-lesbian-wwii-vet-was-revered-for-standing-up-to-eisenhower-was-it-all-a-lie/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/a-lesbian-wwii-vet-was-revered-for-standing-up-to-eisenhower-was-it-all-a-lie/</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheLavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheLavenderScare</a> 2.0. Seventy years later, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> is again in the grip of a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a>-controlled <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#states</a> are <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/copyandpasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copyandpasting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antiLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antiLGBTQ</a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislation</a> from one <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/statehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#statehouse</a> to the next with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/frightening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frightening</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#speed</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ruthlessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ruthlessness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extremism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bigotry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Violence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transphobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThePartyOfHate</a> <a href="https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2023/07/20/the-lavender-scare-2-0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2023/07/20/the-lavender-scare-2-0/</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> is in the grip of a new ‘<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a>,’ spreading <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fear</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+ people.In the early 1950s, the Eisenhower administration fired or barred thousands of gay, lesbian, and transgender people from federal government jobs. This was called “The Lavender Scare.”<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bigotry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Violence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homophobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transphobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThePartyOfHate</a> <a href="https://lailluminator.com/2023/05/21/america-is-in-the-grip-of-a-new-lavender-scare-spreading-fear-of-lgbtq-people/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://lailluminator.com/2023/05/21/america-is-in-the-grip-of-a-new-lavender-scare-spreading-fear-of-lgbtq-people/</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈It has been 70 years since the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LavenderScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LavenderScare</a> & our <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#political</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/leaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leaders</a> are still after us. In the 1950s, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+ people were accused of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/working" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#working</a> with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/banned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#banned</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> jobs. Now, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#people</a> are the new <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Scapegoats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scapegoats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bigotry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Violence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homophobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transphobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThePartyOfHate</a>. <a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/it-has-been-70-years-since-the-lavender-scare-our-political-leaders-are-still-after-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/it-has-been-70-years-since-the-lavender-scare-our-political-leaders-are-still-after-us/</a>

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