The Lavender Scare
The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
312 pages, 18 halftones, 4 line drawings 6 x 9
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2004
Cloth $30.00
ISBN: 9780226404813
Published January 2004
Paper $22.00
ISBN: 9780226401904
Published May 2006
Related links: Read an interview with the author.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: "Panic on the Potomac"
1. Peurifoy's Revelation: The Politics of the Purges
2. "This Used to Be a Very Gay City:" Lafayette Park and the Sex Crime Panic
3. "Cookie Pushers in Striped Pants:" The Lavender Lads in the State Department
4. "Fairies and Fair Dealers:" The Immoral Bureaucracy
5. The Hoey Investigation: Searching for a Homosexual Spy
6. "Let's Clean House:" The Eisenhower Security Program
7. Interrogations and Disappearances: Gay and Lesbian Subculture in 1950s Washington
8. "Homosexual Citizens:" The Mattachine Society of Washington
Epilogue
Notes
Oral History Interviews
Index
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