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In the early 1970s, changing attitudes began to make the Civil Service Commission's exclusion of homosexuals less acceptable. ... The definitive change in commission policy came as the result of a class action suit brought in San Francisco (Society for Individual Rights, Inc. v. Hampton, 63 ER.D. 399 [1973]).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)In the early 1970s, changing attitudes began to make the Civil Service Commission's exclusion of homosexuals less acceptable. ... The definitive change in commission policy came as the result of a class action suit brought in San Francisco (Society for Individual Rights, Inc. v. Hampton, 63 ER.D. 399 [1973]).
In the early 1970s, changing attitudes began to make the Civil Service Commission's exclusion of homosexuals less acceptable. ... The definitive change in commission policy came as the result of a class action suit brought in San Francisco (Society for Individual Rights, Inc. v. Hampton, 63 ER.D. 399 [1973]).
The Lavender Scare helped fan the flames of the Red Scare. In popular discourse, communists and homosexuals were often conflated. Both groups were perceived as hidden subcultures with their own meeting places, literature, cultural codes, and bonds of loyalty. Both groups were thought to recruit to their ranks the psychologically weak or disturbed. And both groups were considered immoral and godless. Many people believed that the two groups were working together to undermine the government.
From 1947 to 1961, more than 5,000 allegedly homosexual federal civil servants lost their jobs in the purges for no reason other than sexual orientation, and thousands of applicants were also rejected for federal employment for the same reason. During this period, more than 1,000 men and women were fired for suspected homosexuality from the State Department alone—a far greater number than were dismissed for their membership in the Communist party. The Cold War and anti-communist efforts provided the setting in which a sustained attack upon gay men and lesbians took place. The history of this 'Lavender Scare' by the federal government has been extensively documented by historian David Johnson. Johnson has demonstrated that during this era government officials intentionally engaged in campaigns to associate homosexuality with Communism: 'homosexual' and 'pervert' became synonyms for 'Communist' and 'traitor.' LGBT people were treated as a national security threat, demanding the attention of Congress, the courts, statehouses, and the media.
The Lavender Scare helped fan the flames of the Red Scare. In popular discourse, communists and homosexuals were often conflated. Both groups were perceived as hidden subcultures with their own meeting places, literature, cultural codes, and bonds of loyalty. Both groups were thought to recruit to their ranks the psychologically weak or disturbed. And both groups were considered immoral and godless. Many people believed that the two groups were working together to undermine the government.
From 1947 to 1961, more than 5,000 allegedly homosexual federal civil servants lost their jobs in the purges for no reason other than sexual orientation, and thousands of applicants were also rejected for federal employment for the same reason. During this period, more than 1,000 men and women were fired for suspected homosexuality from the State Department alone—a far greater number than were dismissed for their membership in the Communist party. The Cold War and anti-communist efforts provided the setting in which a sustained attack upon gay men and lesbians took place. The history of this 'Lavender Scare' by the federal government has been extensively documented by historian David Johnson. Johnson has demonstrated that during this era government officials intentionally engaged in campaigns to associate homosexuality with Communism: 'homosexual' and 'pervert' became synonyms for 'Communist' and 'traitor.' LGBT people were treated as a national security threat, demanding the attention of Congress, the courts, statehouses, and the media.
In the early 1970s, changing attitudes began to make the Civil Service Commission's exclusion of homosexuals less acceptable. ... The definitive change in commission policy came as the result of a class action suit brought in San Francisco (Society for Individual Rights, Inc. v. Hampton, 63 ER.D. 399 [1973]).
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