https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem en-us 2023-05-08 23:09:19 UTC 2023-05-09 00:21:42 UTC hello@padlet.com atoney3955 https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582759167 The "lavender scare" was a moral panic about homosexual people in the United States government which led to their mass dismissal from government service during the mid-20th century.]]> 2023-05-08 23:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582759167 atoney3955 https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582760171 Both homosexuals and Communist Party members were seen as subversive elements in American society who all shared the same ideals of antitheism, rejection of bourgeois culture and middle-class morality, and lack of conformity. “posed a threat to national security because they were vulnerable to blackmail and were considered to have weak moral characters,” says historian David K. Johnson. ]]> 2023-05-08 23:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582760171 atoney3955 https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582761979 "We learn about the Red Scare in school, but not about the Lavender Scare, the policy that discriminated against gay government employees."]]> 2023-05-08 23:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582761979 atoney3955 https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582763107 It was deemed an infiltration of the government when they discovered that there were queer employees in the government system, who were soon terminated]]> 2023-05-08 23:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582763107 atoney3955 https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582796957 The government soon found that Ference had a roommate who was a lot closer to him than usual roommate and he was immediately fired after the decision of him being a homosexual. He was soon found dead after being fired.]]> 2023-05-09 00:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582796957 atoney3955 https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582801920 2023-05-09 00:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582801920 atoney3955 https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582810371 Frank Kameny had a role in the Army Map Service but was fired in 1957 due to his Homosexuality, deciding to fight the decision of being fired he blamed the firing on the discrimination on a civil rights issue "By 1965, Kameny and other gay men and lesbians were picketing outside the White House and helping other fired employees with their court cases."  
 Later Kameny was the first man to keep his role and security clearance. Soon in 1995, President Bill Clinton passed a law terminating discrimination based on sexual orientation]]> 2023-05-09 00:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582810371 atoney3955 https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582817216 2023-05-09 00:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582817216 atoney3955 https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582818029 Those who support and are not part of the LGTBQ+ community ]]> 2023-05-09 00:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/atoney3955/3om7j4aficykznem/wish/2582818029