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S1 E4 "The Lavender Scare"

Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

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How did McCarran and McCarthy enable purges of gay employees?

Devlin details the McCarran rider, congressional pressure, and McCarthy's speeches that tied homosexuality to disloyalty and blackmail risk.

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