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The Lavender Scare

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The Hoey Report Concludes That Gay People Are a Threat to National Security

The Soviet Union has an active program of finding these people and targeting them. The pervert is easy prey to the blackmailer. There was no evidence that any gay man or lesbian was being blackmailed by foreign agents. One homosexual compilout a government office. So they were just generally undesirable and unsuitable.

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