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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mstdn.social/users/archivelgbt/statuses/114122690079631408">LGBTQIA+ Archives (archivelgbt@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 04:07:11 JST</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archivelgbt" title="archivelgbt@mstdn.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/328880-48-20250217182513.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="LGBTQIA+ Archives" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">LGBTQIA+ Archives</a></section><article><p>In the 1950s, Eisenhower’s K1C2 strategy targeted Korea, Communism, and Corruption—justifying mass firings to purge Roosevelt &amp; Truman hires seen as too liberal. Under McCarthy’s influence, thousands were fired, including <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lgbtq" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a>  federal employees in the Lavender Scare. 🧵</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4692133#notice-9186897">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-03-08T04:07:11+09:00" title="Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 04:07:11 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archivelgbt/114122690079631408" rel="external" title="Sent from mstdn.social via ActivityPub">mstdn.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archivelgbt/114122690079631408">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4260330">March 7, 1954 During the Lavender Scare the U.S. government forced thousand of federal employees out of their jobs, falsely labeling LGBTQ+ individuals as security risks. A 1954 report debunked exaggerated claims, revealing that only 23.4% of firings were due to accusations of subversion or homosexuality, exposing the era's fear-driven discrimination.Includes newspaper clipping: Numbers Games; Washington's celebrated numbers game--the turmoil about 1,456 or 2,200 "security risks"--had two more payoffs last week. And, as might have been expected, the payoffs [benefitted] nobody, not even the bookie.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/122/680/183/378/811/original/196a75e66be65b69.png" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/122/680/183/378/811/original/196a75e66be65b69.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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In the 1950s, Eisenhower’s K1C2 strategy targeted Korea, Communism, and Corruption—justifying mass firings to purge Roosevelt & Truman hires seen as too liberal. Under McCarthy’s influence, thousands were fired, including #lgbtq federal employees in the Lavender Scare. 🧵
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1. March 7, 1954 During the Lavender Scare the U.S. government forced thousand of federal employees out of their jobs, falsely labeling LGBTQ+ individuals as security risks. A 1954 report debunked exaggerated claims, revealing that only 23.4% of firings were due to accusations of subversion or homosexuality, exposing the era's fear-driven discrimination. Includes newspaper clipping: Numbers Games; Washington's celebrated numbers game--the turmoil about 1,456 or 2,200 "security risks"--had two more payoffs last week. And, as might have been expected, the payoffs [benefitted] nobody, not even the bookie.
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