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Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Heather Haley to discuss sexuality and the military during the Cold War. A new "ideal of American morality” resulted in federal purges of gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals that became known as the Lavender Scare. How did the individuals affected fight back?

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OUTLINE:

0:00 - Introduction

0:37 - How Dr. Haley Choose this Topic

6:24 - A note to Graduate Students in the Humanities from Lynn

7:45 - Understanding the Terminology

11:05 -Where did the Term Lavender Scare Come From?

16:59 - Why Now? What Brought This On?

21:21 - LGBTQ as a Security Risk

26:57 - Are There Any Actual Instances of Someone Being Compromised? 

33:45 - The Crittenden Report

35:33 - Vernon Berg and Lawrence Gibson

43:17 - Interrogation Tactics and Intimidation

52:19 - Good Order and Discipline: Incentivised Outing

58:26 - Who Is Making These Policies

1:00:38 - The Importance of Getting it Right, Dr. Haley’s Book, and Being Nice to Archivists

1:06:17 - Where You Can Find Dr. Haley

EPISODE LINKS:.

Dr. Heather M. Haley – Twitter @GALLIFRAEAN

Women Also Know History - https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=58

The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America, Margot Canaday - https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691149936/the-straight-state

The Lavender Scare - https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html

Vernon E. Berg III and Lawrence Gibson - https://makinggayhistory.org/podcast/copy-berg/

Susan Stryker - https://www.susanstryker.net/about

Christine Jorgensen - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christine-Jorgensen

Joseph McCarthy - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-McCarthy

The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government, David K. Johnson - https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo193960577.html

Oppenheimer – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15398776/

Hidden Figures - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/

Marilyn Monroe in WWII - https://americangimuseum.org/marilyn-monroe-in-world-war-ii/

The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America, Eric Cervini - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374139797/thedeviantswar

Crittenden Report - https://archive.org/details/gay-history-us-crittenden-report-1957

Get off my ship: Ensign Berg vs. the U.S. Navy, E. Lawrence Gibson - https://archive.org/details/getoffmyshipensi00gibs

Harvey Milk - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harvey-Milk

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