

The Lavender Scare
The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
Author: David K. Johnson
Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Unabridged: 10 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 09/10/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Social Science, Lgbtq+ Nonfiction
Synopsis
Winner of three book awards, The Lavender Scare masterfully traces the origins of contemporary sexual politics to Cold War hysteria over national security. Drawing on newly declassified documents and interviews with former government officials, historian David Johnson chronicles how the myth that homosexuals threatened national security determined government policy for decades, ruined thousands of lives, and pushed many to suicide. As Johnson shows, this myth not only outlived McCarthy but, by the 1960s, helped launch a new civil rights struggle.