L ucas Schleusener, the CEO of Out In National Security, has warned that the current atmosphere around LGBTQ+ federal ...

Frank Kameny leads a picket line in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4, 1965.PBS/The Lavender Scare/Supplied In the 1950s, the US government launched a campaign focused on finding ...

LGBTQ+ advocates are warning that the government is enacting a de facto “lavender scare” against federal employees, with one national security expert calling right-wing influencer Laura Loomer the ...

On April 26, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation acknowledging the 70th anniversary of the Lavender Scare – a 1950s assault on the LGBTQ+ community that took place after President Dwight D.

A rainbow banner flies near the U.S. Capitol during the WorldPride International Rally and March on Washington for Freedom on June 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Credit - Alex Wong—Getty Images The ...

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. During the Cold War, as the ...

Democratic lawmakers are trying to make amends for a dark period in U.S. history — when thousands of federal employees were fired or forced to resign between the late 1940s and 1960s because they were ...

The so-called "unmentionables" always return, courtesy of a sinister conservative movement. Three-quarters of a century after the Red Scare and the coinciding Lavender Scare, the Trump administration ...

This eye-opening film about the discrimination of gays and lesbians during the Cold War premieres Tuesday, June 18 on PBS. As Pride month is in full swing, Josh Howard’s award-winning documentary “The ...