Lavender Scare

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
political event
gptkbp:category American political history
LGBTQ+ history
Cold War history
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:effect association of homosexuality with communism
increased secrecy among LGBTQ+ people
loss of government jobs
public fear of homosexuality
stigmatization of homosexuality
gptkbp:endDate 1960s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lavender Scare
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:LGBTQ+_rights_movement
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mediaCoverage magazines
newspapers
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Executive_Order_10450
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:President_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Senator_Joseph_McCarthy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Red_Scare
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:McCarthyism
gptkb:Red_Scare
gptkbp:resultedIn increased discrimination against LGBTQ+ people
mass firings of LGBTQ+ federal employees
gptkbp:startDate late 1940s
gptkbp:topic anti-communism
homophobia
persecution of LGBTQ+ people
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fellow_Travelers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6