Uncovered Papers Show Past Government Efforts to Drive Gays From Jobs

Government's Past Efforts To Drive Gays Out Of Jobs Revealed
John Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States, gives a speech during a testimony before the senate internal security committee, on November 17, 1953, in Washington. (Photo credit should read BOB MULLIGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
John Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States, gives a speech during a testimony before the senate internal security committee, on November 17, 1953, in Washington. (Photo credit should read BOB MULLIGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

It is well known that America’s laws and policies, in the name of morality and national security, barred gays from the federal work force for much of the previous century. But documents newly obtained by a gay-rights group offer new details about the views that drove the government’s sometimes obsessive effort to identify and fire gays in government jobs.

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