Are You Now Or Ever Have Been A Homosexual?

That question was asked of LGBTQ back in the 1950s at the House Un-American Activities committee when the Lavender Scare.

You’ve Probably Heard of the Red Scare, but the Lesser-Known, Anti-Gay ‘Lavender Scare’ Is Rarely Taught in Schools

Time

By Suyin Haynes and Video by Arpita Aneja

December 22, 2020

Six years into his career as a linguist at the National Security Agency in 1980, Jamie Shoemaker was called into the office of the Agency’s security apparatus.

“They read me my rights,” he recalls, “and they said ‘we understand you’re leading a gay lifestyle.’ And I remember saying, ‘well, I didn’t think I was leading it, but yes, I’m gay.’” It was made clear to Shoemaker that he couldn’t keep his top secret security clearance, and he was taken to a nearby facility where he was separated from his fellow employees. For the next four months, Shoemaker didn’t work while his bosses came to a decision. Eventually, personnel officers told him that he was going to be fired.

What happened to Shoemaker in 1980 was the continuation of a policy launched nearly 30 years earlier, in 1953. Under President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Executive Order 10450, the investigation, interrogation and systematic removal of gay men and lesbians from the federal government became policy. Known as the “Lavender Scare,” the policy was based on the unfounded fear that gay men and lesbians “posed a threat to national security because they were vulnerable to blackmail and were considered to have weak moral characters,” says historian David K. Johnson. According to him, this aspect of American history has largely been overlooked.

And now once again, we have the Lavender Scare 2.0, Trump it bring it back with his junta.

Welcome to the Lavender Scare 2.0!

Homeland Security can now spy on LGBTQ+ people & groups as threats to U.S. safety

The move suggests that Trump may start investigating LGBTQ+ groups as a security threat.

LGBTQ Nation

By Greg Owen

February 27, 2025

In another reversal of the Biden administration’s expansion of federal protections for LGBTQ+ Americans, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has eliminated language in internal documents prohibiting the surveillance of individuals or groups based solely on their sexual orientation or gender identity, Bloomberg reports.

Two weeks ago, the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis updated its policy manual to fall in line with President Donald Trump’s executive orders excising diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies from federal agencies and declaring there are only two immutable sexes, male and female.

The terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” which were added to the list of protected groups and individuals at the direction of the Biden administration, have been removed.

BUT WAIT! There is more! And it is the scary parts...

The Trump administration reversed Biden’s executive order facilitating the addition of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the intelligence agency’s prohibited list on his first day in office.

Are we heading down that path again?

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a longtime LGBTQ+ antagonist, was confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in January.

What does Trump's Bible, Project 2025 has to say about us (Hint: It is not good!)

What Project 2025 could mean for LGBTQ+ Americans

Axios

Ivana Saric

November 7, 2024

The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, which President-elect Trump's allies have touted as the incoming administration's agenda, outlines vast plans for rolling back rights and protections for LGBTQ+ people.

The big picture: If implemented, Project 2025 would reshape the fabric of American life by expanding the power of the presidency, shrinking the social safety net and rolling back rights for a vast swath of Americans.

But it also is chiseling away our rights...

Project 2025 attempts to virtually erase LGBTQ+ people from federal protections altogether. It would also have broad implications for people of color and women across the country.

• The mandate calls for deleting the words "sexual orientation and gender identity ('SOGI'), diversity, equity, and inclusion ('DEI'), gender, gender equality, gender equity, gender awareness, gender-sensitive, abortion, reproductive health, reproductive rights ... out of every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists."
• In 2020, the Supreme Court expanded workplace discrimination protections under Title VII for workers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Project 2025 calls for restricting the application of that ruling to hiring and firing and directs the president to instruct federal agencies to withdraw any guidances that aim to apply it beyond that scope.

It also calls for rescinding other regulations prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, and sex characteristics.

Are we now in the Trump' version of the Lavender Scare on steroids?

Many gays and lesbians thought that Trump wasn't coming after them... but you know he came after the low hanging fruit first and now he has his sights set on the whole community. Because I remembered Martin Niemöller poem.