Lavender is the New Red

Authors

David K. Johnson, University of South FloridaFollow

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

1-31-2014

Abstract

Brian sits down with historian David Johnson to discuss the “Lavender Scare” of the 1950s, which saw thousands of gays and lesbians excluded from federal government service.

Comments

Interviewer: Brian Balogh, Backstory with the American History Guys Podcast

Was this content written or created while at USF?

Yes

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Backstory with the American History Guys, Outed: Sexual Identity in America, January 31, 2014

Scholar Commons Citation

Johnson, David K., "Lavender is the New Red" (2014). History Faculty Publications. 246.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/hty_facpub/246