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Erasing Excellence: The State Department’s Abandonment of LGBTQ Diplomats

06.11.21

by–Constanza Castro Zúñiga and Marty Amaya

It’s been over 70 years since the US State Department expelled over 1000 LGBTQ diplomats during the Lavender Scare (a period of time during McCarthyism in which LGBTQ individuals were removed from government jobs for fear of being subversives and linked to communism).[i] During the Lavender Scare, the State Department identified employees that it believed belonged […]

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