did you know that in 1953 eisenhower issued an executive order which banned gay people from being employed in government
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and it was specifically to root out lesbians who enjoyed the job security of government work
“To protect their careers, lesbian government workers moderated their behavior to avoid suspicion. They refused to socialize with other lesbians in public, attended social functions with gay men as their ‘dates,’ and carefully chose their wardrobes and makeup to project a feminine persona. Male employees who resented reporting to a female boss could trigger an investigation into her sexuality.” - Robert J Corber “Cold War Femme”
this era was called the lavender scare and was both a direct result of mccarthyism and the classification of homosexuality as a mental illness during ww2. over 10,000 lesbians and gay men lost their jobs and as a result the daughters of bilitis (the first ever lesbian activist group in the u.s.) formed in order to protect themselves and gay men
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and it’s John Kerry’s apology for these events that was removed from the State Department website days after Trump took office
*anxious at night*
next day: “haha boy that was a silly thing to be anxious about”
that night: “OR WAS IT”
me: *overthinks everything and cries*
*5 minutes later*
also me: *sees funny post and laughs* oh okay im back
hey if ur reading this and ur in a bad spot mentally or anything i hope u feel better soon and have a good day
i don’t know why everyone makes the grim reaper out to be a bad guy i mean he’s just taking to you to the afterlife it’s not like he killed you it’s actually quite nice of him to walk you there imagine if you had to go alone
