#lavenderscare — Public Fediverse posts

Let the good times roll: the queer history of Mardi Gras in New Orleans

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/history/queer-history-mardi-gras

Decorated FBI agent trainee fired over Pride flag warns new ‘Lavender Scare’ is spreading ‘like wildfire’

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lavender-scare-pride-flag

This Monday, Firestorm is teaming up with scholar Zane McNeill for a conversation on the terrifying new wave of anti-transgender rhetoric and political persecution. Speaking with activists Eric King and Josh Davidson, co-editors of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners," we'll put this federal attack on trans rights in historical perspective—connecting it to repression during the Red Scare, the Lavender Scare, Black Liberation and Gay Rights Movements, the Green Scare, and solidarity with Palestine.

We'll also explore what we can learn from past struggles—how organizers not only survived but built movements under constant FBI surveillance—highlighting harm and risk reduction strategies that remain relevant today.

Find more and register to join this free event at https://firestorm.coop/events/3478-gender-terrorism-surviving-magas-war-on-trans-people.html. The recorded conversation will also be shared via our YouTube channel for folks who cannot join live!

#TransLiberation #TransRights #LavenderScare #NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA #WeKeepUsSafe #QueerSouth #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

LGBTQ+ History Month founder says ‘history is our defense’ against Trumpism’s false saints like Charlie Kirk

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/rodney-wilson-lgbtq-history-month

LGBTQ+ History Month founder says ‘history is our defense’ against Trumpism’s false saints like Charlie Kirk

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/rodney-wilson-lgbtq-history-month

LGBTQ+ History Month founder says ‘history is our defense’ against Trumpism’s false saints like Charlie Kirk

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/rodney-wilson-lgbtq-history-month

LGBTQ+ History Month founder says ‘history is our defense’ against Trumpism’s false saints like Charlie Kirk

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/rodney-wilson-lgbtq-history-month

LGBTQ+ History Month founder says ‘history is our defense’ against Trumpism’s false saints like Charlie Kirk

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/rodney-wilson-lgbtq-history-month

Mr. Abbasi, I can appreciate trying to show these schmucks in an empathetic light and make them full characters, but frankly as far as Cohn (closet homophobe who did a lot of damage to LGBTQIAplus people. #LavenderScare ) and #DonCheeto are concerned: 🎻 FUCK THOSE GUYS!

[Video] How the #LavenderScare forced #LGBTQ #workers from of the #federal #government.

The #anticommunist #paranoia that gripped #Washington at the #dawn of the #ColdWar led to an often-overlooked chapter in #LGBTQ #history.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-lavender-scare-forced-lgbtq-workers-out-of-the-federal-government

[Video] How the #LavenderScare forced #LGBTQ #workers from of the #federal #government.

The #anticommunist #paranoia that gripped #Washington at the #dawn of the #ColdWar led to an often-overlooked chapter in #LGBTQ #history.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-lavender-scare-forced-lgbtq-workers-out-of-the-federal-government

[Video] How the #LavenderScare forced #LGBTQ #workers from of the #federal #government.

The #anticommunist #paranoia that gripped #Washington at the #dawn of the #ColdWar led to an often-overlooked chapter in #LGBTQ #history.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-lavender-scare-forced-lgbtq-workers-out-of-the-federal-government

[Video] How the #LavenderScare forced #LGBTQ #workers from of the #federal #government.

The #anticommunist #paranoia that gripped #Washington at the #dawn of the #ColdWar led to an often-overlooked chapter in #LGBTQ #history.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-lavender-scare-forced-lgbtq-workers-out-of-the-federal-government

[Video] How the #LavenderScare forced #LGBTQ #workers from of the #federal #government.

The #anticommunist #paranoia that gripped #Washington at the #dawn of the #ColdWar led to an often-overlooked chapter in #LGBTQ #history.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-lavender-scare-forced-lgbtq-workers-out-of-the-federal-government

The #bawdy #genderqueer #lesbian #singer who helped shape the #sound of the #HarlemRenaissance.

#GladysBentley was on top of the world until the #LavenderScare forced her back into the #closet.

#Women #Lesbians #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Music #Representation #Culture #RoleModels #BlackMastodon

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/the-bawdy-genderqueer-lesbian-singer-who-helped-shape-the-sound-of-the-harlem-renaissance/

So much media attention has been paid to the hotness of the #FellowTravelers cast, but not nearly enough confronts the ways that state-level politics are repeating the horrors of the #RedScare and #LavenderScare. The #RepublicanParty is now McCarthyism, with sharper teeth.
#PublicSchoolSystems and #PublicLibraries are our new barometers.
#Utah #Florida #Oklahoma #BannedBooks #Transphobia #CreepingFascism

A #lesbian #WWII #vet was #renowned for #standingup to #Eisenhower. Was it all a #lie?

#JohnniePhelps may have #fabricated the #story, but she was still a #pioneering #lesbian #advocate

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #MilitaryService #Representation #Culture #LavenderScare

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/a-lesbian-wwii-vet-was-revered-for-standing-up-to-eisenhower-was-it-all-a-lie/

#TheLavenderScare 2.0.

Seventy years later, #America is again in the grip of a #LavenderScare. #Republican-controlled #states are #copyandpasting #antiLGBTQ+ #legislation from one #statehouse to the next with #frightening #speed and #ruthlessness

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Conservatives #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2023/07/20/the-lavender-scare-2-0/