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  • A demonstrator holds a progress pride flag during the Drag March LA protest in West Hollywood, California.
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    The Shameful History of the Lavender Scare Echoes Today

    Seventy years after a disgraceful episode of anti-LGTBQ history, we are facing a new wave of McCarthyist fearmongering.
    by David K. Johnson via Made By History on April 27, 2023

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