The Lavender Scare

Hear the voices of some of the men and women who tell their first-person stories in The Lavender Scare .

The Investigator.

The Navy Captain.

Bartley A. Fugler ’s job was to identify and remove homosexuals from the federal workforce. Here’s how he did it.

Joan Cassidy was poised to become the first female admiral in the U.S. Navy Reserves. But it was not to be.

The Informer.

The Unlikely Hero.

When the government discovered Bob Cantillion was gay, he turned in his friends to save himself. He wasn’t expecting what happened next.

Thousands of government workers lost their jobs because they were gay or lesbian, and they all went away without a fight. Until Frank Kameny came along.