14 Fascinating Queer Historical Figures I’m Mad I Didn’t Learn About Sooner, But Am Delighted To Know About Now – BuzzFeed

Pictured is Senator Joseph McCarthy, who in addition to leading farcical investigations into supposed communists in the US government and culture at large, contributed to the “Lavender Scare,” which author David K. Johnson described as a Cold War-era fear that “gay people were a threat to national security.”