View source for FBI Arrests Louis Arlan Kerr: May 10, 1955

“On May 10, 1955, Agents of the FBI arrested Louis Arlan Kerr at New Orleans, Louisiana, on a federal warrant charging a violation of the Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property Statut[e].  While being interviewed concerning the federal charge on which he was arrested, Kerr volunteered information that he was a homosexual. He furnished the names of 45 individuals with whom he claimed to have had homosexual relations since 1051. Kerr also stated that he had a long standing friendship with Dorothy Dandridge, Negro movie actress. However, he added that she was in no way a sex deviate.“<ref>[http://vault.fbi.gov/Dorothy%20Dandridge/Dorothy%20Dandridge%20Part%201%20of%201/view Dorothy Dandridge, Part 1 of 1. Report headed “Confidential,” dated August 23, 1956 , page 4.]</ref> 

See also: the chronology on the FBI and homosexuality, 1955, May 10.

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