Difference between revisions of "Homosexual Witch Hunt, 1930s"
From OutHistory
Jump to navigationJump to search| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
| − | {{unprotected | + | {{unprotected}} |
<comments /> | <comments /> | ||
Revision as of 15:47, 7 March 2011
A homosexual witch hunt dating to the late I930s, in one of the smaller cities of the U.S., is reported by an anonymous "reliable source" in Arno Karlen's Sexuality and Homosexuality; A New View (N.Y.: Norton, 1971), p. 313.
The arrest and confession of an eminent married man led to the arrest of some thirty others.
The judge sentenced all to six months on the road gang or an alternative of surgical emasculation. He claimed that in the last five years many men had chosen the operation and that the results were perfect. This alternative was not accepted. The suicide of a local doctor ended this antihomosexual crusade.
OutHistory.org would like documentation of this event.
OPEN ENTRY: This entry is open to collaborative creation by anyone with evidence, citations, and analysis to share, so no particular, named creator is responsible for the accuracy and cogency of its content. Please use this entry's Comment section at the bottom of the page to suggest improvements about which you are unsure. Thanks.
<comments />
