F.B.I. and Homosexuality: A History

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homosexuality

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See also an art work on this subject: Federal Bureau of Investigation: Mattachine Society, May 21, 1953

Alphabetical Subject List

F.B.I. Surveillance of Alleged Homosexuals and Homosexual Groups

Babcock, Ed. (Young Republican aid to Joseph McCarthy.). Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 379.

Bankhead, Talulah -- 11 pages. See: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/foiaindex_b.htm

Beekman, Gustave. (Proprietor of homosexual brothel in Brooklyn, NY.) Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 287.

Bernstein, Leonard -- 720 pages. See: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/foiaindex_b.htm

Blitzstein, Marc: See: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/foiaindex_r.htm

Blunt, Anthony -- 37 pages. See: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/foiaindex_b.htm

Burgess, Guy (see Philby, Kim)

Chambers, Whittaker. Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 363.

Cohn, Roy. Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 412.

Davis, Charles. (Advisor to Joseph McCarthy, alleged to have been dismissed from U.S. Navy for homosexual acts.) Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 379

FBI agents (unnamed, thought to be homosexual). Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 755.

FBI informants (unnamed, thought to be homosexual). Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 412

Gay Activists Alliance -- 534 pages

See: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/foiaindex_g.htm

Gay Activists Alliance: 135 pages.

From the F.B.I. website: "This Civil Rights organization originated [sic] at Ohio State University in the 1970's and had several other Chapters throughout the United States, which were concerned with equal rights for gays and lesbians." URL: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/gayalli.htm

Part 01

Part 02

Gay Liberation Front -- 1,113 pages

http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/foiaindex_g.htm

Hoover, John Edgar and Clyde Tolson:

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Authors who dismiss the rumors about Hoover's homosexuality and his relationship with Tolson r as unlikely. Add bibliographic information.

Wannal, Ray. The Real J. Edgar Hoover: For the Record. Paducah, Ky. : Turner Pub., copyright 2000. 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 1563115530. LC Call Number: HV7911.H6 W36 2000. Dewey Number: 363.25/092 21

Authors who claim Hoover and/or Tolson were homosexuals or transvestites. Add bibliographic information.

Rumors about Hoover and Tolson:

Documented. Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 511.

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Jenkins, Walter. (Aid to Lyndon Johnson, arrested for homosexual solicitation.) Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 579-580.

Mattachine Society

See: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) release of material from FBI file number 100-HQ-403320 Subject: The Mattachine Society, 1948-1971 - [PDF 43 MB - 28-Jun-2010] at: http://governmentattic.org/

NOTE: Large file: 43 MB

McCarthy, Joseph. (Senator.) Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 432, 434.

Police (local, said to cover up information about FBI agents arrested for homosexual solicitation). Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 419.

Spellman, Cardinal. Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 368.

Stevenson, Adlai. Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 402-403, 445, 478.

Robins, Jerome: See: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/foiaindex_r.htm

United States Presidential candidate (unnamed). Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 51.

United States Senator (unnamed). Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 35.

Welles, Summner. (Friend and advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt.) Cited in J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets By Curt Gentry. Page 307-308.

Chronology

1940s: Since at least the 1940s unsubstantiated rumors have circulated that j. Edgar Hoover was homosexual.

Bibliography

FBI Records: Our Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Website: See: http://foia.fbi.gov/

Wikipedia. J. Edgar Hoover: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover#cite_note-Cox.2C_John_Stuart_and_Theoharis.2C_Athan_G._1988_pg._108-22

Questions

Whatever their truth or falsity, how can the rumors about J. Edgar Hoover's homosexuality and cross-dressing be studied as evidence in the history of sexuality?