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==The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homosexuality==
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This is the introduction to OutHistory articles about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's surveillance of homosexuals, alleged homosexuals, persons alleging persons to be homosexuals, and persons associated in some more distant way  with homosexuality, as well as homosexual rights groups, and anti-homosexual groups and persons.
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OutHistory is asking the public to help survey what evidence exists about the FBI's surveillance of homosexuals and homosexuality. In December 2011, the founder of OutHistory.org, sent out a press release asking the public for such research assistance. See: [[Jonathan Ned Katz: "F.B.I Surveillance of Homosexuals and Gay Groups, December 18, 2011]]
  
[http://vault.fbi.gov/reading-room-index Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Vault Index.] Accessed October 9, 2011.
 
:A search of this site for "homosexual" on October 9, 2011 returned 76 items. A search on the same date for "homosexuality" returned 26 items, some of which were not included in the original 76 items. A search for "homosexuals" returned 40 items some of which were not included in earlier searches, and none of these were yet integrated into the list below.
 
  
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In part, this is a survey of the history and evidence of rumors. We are interested in evaluating that documentation within its original social and historical context and asking what it reveals, especially about American sexuality and gender.
  
HOMOSEXUALS
 
  
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The entries and sources are based on information provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and in numbers of books, articles, and newspapers.
  
  
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Below: Illustration with article critical of the FBI and Hoover by Ray Tucker, head of Collier's bureau in Washington, D.C. (see [[F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology| F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 1, 1910-1949]]: 1933, August 19 ). We're reproducing it extra large here so OutHistory users can see all the spying going on.
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Columbine High School Part 3 of 4
 
Cambridge Five Spy Ring Part 20 of 42
 
American Nazi Party Part 1 of 2
 
Cambridge Five Spy Ring Part 29 of 42
 
John Chancellor Part 2 of 4
 
Sen. Joseph (Joe) McCarthy Part 35 of 56
 
Sen. Joseph (Joe) McCarthy Part 3 of 56
 
Cambridge Five Spy Ring Part 14 of 42
 
Cambridge Five Spy Ring Part 25 of 42
 
American Nazi Party Part 2 of 2
 
Cambridge Five Spy Ring Part 38 of 42
 
Alfred Kinsey Part 3 of 4
 
The Covenant The Sword The Arm of the Lord Part 1 of 2
 
John Ehrlichman Part 1 of 5
 
Waco FBI Transcripts Tapes 206 - 207
 
Sen. Joseph (Joe) McCarthy Part 5 of 56
 
Cambridge Five Spy Ring Part 4 of 42
 
John Profumo (Bowtie) Part 8 of 8
 
Cambridge Five Spy Ring Part 15 of 42
 
Jesse Helms Part 03 of 07
 
General Douglas MacArthur Part 4 of 4
 
  
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:A search for "lesbian" returned 8 items, some of which had not been included in the earlier results. A search for "lesbianism" returned one result. A search for "lesbians" has not yet been made.
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==[[F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Bibliography]]==
  
A search for the term "gay" included 504 results, all of which may not refer to homosexuality and the results have not  been included in this list. A search for "gay and homosexual" returned 21 results not yet included on the list below.
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==[[F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology| F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 1, 1910-1949]]==
  
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==[[F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 2| F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 2, 1950-1979]]==
  
Unless otherwise noted, all search results are listed below in alphabetical order.  
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==[[F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 3| F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 3, 1980-present]]==
  
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==[[F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Persons and Groups Investigated]]==
  
Users of OutHistory would like to know more about what each of these files contains.
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==[[Angela "Angie" Calomiris: August 1, 1916 - January 30, 1995]]==
  
[http://209.200.244.13/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation:_Mattachine_Society,_May_21,_1953 Katz, Jonathan Ned. Art work based on Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance of The Mattachine Society, May 21, 1953]
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==[[John Edgar Hoover: January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972]]==
  
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==[[McCarthyism, Homophobia, and Homosexuality: 1940s-1950s]]==
  
==Alphabetical Subject List==
 
F.B.I. Surveillance of Alleged Homosexuals, Homosexual Groups, and Anti-Homosexual Groups and Persons
 
  
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==*[[Mitchell Halberstadt: A Gay Youth Group, the FBI, and the Community, November 28, 1984]]==
  
:ABSCAM. Part 10 of 10 refers to "homosexuality". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
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==[[Rumor in LGBTQ History: Bibliography and Timeline]]==
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:Whatever the truth or falsity of rumors, how can, for example, the rumors about J. Edgar Hoover's homosexuality and cross-dressing be studied as evidence in the history of sexuality and gender?
  
 
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==[[Searching the FBI Website for Homosexual History]]==
:American Nazi Party. Part 1 of 2 refers to ???. Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
:Amerithrax. Part 10 of 30 refers to "homosexuality".  Part 05 refers to "lesbian".
 
::Amerithrax, short for American anthrax attacks, was a multi-agency investigation led by the FBI. It was launched in October 2001. Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
:Atlanta Child Murders. Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
: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
 
 
 
 
 
:Black Dahlia (Elizabeth Short). Part 3 of 4 refers to "lesbian". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
::In 1947, Elizabeth Ann Short (1924-1947) was brutally mutilated and murdered in Los Angeles. The FBI was heavily involved the investigation.
 
 
 
 
 
:Beekman, Gustave. (Proprietor of homosexual brothel in Brooklyn, NY, in 1940s.) 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 -- See: http://vault.fbi.gov/Anthony%20Blunt%20/Anthony%20Blunt%20Part%201%20of%201/view Accessed October 9, 2011.
 
::An earlier URL listing 37 pages was: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/foiaindex_b.htm
 
 
 
 
 
:Buck, Pearl.
 
::Part 3 of 4 refers to term ?????. Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
::Pearl Buck Part 3 of 4 refers to "homosexuals".
 
 
 
 
 
:Burgess, Guy (see Philby, Kim)
 
 
 
 
 
:Cambridge Five Spy Ring
 
::Parts 2, 3, 28, 33, 36, 39 of 42 refer to "homosexual". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
::Part 3 of 42 refers to "homosexuals".
 
 
 
:Chambers, Whittaker. Cited in ''J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets'' By Curt Gentry. Page 363.
 
 
 
 
 
:Chancellor, John. FBI Vault accessed October 9, 2011.
 
::Part 3 of 4 refers to "homosexuals".
 
::Part 4 of 4 refers to "homosexuals".
 
 
 
 
 
:Cohn, Roy. Cited in ''J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets'' By Curt Gentry. Page 412.
 
 
 
 
 
:Covenant The Sword The Arm of the Lord, The. Part 2 refers to "homosexual". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault. 
 
 
 
 
 
:Dorothy Dandridge. Part 1 of 1 refers to ???. Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
: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
 
 
 
 
 
:Gold, Harry. Part 29 of 108 refers to "homosexuality". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
:Hells Angels. Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
:Helms, Jesse. Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
::Parts 03, 04 of 07 refer to "lesbian".
 
:Jesse Helms Part 04 of 07 refers to "homosexuals".
 
 
 
 
 
:Hitler, Adolph. See: http://vault.fbi.gov/adolf-hitler Accessed October 9, 2011. (Users of OutHistory would like to know if this file contains any allegations of homosexuality.)
 
 
 
 
 
:Hoover, John Edgar and Clyde Tolson:
 
:Hoover, J. Edgar. Part 11 of 22 refers to "homosexuality". Part 16 refers to "lesbian", Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
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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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:Hudson, Rock. Part 1 of 1 refers to ???. Accessed October 9, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
:Jack the Ripper. Part 1 of 1 refers to "homosexual". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI vault.
 
 
 
 
 
: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.
 
 
 
 
 
:Kinsey, Alfred. See: http://vault.fbi.gov/Alfred%20Kinsey Accessed October 9, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
::Parts 3, 4 refer to "homosexual". Other parts also refer to "homosexual",
 
::Part 2 of 4 refers to "homosexuals". Alfred Kinsey Part 4 of 4 refers to "homosexuals".
 
::Part 4 of 4 refers to "lesbian". Accessed October 11, 2011.
 
All accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
:Lash, Joseph. Accessed October 9, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
Liberace Part 3 of 6 refers to "homosexuals". Accessed October 9, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
: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
 
::Part 03 of 03 refers to "lesbian". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
::Part 03 of 03 refers to "lesbianism". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
::Part 03 of 03 refers to "homosexuals". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
:McCarthy, Joseph. (Senator.) Cited in ''J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets'' By Curt Gentry. Page 432, 434.
 
::Files accessed October 9, 2011 from FBI Vault. Part 3 of 56 refers to ?
 
 
 
 
 
:Nuestra Familia. Part 1 of 1 refers to ?. Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
: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.
 
 
 
 
 
:Mario Savio. Part 09 of 09 refers to "homosexuality". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
: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.
 
 
 
 
 
:Supreme Court. Part 16 of 34 refers to "homosexuality". Part 24 of 34 refers to "lesbian". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
 
: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.
 
 
 
 
 
:United States Supreme Court. See "Supreme Court".
 
 
 
 
 
: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.
 
 
 
 
 
:Winchell, Walter. Part 58 of 58 refers to "homosexual". Accessed October 11, 2011 from FBI Vault.
 
 
 
 
==Chronology==
 
1940s: Since at least the 1940s unsubstantiated rumors have circulated that j. Edgar Hoover was homosexual.<ref>Terry, Jennifer (1999). ''An American Obsession: Science, Medicine, and Homosexuality in Modern Society.'' University of Chicago Press. pp. pg. 350. ISBN 0-226-79366-4.</ref>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==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?
 
  
  
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==Art Work==
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[http://209.200.244.13/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation:_Mattachine_Society,_May_21,_1953 Katz, Jonathan Ned. Art work based on Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance of The Mattachine Society, May 21, 1953]
  
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Latest revision as of 10:24, 24 January 2012

This is the introduction to OutHistory articles about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's surveillance of homosexuals, alleged homosexuals, persons alleging persons to be homosexuals, and persons associated in some more distant way with homosexuality, as well as homosexual rights groups, and anti-homosexual groups and persons.


OutHistory is asking the public to help survey what evidence exists about the FBI's surveillance of homosexuals and homosexuality. In December 2011, the founder of OutHistory.org, sent out a press release asking the public for such research assistance. See: Jonathan Ned Katz: "F.B.I Surveillance of Homosexuals and Gay Groups, December 18, 2011


In part, this is a survey of the history and evidence of rumors. We are interested in evaluating that documentation within its original social and historical context and asking what it reveals, especially about American sexuality and gender.


The entries and sources are based on information provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and in numbers of books, articles, and newspapers.


Below: Illustration with article critical of the FBI and Hoover by Ray Tucker, head of Collier's bureau in Washington, D.C. (see F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 1, 1910-1949: 1933, August 19 ). We're reproducing it extra large here so OutHistory users can see all the spying going on. Colliers.Pix.300dpi.jpeg


UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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.

See:

F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Bibliography

F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 1, 1910-1949

F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 2, 1950-1979

F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Chronology, Part 3, 1980-present

F.B.I. and Homosexuality: Persons and Groups Investigated

See also:

Angela "Angie" Calomiris: August 1, 1916 - January 30, 1995

John Edgar Hoover: January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972

McCarthyism, Homophobia, and Homosexuality: 1940s-1950s

*Mitchell Halberstadt: A Gay Youth Group, the FBI, and the Community, November 28, 1984

Rumor in LGBTQ History: Bibliography and Timeline

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

Searching the FBI Website for Homosexual History

Art Work

Katz, Jonathan Ned. Art work based on Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance of The Mattachine Society, May 21, 1953