Perverts by Official Order

The Campaign Against Homosexuals by the United States Navy

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Gay Studies, History, Military
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Author: Lawrence Murphy ISBN: 9781317953876
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: August 27, 2014
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Lawrence Murphy
ISBN: 9781317953876
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: August 27, 2014
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This candid book documents for the first time the U.S. Navy’s use of entrapment in pursuit of homosexuals in and around Newport, Rhode Island, during the early twentieth century. This most extensive systematic persecution of gays in American history occurred with the approval of Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary Franklin Roosevelt, as dozens of sailors were ordered to identify and even seduce gay men in order to report their names to the authorities. Noted historian Lawrence Murphy reveals the details of this sordid campaign that ultimately generated a national scandal and first raised issues of gay rights and governmental persecution of homosexuals.

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This candid book documents for the first time the U.S. Navy’s use of entrapment in pursuit of homosexuals in and around Newport, Rhode Island, during the early twentieth century. This most extensive systematic persecution of gays in American history occurred with the approval of Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary Franklin Roosevelt, as dozens of sailors were ordered to identify and even seduce gay men in order to report their names to the authorities. Noted historian Lawrence Murphy reveals the details of this sordid campaign that ultimately generated a national scandal and first raised issues of gay rights and governmental persecution of homosexuals.

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