Throughout history, homosexuality has been a complicating factor for men and women electing to serve in the armed forces of the United States. The right to serv

During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces increasing

A new edition of a classic work of history, revealing the anti-homosexual purges of midcentury Washington. In The Lavender Scare, David K. Johnson tells the fri

First Published in 1996. From 1980 to 1990 nearly 17,000 service members were discharged from the military because of their homosexuality. This book places the

Presents a study of federal regulation of homosexulity, arguing that the United States government systematically penalized homosexuals and gave rise to their se