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Jun 2018
27m 9s

Lavender Scare

VOX MEDIA PODCAST NETWORK
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Helen James grew up in a military family — her great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when she enlisted in 1952, she felt like she belonged. Shortly after, she realized she was being watched. Today we talk to one of the members of the U.S. Air Force impacted by a campaign to remove LGBTQI+ employees of ... Show More
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