On April 27, 1953, the federal government declared war on its queer employees. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Executive Order 10450 authorized a witch hunt for workers who engaged in, among other activities deemed to be national security risks, “sexual perversions.” Thus began what historians later dubbed the Lavender Scare, a less publicized but similarly devastating sequel to the Red …
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Two weeks before the 2023 Met Gala, the team behind the High Fashion Twitter Met Gala sent out a tweet that stated that they would not be holding their usual digital companion event to the annual Costume Institute Benefit, which is often referred to as “fashion’s biggest night.”
“As we approach the first Monday of May, the hf twitter met gala team would like to ann…
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