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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender_scare
I was intrigued by the interesting name, which left me so rapt that I started checking the sources because it sounded so outlandish that surely, it couldn't be real. That culmated with me buying a shockingly expensive paperback book and reading the shit out of it. I kept having to check the copyright date because it seemed like a repeat of 2022. It gives me a lot of hope for humanity because America came out (heh) stronger because of it.
The wildest part is that it happened so recently ago, ALL the landmarks are still there in DC. There's zero placards that acknowledge any of it, but you can still visit each of these places, some of which are right across from the White House. I recommend everyone read it, it shows the depth of evil, but also the hope of people, and how a peaceful social movement goes from the most hated, to one that became part of the cultural mainstream in a handful of decades. The wildest part is that it took this long, mostly being post WW2.
That book has even been referenced in the NYT in headline articles, which was awesome to see.