LGBTQ+ federal workers have been targeted before—first as "security risks" during the Lavender Scare, and now as "DEI hires" in today's workplace purges. With over 100 intelligence employees recently fired for alleged "inappropriate behavior" in LGBTQ+ networking spaces, history is unfolding in real time.
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This September, the Biden administration announced that VA benefits would be ensured for those removed from the military over one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The practice of discharging LGBTQIA+ individuals from the armed forces extends back in US history, but became pronounced in the McCarthy era after World War…