{"id":230,"date":"2023-02-09T22:37:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T06:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2023-02-09T22:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T06:37:45","slug":"this-week-in-gay-history-february-10th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/blog\/2023\/02\/this-week-in-gay-history-february-10th\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Gay History, February 10th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are a few moments in gay history that occurred on this week in the past (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/blog\/2023\/02\/this-week-in-history-february-3rd\/\">last week in gay history<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>February 7th\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>70 years ago, the FBI reported One Inc. was formed as a non-profit in California, which they appear to have noted in surveilling the Mattachine Society. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/wiki\/index.php\/FBI_Memo_One_Inc_Registered_Post_Office_Box,_FBI_(Record,_July_1953)\">FBI Memo One Inc Registered Post Office Box, FBI (Record, July 1953)<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70 years ago, during the Lavender Scare, Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin claims that an employee seeking a promotion within the federal government is a &#8220;homosexual&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/wiki\/index.php\/McCarthy_to_Summon_Security_Files_Chief,_Evening_Star_(Article,_February_1953)\">McCarthy to Summon Security Files Chief, Evening Star (Article, February 1953)<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>155 years ago, newspapers began publishing articles regarding the story of Edgar Burnham, an intersex man that lived at the time. Edgar was born in Wisconsin and socialized as a girl. As a young adult he married another man, but they quickly divorced as he became aware of his intersex traits. He moved to Chicago began dressing as a man, and gave himself the name Edgar Burnham. He would start seeing women and eventually married a woman he would move to Iowa with. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/wiki\/index.php\/A_Most_Strange_Chapter,_Burlington_Weekly_Free_Press_(Article,_1868)\">A Most Strange Chapter, Burlington Weekly Free Press (Article, 1868)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/wiki\/index.php\/He_She_Or_It,_Daily_Ohio_Statesman_(Article,_1868)\">He She Or It, Daily Ohio Statesman (Article, 1868)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>February 8th\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>69 years ago, a State Department administrator claimed that the security firings during the combination of the Red Scare and Lavender Scare were not impacting morale, as otherwise reported. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/wiki\/index.php\/McLeod_Backs_Security_Rules,_Evening_Star_(Article,_February_1954)\">McLeod Backs Security Rules, Evening Star (Article, February 1954)<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>69 years ago, the Justice Department reports out of eight security firings, only one was security related. The rest included other categories of which being LGBTQ was included. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/wiki\/index.php\/Justice_Department_Lists_1_Loyalty_Case_In_8_Security_Ousters,_Evening_Star_(Article,_February_1954)\">Justice Department Lists 1 Loyalty Case In 8 Security Ousters, Evening Star (Article, February 1954)<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>February 11th\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>69 years ago, 2200 security related firings were reported in total across the federal government, but the Eisenhower administration would refuse to publish a breakdown of how many were actually security risks. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.lgbt\/wiki\/index.php\/The_World_Today,_Key_West_Citizen_(Article,_February_1954)\">The World Today, Key West Citizen (Article, February 1954)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI claims One Inc filed for articles of incorporation; Story of Edgar Burnham, an intersex man in the 1860s; Government reports 2200 fired during Lavender Scare, some include LGBTQ people. 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