History of Censorship (USA)
From LGBTQIA+ Archives Wiki
The USA has a history of censoring LGBTQIA+ themes, characters, and ideas throughout history. Here some of the history will be archived.
Gallery
Mae West's The Drag Banned in New York (1927)
- Mae West's play The Drag is banned in the State of New York, some of the cast is arrested. The play is reported to have had strong "homosexual" themes (February 1, 1927).
Evening Star Confirms Radclyffe Hall was Censored (1936)
- The Evening Star confirms Radclyffe Hall was censored but eventually won in U.S. courts (January 30th, 1936).
Tennessee Williams Describes Filming Censorship (1954)
- "Rose Tattoo" Author Tells Of Filming, The Key West Citizen (Article, 1954); Tennessee Williams tells the Key West Citizen, a newspaper in the State of Florida, about the filming of his play A Streetcar Named Desire; "We had to make one change because of censorship. We couldn't mention homosexuality as a human problem."
