FBI LGBTQIA Records (USA)

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has a long history of entrapping, investigating, and spying on LGBTQIA+ organizations. J. Edgar Hoover as FBI Director had one of the most infamous programs on LGBTQIA+ people and organizations, known as the Sex Deviates program.

FBI Records on LGBTQIA+ Organizations

Activist Organizations

Gay Activists Alliance

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Gay Liberation Front

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Mattachine Society

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Chuck Rowland

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Harry Hay

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Robert Hull

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LGBTQIA Venues

Angie's Place, San Antonio TX (1947)

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FBI Records on Potential LGBTQIA+ Individuals

Carmel Offie

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• 1950 Memorandum alleges Mickey's Grill and David's Bar to be "frequented by individuals known to be homosexuals."

Harden de Valson Pratt

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Philip R. Faymonville, General

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Related Pages

• East Coast Homophile Organization
• FBI Sex Deviates (USA)
• Gay Activists Alliance
• Gay Liberation Front
• J. Edgar Hoover
• Mattachine Society

External Resources

Archives

• Penn State University, Douglas M. Charles, Ph.D., "FBI Files on LGBTQ Americans"

Books

• Douglas M. Charles, "Hoover's War on Gays: Exposing the FBI's Sex Deviates Program"