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Newspaper articles with content related to LGBTQIA+ communities or on topics of gender or sexuality from the years 1950-1959.

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* [[United States of America]]

== 1950s Articles ==

=== 1950 ===
* [[World At A Glance, Nome Nugget (Article, 1950)]]
* [[The Way I See It Nell Russell, Minneapolis Spokesman (Article, April 1950)]]
* [[Initial Report Drafted On Sex Case Hirings, Evening Star (Article, April 1950)]]
* [[Senator Hill Proposes Complete Inquiry Into Hiring of Undesirables, Evening Star (Article, May 1950)]]
* [[McCarthy Is Accused By State Department, Evening Star (Article, May 1950)]]
* [[Probe of Undesirables Approved by Committee, Evening Star (Article, 1950)]]
* [[News In Brief, Nome Nugget (Article, June 1950)]]
* [[Senate Unit Asks Tighter Laws on Moral Misfits, The Evening Star (Article, 1950)]]
* [[To Close Sex Law Loopholes, The Evening Star (Article, 1950)]]

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=== 1951 ===
* [[Hoey Offers New Bill On US Undesirables, Evening Star (Article, 1951)]]
* [[Representative Miller Calls For DC Drive, Evening Star (Article, April 1951)]]
* [[Miller Calls Perverts Threats to Security, Evening Star (Article, April 1951)]]
* [[58 Dropped as Homosexuals, Evening Star (Article, April 1951)]]
* [[Hoover Discloses New System to Fire Deviates, Evening Star (Article, April 1951)]]
* [[Senator McCarthy Refuses Comment On Davis Spy Guilt, Arizona Sun (Article, November 1951)]]

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=== 1952 ===
* [[The Record Shows, Peoples Voice (Article, March 1952)]]
* [[Weed Out 119 US Employees, Madison County Democrat (Article, March 1952)]]
* [[Probers Release Story of Male Sex Parties, Key West Citizen (Article, May 1952)]]
* [[Nora Jackson charged, Miami Times (Article, July 1952)]]
* [[Keep it Clean--if Possible, Evening Star (Article, August 1952)]]
* [[Opinions Keep it Clean--if Possible, Evening Star (Article, August 1952)]]
* [[Navy Skipper Resigns 24 Ousted, Evening Star (Article, August 1952)]]
* [[Publisher Sees No Harm In Sex Books, Daily Record (Article, December 1952)]]

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=== 1953 ===
* [[McCarthy to Summon Security Files Chief, Evening Star (Article, February 1953)]]
* [[McCarthys Charge Of Reprisals Angers Foreign Service Man, Evening Star (Article, February 1953)]]
* [[McCarran Hits Lack of Candor, Evening Star (Article, April 1953)]]
* [[State Department Morale High, Evening Star (Article, April 1953)]]
* [[The World Today, Key West Citizen (April 1953)]]
* [[Speed-Up Effort By State, Nome Nugget (Article, May 1953)]]
* [[531 'Risks' Ousted by State Department, Evening Star (Article, July 1953)]]
* [[Laxity on Vital Files Charged, Evening Star (Article, July 1953)]]
* [[107 Employes Of State Dept Fired, Key West Citizen (Article, July 1953)]]
* [[Hate-Mongers Favor McCarran-Walter Act, Southern Jewish Weekly (Article, July 1953)]]
* [[McLeod Say Probes Now Get Full Support, Evening Star (Article, August 1953)]]
* [[1456 Employes Of Govt Get Axe, Nome Nugget (Article, October 1953)]]
* [[State Department Dismissals, The Key West Citizen (Article, 1953)]]

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=== 1954 ===
* [[Defends Stand on Loyalty Cases, Evening Star (Article, January 1954)]]
* [[Breakdown on Risk Firings Under Study, Evening Star (Article, February 1954)]]
* [[Justice Department Lists 1 Loyalty Case In 8 Security Ousters, Evening Star (Article, February 1954)]]
* [[McLeod Backs Security Rules, Evening Star (Article, February 1954)]]
* [[The World Today, Key West Citizen (Article, February 1954)]]
* [['Disloyalty List' Increases, Key West Citizen (Article, February 1954)]]
* [[Employes With Loose Morals, Evening Star (Article, February 1954)]]
* [[Numbers Game, Evening Star (Article, March 1954)]]
* [[Man Is Convicted Of Morals Charge, Evening Star (Article, April 1954)]]
* [[Scott Awaits Rover Memo in Morals Case, Evening Star (Article, April 1954)]]
* [[Rover Gives Judges Moral Cases Data, Evening Star (Article, May 1954)]]
* [[Youth Faces Hearing On Blackmail Charge, Evening Star (Article, May 1954)]]
* [[Second Man Faces Hearing Today on Blackmailing, Evening Star (Article, May 1954)]]
* [[Hearing of Second Man In Blackmail Case, Evening Star (Article, May 1954)]]
* [[Does Congress Need a Security Check, (Article, May 1954)]]
* [[2 Indicted on Charge Of Extortion Through Pose as Policemen, Evening Star (Article, June 1954)]]
* [[Hearings Started With Conflicting Charges, Key West Citizen (Article, June 1954)]]
* [[2 Youths Are Held In Steward Slaying, Evening Star (Article, August 1954)]]
* [[AF Adopts Regular Dismissals For All Except Disloyalty Cases, Evening Star (Article, September 1954)]]
* [[Sen Dirksen Speaks To Group, Evening Star (Article, September 1954)]]
* [[Adroit Democrats Put GOP on Defensive, Evening Star (Article, October 1954)]]
* [["Rose Tattoo" Author Tells Of Filming, The Key West Citizen (Article, 1954)]]
* [[Judge Promises Crackdown On Local Perverts, Key West Citizen (Article, December 1954)]]

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=== 1955 ===
* [[Paper Claims 10,000 "Fairies" Have Invaded New York's Harlem, Minneapolis Spokesman (Article, February 1955)]]
* [[Revision of Sex Laws Arouses Controversy, Evening Star (Article, June 1955)]]
* [[Woman Marine Ousters Probed, Evening Star (Article, September 1955)]]
* [[Right Decision but Wrong Reason, Evening Star (Article, October 1955)]]

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=== 1956 ===
* [[State Department Ousted 2 as Reds, Evening Star (Article, March 1956)]]
* [[Police Methods Criticized By Court in Morals Case, Evening Star (Article, September 1956)]]

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=== 1957 ===
* [[Harvard Expert Warns of Drift, Evening Star (Article, January 1957)]]
* [[Man Held for Jury In Robbery Try, Evening Star (Article, September 1957)]]

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=== 1958 ===
* [[Supreme Court Lifts Ban On 2 Nudist Magazines, Evening Star (Article, January 1958)]]
* [[Pornographic Items Sent In Code House Unit Told, Evening Star (Article, January 1958)]]
* [[Murder Case Dissent Filed, Evening Star (Article, April 1958)]]


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