The CSCA deemed this an “excellent report” and adopted it as their official guide to addressing homosexuality. Washburne would later be instrumental in spearheading the 1962-63 Gay Purge.Īlbertario explained that anti-gay attitudes reached a fever pitch partially due to a concerted effort to root out anyone suspected of being a homosexual in government, dubbed the Lavender Scare of the 1950s.
