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lavender scare

witchhunt and mass firings of homosexuals in the 1950s by the US government
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lavender scare
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lavender scare

Summary

lavender scare is a moral panic[1]. It draws 2,314 Wikipedia views per month (moral_panic category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • lavender scare is in the country of United States[3].
  • lavender scare's instance of is recorded as moral panic[4].
  • lavender scare's instance of is recorded as discrimination[5].
  • lavender scare's topic's main category is recorded as Q18013715[6].
  • lavender scare's facet of is recorded as heteronationalism[7].
  • lavender scare dates from the 1950s[8].

Body

When and Where

lavender scare is in the country of United States[3].

Context

Recorded instance of include moral panic[4] and discrimination[5].

Why It Matters

lavender scare draws 2,314 Wikipedia views per month (moral_panic category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lavender-scare_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lavender scare}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lavender-scare}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-06}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → moral panic, discrimination
    Time period → 1950s
    Country → United States
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: lgbtqia:Lavender_Scare, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/314288827|Lavender Scare (#314288827)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8351|LG"
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