SXST 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Executive Order 10450, United States Department Of State
18 Dec 2019
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This debate tells us about the importance of gossip being a source of surveillance information for the cold war. Gossip was a source of information that was significant when special agents would investigate someone. Homosexual acts can also become a part of an investigation, however, they did not have to prove to the government to be identified as a security threat. In order for homophobia to make history as a form of knowledge, taking gossip very seriously may allow us to do so. Therefore, it spreads the story about power in a language borrowed from gender and sexuality : explain the assumptions and messages behind the words clean-up" in regards to homosexuals working in the us state department (foreign. [364: think comparatively about the way outing" is used as a political weapon in potter"s article and how rumors" about stevenson were used in a similar fashion in the johnson chapter.
