How the Lavender Scare forced LGBTQ workers out of the federal government

On this final day of Pride Month, the next installment of our “Hidden Histories” series isn’t about an individual, but a phenomenon: how the anti-communist paranoia that gripped Washington at the dawn of the Cold War led to an often-overlooked chapter in LGBTQ history. John Yang speaks with Marc Stein, a history professor at San Francisco State University, to learn more.