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"SEX DEVIATES" (jan 1, 1930 – jan 1, 1950)

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"In the 1930s and 1940s, a series of press campaigns claiming that murderous "sex deviates" threatened the nation's women and children gave "queerness" an even more sinister and undesirable set of connotations" (Chauncey, Gay New York, 19).

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Date:

jan 1, 1930
jan 1, 1950
~ 20 years