The FBI and homosexuality in the 1950s and ’60s
Polari Facts on the FBI
The bureau had questionable dealings with homosexuality in the 1950s and ’60s. There were certainly a great many probes.
PermalinkThere were rumours that Hoover and associate FBI director Clyde Tolson were lovers. Hoover ordered a crack-down that was nothing less than vicious. The subject rather unhinged him.