1953-04-27 Executive Order 10450--Security requirements for Government employment

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Date:	1953-04-27 (category)
Link:	http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10450.html
Topics:	anti-gay US.govt.acts Dwight Eisenhower US.history
Categories:	anti-gay US.govt.acts Dwight Eisenhower US.history

Executive Order 10450--Security requirements for Government employment

Established "sexual perversion", which was apparently assumed to include homosexuality, as a justification for firing from a government job. Commentary: 2008-04-27 Box Turtle Bulletin