How Florida legally terrorized gay students

2019 ж. 3 Қар.
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The hidden history of a Florida witch hunt.
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Starting in the 1950s, a Florida state committee spent years stalking, intimidating, and outing hundreds of LGBTQ people. And they got away with it. Amid a national witch hunt for communists and an ascendant civil rights movement, a group of Florida politicians with a mission to preserve racial segregation in the state created a powerful group called the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee.
Commonly called the "Johns Committee" for the influential state senator Charley Johns who spearheaded it, the Committee went after civil rights activists by arguing they were backed by communists. But when those investigations failed, they turned to a new group to target: LGBTQ people. Today, over 50 years later, some Florida legislators are calling for the state to finally come to terms with this part of its history.
Note: The headline on this piece has been updated.
Previous headline: When Florida had a committee to terrorize gay people
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To learn more, check out some of our sources below:
Our DocumentCloud folder with the Florida state archives we used in the piece: www.documentcloud.org/search/...
Judith Poucher’s book on the history of the Johns Committee, “State of Defiance:
Challenging the Johns Committee's Assault on Civil Liberties” - upf.com/book.asp?id=POUCH003
Stacy Braukman’s book on the history of the Johns Committee, “Communists and Perverts under the Palms” - upf.com/book.asp?id=BRAUK001
Karen L. Graves’ book on the Johns Committee’s purges of K-12 teachers, “And They Were Wonderful Teachers” - www.press.uillinois.edu/books...
Watch the documentary, “The Committee,” on the history of the Johns Committee: www.pbs.org/show/committee/
Check out the documentary “Behind Closed Doors,” on the history of the committee: www.behindcloseddoorsfilm.com/...
Read about the push for a state apology by Florida State Rep. Evan Jenne and State Sen. Lauren Book: www.tallahassee.com/story/new...
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  • Could you imagine having to question if every single person you engage with is a plant by some organization?

    @SaltySparrow@SaltySparrow4 жыл бұрын
    • Yes.

      @jasonm7973@jasonm79734 жыл бұрын
    • People STILL have to question whether people in their lives are plants from the government. Try googling "UK police activists scandal" sometime. It's horrifying.

      @chibi013@chibi0134 жыл бұрын
    • I live in germany. The stasi had 200.000 "inofficial coworkers" as they called them (in a country with 16 million people). Anyone could be working for them. Your teachers, bosses and anyone higher up the ladder HAD to cooperate with them. If your family or your friends had any refigees to west germany, you were under investigation too. They hid microphones in your home and drilled camera holes in hotel rooms. If you were cought planing an escape or talking bad about the goverment, they would blackmail you into becoming a spy too otherwise years of prision including sensory deprivation torture. This was exactly 30 years ago.

      @knecht6974@knecht69744 жыл бұрын
    • Marius Banik Wow:(

      @zain4019@zain40194 жыл бұрын
    • Danekarl, you hit the point precisely. I'm the guy in the video. We never knew when we would run into one of the Johns Committee goons, and we were afraid to talk to anyone about it because we never knew who might be an undercover cop working for Johns. My roommate was a perfect example:.

      @artcopleston5439@artcopleston54394 жыл бұрын
  • And people say that we became too sensitive and the past was better. Human society disgusts me. Homophobes are lunatics.

    @user-sn6jv5dv9s@user-sn6jv5dv9s4 жыл бұрын
    • Martín Mejía This.

      @Trund27@Trund274 жыл бұрын
    • Robert Not all religious people are homophobic and not all homophobes are religious, but all homophobes bad people 🤔🤔🤔

      @bobbaeba@bobbaeba4 жыл бұрын
    • @@bobbaeba but religion is the seed, prejudice and discrimination is the plant

      @edmundprice5276@edmundprice52764 жыл бұрын
    • @@Robert-dh1yj It would be great if these "views" stopped where other peoples' rights begin, but TIME AND TIME again religious people are unable to keep their views to themselves.

      @eltiochusma@eltiochusma4 жыл бұрын
    • It is true that you guys have different views of homosexuality. But it's when you guys start actively harassing or forcefully shove your own opinions of your disgust with homosexuality, is when issues start to arise.

      @Tenatic-X@Tenatic-X4 жыл бұрын
  • And this is only 1 person’s story.

    @gerardparker4220@gerardparker42204 жыл бұрын
    • One out of many. 🙄

      @Snow-xt3rn@Snow-xt3rn4 жыл бұрын
    • ned i think that's the point they're trying to make, not this is only one story so it doesn't matter

      @therealog6831@therealog68314 жыл бұрын
    • Omy

      @farida.@farida.4 жыл бұрын
    • If others don’t understand, I think OP is trying to say there is so much pain in this story and it’s only one person, imagine how much more pain stems from homophobia.

      @RomanZolanski123@RomanZolanski1233 жыл бұрын
    • So do you have information on others?

      @Ratatatdat@RatatatdatАй бұрын
  • "It was a low degree of terror." This man could barely choke out those words a half century later... Low degree? I don't think so.

    @OrbitalBliss@OrbitalBliss4 жыл бұрын
    • 😢 I can't even begin to imagine

      @rahuldhargalkar@rahuldhargalkar4 жыл бұрын
    • i thought he meant "low" as a signifier of how "low" the actions were morally. like, it was an immoral degree of terror.

      @graykeenenight.4571@graykeenenight.45714 жыл бұрын
    • Imagine if everytime you meet someone you have to wonder if your being set up...very lonely

      @derpderpson8803@derpderpson88034 жыл бұрын
    • I imagine that was what life was like for blacks in the southern states back then.

      @cyrene7784@cyrene77844 жыл бұрын
    • @@cyrene7784 "Hey roommate you aren't black, are you?"

      @WhompingWalrus@WhompingWalrus4 жыл бұрын
  • ah the land of the free... so long as your white, straight and capitalist

    @samueleveleigh2767@samueleveleigh27674 жыл бұрын
    • Yea its not like we have equal rights and liberties unlike 90% of the world. How in the world do you think LGBT people and non whites are not free please explain.

      @joshmorton7283@joshmorton72834 жыл бұрын
    • You do realize everyone in the US, above the age 18, can vote right? How is anyone's freedom being limited exactly?

      @pepps779@pepps7794 жыл бұрын
    • Look at you catching on :)

      @alyssashady@alyssashady4 жыл бұрын
    • Ivri i dont trust your judgment after reading a reply you left on a separate comment

      @lgbtqiarights@lgbtqiarights4 жыл бұрын
    • W.A.S.P. = Considered the ideal American White Anglo Saxon Protestant * They should have added an extra “S” at the end for “Straight” to be more accurate.

      @hindsightpov4218@hindsightpov42184 жыл бұрын
  • "They weren't very bright people but they have tremendous power over others, over us." Sound familiar?

    @oterenceo@oterenceo4 жыл бұрын
    • oterenceo no?

      @maxiapalucci2511@maxiapalucci25114 жыл бұрын
    • Of course. Rings so many bells here in India given the current political state

      @rahuldhargalkar@rahuldhargalkar4 жыл бұрын
    • @@rahuldhargalkar Sympathies extended.

      @grmpEqweer@grmpEqweer4 жыл бұрын
    • Trump

      @cam0987@cam09874 жыл бұрын
    • @djnennwowwk everything is political

      @MrV1604@MrV16044 жыл бұрын
  • now I understand why lgbtq parades exist. To honor these victims and bring light to these issues.

    @singmusic123@singmusic1234 жыл бұрын
    • And because there is still so much homophobia.

      @drvissierl1404@drvissierl14043 жыл бұрын
    • You my friend, is someone who I respect a lot because you're willing to understand Thanks for that

      @blitszina2570@blitszina25703 жыл бұрын
    • I don't see any indicators in prides of this topic, considering the limited video footage I have seen from Western countries.

      @hanchenhoste5725@hanchenhoste57253 жыл бұрын
    • @@hanchenhoste5725 If I understand your statement correctly, that may more be in part because of what is available to your country. Though, and depending on which country you come from, KZhead will have a wealth of footage available. It's still a pretty recent development in media, but there is an almost limitless amount of media associated with LGBTQ pride and examples of it. A surprising amount considering how short a timespan it's been considered socially acceptable to broach the topic at all.

      @Grand_Works@Grand_Works3 жыл бұрын
    • It's an issue alike to racial equality and women's rights, not all of them have the same backstory or the same magnitude, but generally speaking it's about a group standing up for themselves, and moving forwards from the injustices and inequalities of times past.

      @sage5296@sage52963 жыл бұрын
  • That poor man never trusted another person and I feel so bad for him. I tear up every time he does. You can still see how hard he thinks before he speaks.

    @derpderpson8803@derpderpson88034 жыл бұрын
    • Y people always try to hate others rather than to love

      @sanafizasana4351@sanafizasana43513 жыл бұрын
    • lol

      @rankedskywars@rankedskywars3 жыл бұрын
    • @Sana fiza sana That is a question all of us want answers to

      @triplea6401@triplea64013 жыл бұрын
    • lol

      @tongus5799@tongus57993 жыл бұрын
    • Indeed.

      @JurassicRaptor1993@JurassicRaptor19933 жыл бұрын
  • Why isn't this taught in school?

    @randomdude9135@randomdude91354 жыл бұрын
    • Random Dude Because it will be boring

      @khanhnguyennam6007@khanhnguyennam60074 жыл бұрын
    • Homophobia my guy

      @beestevens2644@beestevens26444 жыл бұрын
    • Isabelle Whitley 🤦‍♀️

      @khanhnguyennam6007@khanhnguyennam60074 жыл бұрын
    • Because America doesn’t like acknowledging is filthy past

      @greenspittgames7374@greenspittgames73744 жыл бұрын
    • v Pooperz aight, If I’m wrong explain your ‘galaxy brain’ hot take

      @beestevens2644@beestevens26444 жыл бұрын
  • I want to give that man a hug after what he went through

    @gabes2202@gabes22024 жыл бұрын
    • Careful there 👀

      @severusfloki5778@severusfloki57784 жыл бұрын
    • I just feel so bad

      @roseluman2890@roseluman28904 жыл бұрын
    • I'd hug him.

      @rahuldhargalkar@rahuldhargalkar4 жыл бұрын
    • Tristan_ melfi13 like what a tight hug?

      @user-oc2ub1cy8v@user-oc2ub1cy8v4 жыл бұрын
    • Poor guy, I hope he could have a bit of freedom in the last years. Discrimination has to end. It only causes suffering and it is against societies progressing.

      @joanam3070@joanam30703 жыл бұрын
  • "These interrogators, the investigators, they weren't very bright people, but they had tremendous power over others. Over us." Some things absolutely never change

    @els1f@els1f4 жыл бұрын
    • alot of government positions in any government are promoted based on either party loyalty or personal loyalty to someone at the top, _not_ on any kind of merit. This is how you wind up with alot of political attack dogs, dim witted administrators, and blind supporters in the government. It's also how they help cultivate an entrenched bureaucracy and how you help to gain dominance of a single party in a given location. It gets kind of weird too: my local city government is hardline left wing and they often require college degrees (or internships with the government) for even menial jobs, and they almost only recruit from a select group of colleges, mainly the local liberal arts school. I had a friend who applied for a janitorial job at city hall and they denied him for not having a college degree saying it "wasn't required, but it would be preferred" and they said he should go to that same liberal arts school. Almost every job also requires you to join their employee union, which surprise, is run solely by the ruling party. They essentially only want to hire people that have the same ideology as them to guarantee party loyalty. The same goes for promotions: you almost only see hardline left wing people getting promoted or getting the best jobs. My area is roughly 60/40 left wing/right wing when it comes to civilians but over 90% of all government employees and politicians are left wing because this sort of favoritism has gone on for decades now and they're too entrenched to remove. As my example I'm using a left wing example, but you see the same thing happening on the right side of the political spectrum as well, in most countries.

      @arthas640@arthas6404 жыл бұрын
    • ​@@arthas640 Man glad to see somebody using his brain and reading the situation more than "bad straight christian" "booh america" ect

      @fabienherry6690@fabienherry66904 жыл бұрын
    • *trump sweating in a corner*

      @z1pline487@z1pline4873 жыл бұрын
    • Such a tragedy, they just ruined his social life

      @yeetyeet2027@yeetyeet20272 жыл бұрын
    • Kinda like what we're seeing today, isn't it?

      @newhorizonsforfifty2833@newhorizonsforfifty2833 Жыл бұрын
  • Boomer: it was so much better when I was younger

    @ryanphillips5072@ryanphillips50724 жыл бұрын
    • well yeah, most "boomers" are straight white people, and they're either former hippies who became middle/upper class or they were people who were always middle/upper class

      @arthas640@arthas6404 жыл бұрын
    • Arthas Menethil how are boomers mostly white? Boomer is a generation not an ideology.

      @nab.7250@nab.72504 жыл бұрын
    • @@nab.7250 boomer is a state of mind, you can be a boomer even if your 20

      @jasmim9194@jasmim91944 жыл бұрын
    • Ry Phi ok zoomer

      @kaisersingh5827@kaisersingh58274 жыл бұрын
    • @Mr. Turnenkof oh i see the type of person u are

      @jasmim9194@jasmim91944 жыл бұрын
  • This for all people who are like: "It was great back then"

    @joannot6706@joannot67064 жыл бұрын
    • Joannot i think most the people saying that would be homophobic themselves

      @fonzi981@fonzi9814 жыл бұрын
    • Ya mean Trump voters?

      @randomdude9135@randomdude91354 жыл бұрын
    • Joannot do you like deliberately projecting demonising beliefs onto people? Why do you do it? You do know that they just mean it was nice when housing market and job opportunities and job progression was better don't you?

      @connorp3030@connorp30304 жыл бұрын
    • Joannot do you like deliberately projecting demonising beliefs onto people? Why do you do it? You do know that they just mean it was nice when housing market and job opportunities and job progression was better don't you?

      @connorp3030@connorp30304 жыл бұрын
    • @@connorp3030 Better for who?

      @emmasimon4005@emmasimon40054 жыл бұрын
  • I just want to offer a heartfelt thanks to the gentleman who was interviewed for this video. Sir, your courage and willingness to share about what was obviously a terrible time in your life (one that apparently affects you to this day) is invaluable to those of us who might otherwise have trouble connecting with that time and those events.

    @CanuckMonkey13@CanuckMonkey134 жыл бұрын
    • How stunning so brave im stunned by how brave it is

      @proto-nm9hr@proto-nm9hr4 жыл бұрын
    • This man gives me hope, and makes me want to be proud of who I am in his honor!

      @jamesdaugherty2339@jamesdaugherty23394 жыл бұрын
    • He better be pushing that, after all it is his party that did this, and are still doing it in ways most people won't think of it as that

      @beef-jerky@beef-jerky4 жыл бұрын
    • I felt so much like giving him a big long hug. I'm so sorry, sir, for what you went through.

      @HelgaCavoli@HelgaCavoli4 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you,@@jamesdaugherty2339. I'm the guy in the video.

      @artcopleston5439@artcopleston54394 жыл бұрын
  • I’m sorely undereducated about the history of my own community...this is shocking

    @MrNeilTV@MrNeilTV4 жыл бұрын
    • me too, it's truly a shame, LGBTQ history needs to be recorded

      @kaelanking2415@kaelanking24154 жыл бұрын
    • Same. I knew it was bad back then but wow

      @eleven-hopper@eleven-hopper4 жыл бұрын
    • same, this is horrible, i’m glad i was born in the generation i was, but i feel bad for the guy who went through that

      @farateq@farateq3 жыл бұрын
  • That poor man is still in pain all these years later. I hope y'all offered to set him up with a trauma counselor if he didn't have one already.

    @ThatLadyDray@ThatLadyDray4 жыл бұрын
    • It is almost too late, they need to debrief him, it is truly disgusting what happened to this poor man

      @madisongreen8913@madisongreen89133 жыл бұрын
  • Christ. This is what some people want back to, apparently. Or they don't care to know.

    @nakenmil@nakenmil4 жыл бұрын
    • You should listen to Dr Richard Dawkins, Hitchens, Sam Harris, Gervais, Carlin and Neil Tyson

      @randomdude9135@randomdude91354 жыл бұрын
    • they know, they don’t care

      @gracezb1@gracezb14 жыл бұрын
    • They know

      @crouton3455@crouton34554 жыл бұрын
    • We want back to these period

      @yongkykusumo5389@yongkykusumo53894 жыл бұрын
    • This and special water fountains / bathrooms. The rich were actually taxed fairly in the 50’s but Cletus doesn’t know that, he only knows he had reserved seats on the bus.

      @thefloridamanofytcomments5264@thefloridamanofytcomments52644 жыл бұрын
  • Mike Pence and his right-wing religious zealots long for these days to return.

    @MeetThaNewDealer@MeetThaNewDealer4 жыл бұрын
    • @Dragon1717 Russian bot revealed

      @healinggrounds19@healinggrounds194 жыл бұрын
    • @Dragon1717 ok boomer

      @livindeadghoul@livindeadghoul4 жыл бұрын
    • Dragon1717 ah yes radical Islam, which has never been influential in the states, would bring back 50s era conservatism. Makes sense. It’s not like American homophobia is founded on good old judeo-christian values or anything.

      @bigolbugg@bigolbugg4 жыл бұрын
    • Dragon1717 sure, boomer

      @amireinav1@amireinav14 жыл бұрын
    • Dragon1717 ok boomer

      @yeetman5526@yeetman55264 жыл бұрын
  • I’m going to forward this to everyone who wants a straight pride

    @dabdabthesecond5962@dabdabthesecond59624 жыл бұрын
    • Dabdab The second Straight Pride WorldWide🙌

      @liltree8382@liltree83824 жыл бұрын
    • Erdoğan Keleş im pretty sure lgbts have the same rights as hetros

      @kaisersingh5827@kaisersingh58274 жыл бұрын
    • @@kaisersingh5827 some country's can legally have you flocked or killed and some workplaces can't keep their LGBTQ workers safe from harm becuase of law

      @potatosaredead2233@potatosaredead22334 жыл бұрын
    • Kulraj Singh sorry but you are wrong about that chief

      @brendanmccabe8373@brendanmccabe83734 жыл бұрын
    • Kulraj Singh absolutely not

      @user-rz4rw7tk9u@user-rz4rw7tk9u4 жыл бұрын
  • Imagine hating someone because of their sexuality that has absolutely nothing to do with you.. lol

    @Ashley-rs3gz@Ashley-rs3gz3 жыл бұрын
    • Republicans :/

      @user-ge9tm5rr5f@user-ge9tm5rr5f3 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-ge9tm5rr5f there are some republicans who are open minded. Well I've only found like 4, so.

      @blahajenjoyer208@blahajenjoyer2083 жыл бұрын
    • Erin K lol

      @nynydabarbie@nynydabarbie3 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-ge9tm5rr5f Pretty much, yeah.

      @steverogers6825@steverogers68253 жыл бұрын
    • What does the moral fabric of society have to do with you, bro? Just live and let live, bro. Nein.

      @KristinA-xv4yk@KristinA-xv4yk3 жыл бұрын
  • and to think a current politician has the audacity to use the term “witch hunt” for issues no where near this scale...

    @avuhhh@avuhhh4 жыл бұрын
    • That we know of.

      @HelgaCavoli@HelgaCavoli4 жыл бұрын
    • avuhhh so true

      @lilymac7858@lilymac78584 жыл бұрын
    • He's actually right, I'm not a Trump fan, but it has been a witch hunt. Can't think of any other president that has endured like this guy.

      @Jen-tt9yx@Jen-tt9yx4 жыл бұрын
    • @@Jen-tt9yx How about Obama? The same people who constantly defend trump never had anything good to say about Obama.

      @genieglasslamp5028@genieglasslamp50284 жыл бұрын
    • @@genieglasslamp5028 , Obama has it easy because he was black therefore, didn't endure anything.

      @Jen-tt9yx@Jen-tt9yx4 жыл бұрын
  • The people who worked for the Johns Comittee deserve to be in jail

    @starcherry6814@starcherry68144 жыл бұрын
    • celestial rex Sarcasm ... right ??

      @gazzy2228@gazzy22284 жыл бұрын
    • @@celestialrex551 unlike your parents

      @livindeadghoul@livindeadghoul4 жыл бұрын
    • It's been over 60 years. They are probably dead.

      @delorbb2298@delorbb22984 жыл бұрын
    • celestial rex sure, boomer

      @amireinav1@amireinav14 жыл бұрын
    • @wimmisky You're comparing the murder of millions of people for their religious beliefs to an employer investing their employees, then firing them?

      @californiaslastgasp6847@californiaslastgasp68474 жыл бұрын
  • I’d like to thank this man for forcing himself to tell such a horrific time... he really is a brave soul. More people need to know about this.

    @pixelpikachu6577@pixelpikachu65774 жыл бұрын
  • It’s so weird how the US national anthem says “Land of the free” even though for hundreds of years, people of color, people who are LGBTQ, people who are women, people with mental or physical disabilities, people who practice different religions, and other minority groups have not been free to do everyday things. They have been targeted for being “different”. I don’t think that being free or equal in the US actually means free and equal.

    @rickychacon12@rickychacon123 жыл бұрын
    • @@berreyl1689 But that would imply that everyone gets equal treatment today.

      @RandomInternetUser-yi5cc@RandomInternetUser-yi5cc3 жыл бұрын
    • @@berreyl1689 you think everyone gets equal treatment today?

      @kooby122@kooby1223 жыл бұрын
    • @@kooby122 nvm were still stuck in the past

      @berreyl1689@berreyl16893 жыл бұрын
    • What are you going to do about destroying your country because it is based on slavery, racism and homophobia?

      @AbuBased731@AbuBased7312 жыл бұрын
    • Everyone’s equal but some are more equal than others 😢

      @wendy_lynn@wendy_lynn7 ай бұрын
  • Are you guys going to do a video on Mississippi's secret police, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission? It operated from 1956 to 1977.

    @henrimourant9855@henrimourant98554 жыл бұрын
    • That's a great topic to cover. A lot of people don't know about the Sovereignty Commission. It's probably the closet thing the U.S has ever had to the KGB or the Stasi.

      @BJN1253@BJN12534 жыл бұрын
    • @@BJN1253 I think Louisiana also had a similar agency during the 1960's.

      @henrimourant9855@henrimourant98554 жыл бұрын
    • @@henrimourant9855 It wouldn't surprise me. They had some notorious bigots over there too. Like Leander Perez. Here in Mississippi we had the likes of Ross Barnett, Paul Johnson, and James Eastland.

      @BJN1253@BJN12534 жыл бұрын
    • @Vox Would love a response from you guys!

      @RonWolfHowl@RonWolfHowl4 жыл бұрын
    • Ok, now I want a video!

      @ebonynicole660@ebonynicole6603 жыл бұрын
  • It's so important that Vox is making these videos. I had no idea. Although I've heard the term "Lavender Scare," I didn't get it. Horrifying and yet one more example of the abuse of another marginalized group.

    @shannonwold638@shannonwold6384 жыл бұрын
  • And straight white southern conservative men still say MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. If you are talking about racism, homophobia, and segregation, yes. That is exactly what you are doing.

    @nathanaelsloan5003@nathanaelsloan50033 жыл бұрын
  • The sad part is that a lot of countries are still like this

    @dispersion4333@dispersion43333 жыл бұрын
    • Africa is especially suffering from this.

      @jerkyswiner2158@jerkyswiner21583 жыл бұрын
    • Gud

      @mrandorex7495@mrandorex74953 жыл бұрын
    • @@mrandorex7495 excuse me?

      @dispersion4333@dispersion43333 жыл бұрын
    • @@dispersion4333 lol

      @anthrosapien3784@anthrosapien37843 жыл бұрын
    • including america

      @graphicality3737@graphicality37373 жыл бұрын
  • "They weren't very bright people." That sort of statement kinda gets me.

    @brandonallison7782@brandonallison77824 жыл бұрын
    • That reminds me sadly about of government and law enforcement people with way too much power.

      @dariusd2003@dariusd20034 жыл бұрын
    • They are disgusting

      @Theonlyway1445@Theonlyway14454 жыл бұрын
    • Brandon Allison No they’re pro Biology

      @bowen4878@bowen48784 жыл бұрын
    • @@bowen4878 biology supports diversity actually theology treats people like dogs in a kennel 🤫

      @belliotrungy9107@belliotrungy91074 жыл бұрын
    • Bellio Trungy men and women are biologically meant for each other. Scientific fact. Theology can be wrong. Biology can’t.

      @baylorsmith555@baylorsmith5554 жыл бұрын
  • These “ christian Family Value Leaders “ have always been Monsters.

    @justmhr7598@justmhr75984 жыл бұрын
    • Those guys rule Poland now

      @bogdan4148@bogdan41484 жыл бұрын
    • Bogdan That’s really sad.

      @zain4019@zain40194 жыл бұрын
    • @@zain4019 Yeah

      @bogdan4148@bogdan41484 жыл бұрын
    • Maurice Hunt Democrats.

      @tarikmoore849@tarikmoore8494 жыл бұрын
    • Where do you see any indication that the people on that committee were Christian?

      @meaganportervint6759@meaganportervint67594 жыл бұрын
  • I pray that man eventually loses his PTSD from that committee ):

    @DiegoRodriguez2@DiegoRodriguez24 жыл бұрын
  • When I hear conservative Fox News viewers talk about socialism, antifa, black lives matter, or LGBTQ rights, it reminds me of this era.

    @TheDru78@TheDru782 жыл бұрын
    • Fox News and Prager U are possibly the worst things to happen to news.

      @IOwnKazakhstan@IOwnKazakhstan2 жыл бұрын
  • I can't imagine hating someone just for their sexuality.

    @liamdavis2387@liamdavis23874 жыл бұрын
    • I know. Same goes for me. But there are truly some hateful people in this country. Many of them pretend to be followers of Christ.

      @BJN1253@BJN12534 жыл бұрын
    • American Nightmare or Muslim

      @user-rz4rw7tk9u@user-rz4rw7tk9u4 жыл бұрын
    • @American Nightmare There are atheists who feel this way too.

      @laurent1144@laurent11444 жыл бұрын
    • @@laurent1144 Plus there are Christians and Catholics like me who feel the opposite of homophobia.

      @moondust2365@moondust23654 жыл бұрын
    • I know it is physically impossible for me to even hate someone for who they love.

      @vivianarickert8230@vivianarickert82304 жыл бұрын
  • *Straight pride organizers have left the chat*

    @nelsonth@nelsonth4 жыл бұрын
    • You wish 😂

      @diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea46454 жыл бұрын
    • @@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645 you should.

      @bhavs398@bhavs3984 жыл бұрын
    • TraRob-EastSide yes, I do. they’re obnoxious

      @404ever@404ever4 жыл бұрын
    • @@bhavs398 not my fault im born the way im supposed to to bring our species forward

      @Helperbot-2000@Helperbot-20003 жыл бұрын
    • @@Helperbot-2000 ???????

      @Iucifur@Iucifur3 жыл бұрын
  • So, they *needed* someone to target? Wow, how disgusting.

    @LiseteL@LiseteL4 жыл бұрын
  • I still wonder why ending homophobia is still a debate.

    @rimut230@rimut2302 жыл бұрын
    • Creep

      @user-wf3mp1xl8t@user-wf3mp1xl8t2 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-wf3mp1xl8t how is wanting to end homophobia creepy

      @sbirkkk@sbirkkk2 жыл бұрын
  • How terrifying this must have been... It is very brave if him to do this interview. Even today he still lives in fear and can’t talk about it without getting emotional. We’ve come so far but there is still a long way to go.

    @S.E.C-R@S.E.C-R4 жыл бұрын
  • And now it’s happening again.

    @evanmay@evanmay2 жыл бұрын
  • Ahhhhh Florida the state that never stops surprising me with their bigotry.

    @nikoratoma4734@nikoratoma47344 жыл бұрын
    • Nikora Toma what did you expect from the south?

      @okinawatim3421@okinawatim34214 жыл бұрын
    • @@okinawatim3421 Yeah because we all know bigotry doesn’t exist outside the

      @robinrinsmith@robinrinsmith3 жыл бұрын
    • South

      @robinrinsmith@robinrinsmith3 жыл бұрын
  • Florida hasn’t changed much🤷🏽

    @Cryptotone@Cryptotone6 ай бұрын
    • When you consider that they later had Anita Bryant and then Ron DeSantis, not really.

      @MartYtraM1983@MartYtraM19835 ай бұрын
  • Can y’all post more about things you won’t find in a history book

    @hitdafolkslikyahh9100@hitdafolkslikyahh91004 жыл бұрын
    • yes it should be a series

      @_sadgirl_8730@_sadgirl_87303 жыл бұрын
    • @@_sadgirl_8730 it is now

      @CarlosAM1@CarlosAM13 жыл бұрын
    • No

      @misaelsantos7697@misaelsantos76973 жыл бұрын
    • @@misaelsantos7697 this video is a part of a series called "Missing Chapter"

      @elliethecat5973@elliethecat59732 жыл бұрын
  • This is what Some consider Great America...I hope we never have to see such bigotry and hate again. Unfortunately sometimes it seems we’re headed there, especially in the south.

    @fabianfarbeyond558@fabianfarbeyond5584 жыл бұрын
    • Yet people still stay home instead of voting

      @ButterBallTheOpossum@ButterBallTheOpossum4 жыл бұрын
    • Fabian Farbeyond 30 states are red. Red = Pro Sanity Pro Biology

      @bowen4878@bowen48784 жыл бұрын
    • @Neptune 23. Take a biology class

      @bowen4878@bowen48783 жыл бұрын
    • @@ButterBallTheOpossum this hasn't aged well

      @u5654@u56543 жыл бұрын
    • @@bowen4878 What about infertile women? Are you going to yell at them to “take a biology” class?

      @laura-yd3fv@laura-yd3fv3 жыл бұрын
  • So basically Americans put together two obnoxious concepts: irrational fear of communism and discrimination against the LGBTQ community... the plot of a movie really

    @joao_gomes@joao_gomes2 жыл бұрын
  • And to think that some people have the audacity to scream “Straight Pride” because they don’t feel “included” or whatever.

    @motherofthesacredrealm9835@motherofthesacredrealm98353 жыл бұрын
    • Why wont you allow me to be proud of being born the way im supposed to to bring our species forward?

      @Helperbot-2000@Helperbot-20003 жыл бұрын
    • @@Helperbot-2000 Why won’t you stop talking and stop being ignorant?

      @laura-yd3fv@laura-yd3fv3 жыл бұрын
    • @@laura-yd3fv ignorant? stating facts istnt being ignorant, tell me what part of what i wrote was being ignorant?

      @Helperbot-2000@Helperbot-20003 жыл бұрын
    • helperbot 2000 because you don’t face persecution for it. You didn’t earn or get through or do anything the way most lgbtqia+ people have

      @afunandfriendlyname8468@afunandfriendlyname84683 жыл бұрын
    • @@Helperbot-2000 You don't need to be straight to reproduce

      @OzCroc@OzCroc3 жыл бұрын
  • Florida Man...

    @adornedlean2490@adornedlean24904 жыл бұрын
    • Yes I am

      @unclejeffthechad9459@unclejeffthechad94594 жыл бұрын
    • R. T.E. yeah

      @lgbtqiarights@lgbtqiarights4 жыл бұрын
  • People are afraid of what they don't understand

    @piotrszymanski8739@piotrszymanski87393 жыл бұрын
  • Why are conservatives unfailingly cruel?

    @lazypops3117@lazypops31172 жыл бұрын
    • Uh, I guess you missed the part where Sen Charley Johns, the creator of the committee, was a DEMOCRAT.

      @vjhreeves@vjhreeves11 ай бұрын
    • ​@@vjhreevesthe ideologies of the parts flipped and what used to be democrat is now republican, this was around the 1980's lol

      @mistyjames7280@mistyjames728010 ай бұрын
  • Oh so nothing has changed

    @atticusv668@atticusv66811 ай бұрын
  • Sweet man❤️ I can’t even imagine the pain of it being illegal to be yourself 😞

    @amynicole_3331@amynicole_33314 жыл бұрын
  • I just wanna give that old man a hug

    @cariendewildt6614@cariendewildt66144 жыл бұрын
  • The word "legally terrorized" is itself terrifying

    @shanubag6785@shanubag67853 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah

      @urban_gse_@urban_gse_3 жыл бұрын
  • 2022 here, Florida is at it again. shame.

    @starsnbites@starsnbites2 жыл бұрын
    • hahhahahha

      @CowOfTheNile@CowOfTheNile2 жыл бұрын
    • I love Florida

      @frozennipples9054@frozennipples90542 жыл бұрын
    • @@CowOfTheNile hahaha your dad left you

      @ToadTendo@ToadTendo Жыл бұрын
    • @Belltown Daisy what perverts? Why would you justify any type of discrimination

      @starsnbites@starsnbites Жыл бұрын
  • That has to be horrifying knowing that there is always an organization stalking you, spying on you, interrogating you, trying to incriminate you, just because of your sexuality. No person should ever have to go through this.

    @moosesandmeese969@moosesandmeese9693 жыл бұрын
  • It’s happening again….

    @decathreat6194@decathreat619411 ай бұрын
  • Elect Ron DeSantis and history will repeat itself.

    @manonxg@manonxg9 ай бұрын
  • I don’t understand how people can be so hateful and evil

    @Song_about_a_girl@Song_about_a_girl3 жыл бұрын
  • This is why we need to teach LGBTQ history ins schools

    @LP-xw7ix@LP-xw7ix4 жыл бұрын
    • L P just gonna make things worse

      @sadiqmusa5578@sadiqmusa55784 жыл бұрын
    • sadiq musa what ignoring it is better?? Smh

      @Totsyama@Totsyama4 жыл бұрын
    • No thanks.

      @ThirdBrainLives@ThirdBrainLives4 жыл бұрын
    • Carson Redford Are you a homophobe or something because teaching kids LGBTQ+ History is needed.

      @tonyshistoryacademy1187@tonyshistoryacademy11874 жыл бұрын
    • Carson Redford It looked like you said no to the comment

      @tonyshistoryacademy1187@tonyshistoryacademy11874 жыл бұрын
  • Ah, conservatism and religion. How nice.

    @user-sn6jv5dv9s@user-sn6jv5dv9s4 жыл бұрын
    • Ah, we get about half of our morals from religion, How nice. Ah, the world's 3 worst men (Stalin, Mao, and Hitler) were Atheists, How nice. Ah, White and Christian guilt, How nice.

      @venator8139@venator81394 жыл бұрын
    • @@Alan-pi1vn Civilization before Christ did exist but in the US constitution and many other countries laws. Basic principles were based on Christianity as the moral code.

      @venator8139@venator81394 жыл бұрын
    • @@venator8139 weren't they more based on tenets of the Greco-Roman era? Unless you count the severe limitations on personal freedom and expression, because yes, that's medieval/enlightened christian morality.

      @albaniaalban@albaniaalban4 жыл бұрын
    • Martín Mejía Don’t need religion to know how the body works

      @baylorsmith555@baylorsmith5554 жыл бұрын
    • This is why religion should stay out of law

      @gumballgtr1478@gumballgtr14784 жыл бұрын
  • my grandfather was part of the police in Tallahassee, the state capitol, back during when all of this was happening. I think he was an officer from 1962 to 1968, based on what he's told me. I have the sinking feeling that he was involved with this in some way.

    @Malkmusianful@Malkmusianful4 жыл бұрын
  • So glad I live now, I wouldn’t make it 5 Seconds in that 😳

    @BigMastah79@BigMastah793 жыл бұрын
  • “What? The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy!”

    @jasonarmstrong5750@jasonarmstrong57504 жыл бұрын
    • RAGE!

      @icomarv17@icomarv174 жыл бұрын
    • I'm often reminded of RATM quotes, but it's so rare to actually see them.

      @BvousBrainSystems@BvousBrainSystems4 жыл бұрын
  • I just want to give the interviewee, Art, a hug. I can't even imagine the constant terror and anxiety on top of the fear of being outted back then.

    @NoelRose2912@NoelRose29124 жыл бұрын
  • Wish I could give this guy a hug

    @elissamarcus@elissamarcus4 жыл бұрын
  • Another chapter of America’s disgraceful past. If you can’t see the slogan “Make America Great Again” for what it really is, then shame on you.

    @jswaggart01@jswaggart014 жыл бұрын
  • Wow, this is heartbreaking. And what fantastic reporting!

    @leftyla@leftyla4 жыл бұрын
    • leftyla It’s sad that people aren’t sane and pro biology

      @bowen4878@bowen48784 жыл бұрын
    • @@bowen4878 what.

      @link3389@link33894 жыл бұрын
    • Bowen Shut up homophobe

      @myamdane6895@myamdane68954 жыл бұрын
    • @@bowen4878 what. ×2

      @link3389@link33894 жыл бұрын
    • Bowen “pro biology” wow ur so smart woAh 👏

      @allaboutmika@allaboutmika4 жыл бұрын
  • Did this only happen in Florida? If so then why especially in that state?

    @dietischlampe1327@dietischlampe13274 жыл бұрын
    • Mostly conservative

      @Ravi-xf8dw@Ravi-xf8dw4 жыл бұрын
    • I doubt it was just in florida, but these things are coming to light, and vox chose to focus on florida specifically, instead of going too general and losing the personal impact these events had.

      @bowtieproductions6708@bowtieproductions67084 жыл бұрын
  • Many people in the US still think "Socialist" is a insult...

    @TheZampa@TheZampa4 жыл бұрын
    • it is

      @diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea46454 жыл бұрын
    • @@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645 it shouldnt be

      @TheZampa@TheZampa4 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheZampa why

      @dagaki3793@dagaki37934 жыл бұрын
    • @@dagaki3793 because what's wrong with socialism

      @cammiehalliday757@cammiehalliday7574 жыл бұрын
    • Whenever people say socialism is bad they always point towards Venezuela or Cuba never too Finland Iceland Canada or other successful states with socialist policies same goes for the opposite end of the spectrum.

      @1h3art_mys3lf-@1h3art_mys3lf-4 жыл бұрын
  • I cannot describe how angry I am.

    @rileyjenkins3150@rileyjenkins31504 жыл бұрын
  • If only as much effort was invested into ending social ills like war, colonialism and all forms of racism. I am beyond disgusted 😣

    @nonkululekomabaso9537@nonkululekomabaso95374 жыл бұрын
  • I am a heterosexual person, but I will always support LGBTQ+ community.

    @salvat3735@salvat37353 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you

      @urban_gse_@urban_gse_3 жыл бұрын
    • thanks, we appreciate it

      @farateq@farateq3 жыл бұрын
  • Whenever he gets choked up I get choked up too

    @LoreEclectic@LoreEclectic4 жыл бұрын
  • The more I learn about my state's history the less I feel proud to call myself a Floridian.

    @thejumboshrimp@thejumboshrimp3 жыл бұрын
  • Somehow, this explains the Pulse Nightclub shooting. The descendants of these absolute psychos are carrying on this madness

    @TQM@TQM4 жыл бұрын
  • as a floridian i can agree that we are one of the worst states in america in terms of activism. every day we go a step backwards. as a bi person i greatly appreciate this video because nobody ever talks about things like this

    @pridecat@pridecat3 жыл бұрын
  • What the John's Committee did was just monstrous. I can't believe that people would do something like this. Terrible.

    @TarkinGaming@TarkinGaming3 жыл бұрын
  • And they’re doing it again by banning the discussion of it in classrooms.

    @kingkongchief1177@kingkongchief11772 жыл бұрын
  • Vox keeping me educated and curious. Thank you.

    @aufajohan9528@aufajohan95284 жыл бұрын
  • Just sticking a hapless young man in the back of a police car is already terrifying.

    @AI-hx3fx@AI-hx3fx2 жыл бұрын
  • The beginning when he started crying and you can hear the interviewer say, “it’s okay” broke my heart. These things affect real people and it’s so horrible to see the aftermath of such horrific events

    @tlouitas@tlouitas Жыл бұрын
  • Don't give Desantis any ideas

    @colinsutherland201@colinsutherland201 Жыл бұрын
  • Poor guy who was interviewed for this. You never should have been treated that way :(

    @amandasupak@amandasupak4 жыл бұрын
  • I love thes Missing Chapter, for it gives us more dark sides of history rarely if not shown on books and taught in schools.

    @aerolchristopherinfante@aerolchristopherinfante4 жыл бұрын
  • And this is why I hate florida

    @radaradaaa1@radaradaaa13 жыл бұрын
    • keira .-. The florida man and his rampage

      @yesmybagel1256@yesmybagel12563 жыл бұрын
  • History repeats itself in 2022.

    @AdmiraloftheCrackNavy@AdmiraloftheCrackNavy Жыл бұрын
  • the dark ages of Florida.

    @humberabdulah4733@humberabdulah47334 жыл бұрын
    • You mean ..Florida being Florida

      @chioptnstdr3448@chioptnstdr34484 жыл бұрын
    • @Shirley Timple 😂 why what's up with florida ?

      @engr.enciso@engr.enciso4 жыл бұрын
    • Did Florida ever enlightened ?

      @humberabdulah4733@humberabdulah47334 жыл бұрын
    • I did know about Florida that much but from this point of view I think Florida deserve to be known as accidentally created by God

      @humberabdulah4733@humberabdulah47334 жыл бұрын
    • I didn't

      @humberabdulah4733@humberabdulah47334 жыл бұрын
  • I wanna give that elder a hug. a big hug.

    @potatowithgooglyeyes2458@potatowithgooglyeyes24583 жыл бұрын
  • Another reason to hate Florida:)

    @nicolea8205@nicolea82052 жыл бұрын
    • At least there is pride celebrations in places such as Tampa Miami and Orlando

      @josedcarrillo24@josedcarrillo242 жыл бұрын
    • @@josedcarrillo24 there’s also a ton of humidity and you couldn’t pay me to visit.

      @nicolea8205@nicolea82052 жыл бұрын
  • Florida, something to be ashamed off...... something to come to terms... something to embrace........ ........

    @gregoryallen5244@gregoryallen52443 жыл бұрын
  • Blessed and fortunate to live in a time when this is (mostly) a memory and not a fact of life.

    @markofantares8922@markofantares89224 жыл бұрын
    • well depends on what country you are in

      @engr.enciso@engr.enciso4 жыл бұрын
    • @tre luglio yeah, ikr their is also such a large problem with sexism in the middle east

      @engr.enciso@engr.enciso4 жыл бұрын
    • I have the hope that someday we will live in a world where everyone puts rationality before plain racism and misjudge.

      @StarvingWolff@StarvingWolff4 жыл бұрын
    • I can't breathe. Murica

      @merrilouneigenfind104@merrilouneigenfind1044 жыл бұрын
    • ignorance is bliss lol

      @nakata123@nakata1234 жыл бұрын
  • I’m beginning to question the use of the past tense in the video title…

    @wilyriley_@wilyriley_11 ай бұрын
  • Sad that people treat other people this way. Disgusting.

    @taylortimeless@taylortimeless4 жыл бұрын
  • It’s so sad. I’m speechless. They were forced to be in the closet. They were just. Targeted. Disturbing. And what’s worse, it can happen today. We can’t let this happen.

    @instruella@instruella3 жыл бұрын
  • I wanna hug him this is so sad 🥺💔

    @Hannah-oo3gc@Hannah-oo3gc3 жыл бұрын
  • Even today no wonder people are afraid to come out. I just wanna say, please don’t out people, it’s a complete violation of privacy and you are potentially putting someone in serious danger. It is disgusting

    @ReeceMarshallPersonal@ReeceMarshallPersonal3 жыл бұрын
  • Aged like milk

    @ilikespaghetti4458@ilikespaghetti44584 ай бұрын
    • how? im anti lgbtq but this video doesnt lie

      @Nemenis@Nemenis2 ай бұрын
  • If you think of it, lots of the racism and homophobia comes from the states, kind of sad.

    @WolfenGamer@WolfenGamer3 жыл бұрын
  • Yep that’s my country over there!

    @CODTerracraft@CODTerracraft4 жыл бұрын
    • God this is so much truth. I wasn’t raised in a “question everything “ mentality but in my early 20’s that’s exactly what I started doing and now the more I dig into history and our culture, the more lies and bodies I find. It’s gotten to the point where whenever I hear something horrible happening part of my brain instantly says “Yeah, that sounds about right.” I try so hard to stay positive, to make sure I’m contributing to good vibes but it’s just so hard sometimes.

      @jeng9927@jeng99274 жыл бұрын
    • Jen G im confused as to why you left a paragraph on such a simple comment

      @lgbtqiarights@lgbtqiarights4 жыл бұрын
    • @@jeng9927 ok boomer

      @tristan_melfi1319@tristan_melfi13194 жыл бұрын
    • I thought it was Iran

      @idrisali6854@idrisali68544 жыл бұрын
    • @@jeng9927 ok boomer

      @alialidrissi4163@alialidrissi41634 жыл бұрын
  • I'm a student at UF and I can't believe I didn't know this...

    @mw-fj6dd@mw-fj6dd4 жыл бұрын
    • Mega Wag, the next time you walk past Thomas H, look up to the 2nd floor bay window: That was my room. I'm the guy in the video.

      @artcopleston5439@artcopleston54394 жыл бұрын
    • Sending you love from South Africa ♥️

      @poelomokgotho8127@poelomokgotho81274 жыл бұрын
  • They just always need someone to bully and exploit huh? Someone they can assure and tell themselves are lesser than them.

    @hel2722@hel27223 жыл бұрын
  • Hate is disgusting, no matter whom it's directed toward. We need to acknowledge the humanity of everyone.

    @TehWhiteMage@TehWhiteMage3 жыл бұрын
    • religion of humanity lol

      @AbuBased731@AbuBased7312 жыл бұрын
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