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‘Scandalous Conduct’: Telling the queer history behind the Newport Navy sex scandal of 1919
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2024-09-19 08:07:00
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Three sailors in white caps and A-frame shirts pull on a rope.

A new musical documentary by Jason Tranchida and Matthew Lawrence features transcriptions of the Navy’s 1919 investigation into homosexual activity by sailors in Newport, along with music from a vaudeville drag show that was going on right down the street.

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