In 1919, a secret operation was approved to target gay sailors in the US Navy in Newport, Rhode Island. The goal was to rid the Navy of individuals deemed undesirable. The operation involved volunteer agents engaging in gay sex with sailors and then reporting them. This method was used to gather evidence, which often required multiple encounters. Further details about this operation, known as "Section A," are available from historian Sherry Zane, who has published an article on the subject. The operation was approved by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the Navy.
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The wild saga of FDR’s $1 million gay military sex sting
In 1919, a secret operation was approved to target gay sailors in the US Navy in Newport, Rhode Island. The goal was to rid the Navy of individuals deemed undesirable. The operation involved volunteer
