# Event Details - **Event Name**: Lectures on Tap - 1950s USA: The Lavender Scare & the Birth of the "Closet" - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in NYC bars.About this Event📍 Location: Exact address given in confirmation email 🧠 Lecture: "1950s USA: The Lavender Scare & the Birth of the 'Closet'" 🎤 Speaker: Dr. Hannah Leffingwell Join us for a powerful evening as historian Dr. Hannah Leffingwell uncovers the little-known history of the Lavender Scare and the origins of the modern “closet.” Between 1948 and 1973, thousands of gay men and lesbians were surveilled, investigated, and fired from federal jobs, their lives upended by a state campaign to regulate sexuality and gender under the guise of national security.Dr. Leffingwell will explore how this federal witch hunt paralleled the Red Scare, why Senator McCarthy and his allies targeted queer Americans, and how the Lavender Scare helped cement queer people’s status as second-class citizens. She will trace how the metaphor of “the closet” emerged from this climate of fear, secrecy, and coerced heterosexual performance—and what this history reveals about American citizenship, authoritarianism, and scapegoating.Dr. Hannah Leffingwell is a writer, historian, and educator specializing in queer and gender history, lesbian culture, and contemporary LGBTQ+ and feminist movements. She teaches at The New School and the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, and her work appears in Gender & History, Jacobin, The Chronicle Review, and more.Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌Agenda6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.6:55 PM – Host introduction7:00 PM – Lecture begins7:45 PM – Audience Q&A8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round8:30 PM – Wrap up. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/lectures-on-tap-1950s-usa-the-lavender-scare-and-the-birth-of-the-closet/100001997898615541 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, Workshops, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Williamsburg - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 41.32, max: 41.32, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Brooklyn - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Williamsburg - **lat**: 40.7081156 - **long**: -73.9570696 - **full address**: Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Lectures on Tap - 1950s USA: The Lavender Scare & the Birth of the "Closet" - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/cdf0960d0ea806583f6463f03855f1fea0dc2cd8682b6dae89c4dc0480491e6f-rimg-w1200-h600-dce8e8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1787644823 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Lectures on Tap - 1950s USA: The Lavender Scare & the Birth of the "Closet" being held? - **A:** Lectures on Tap - 1950s USA: The Lavender Scare & the Birth of the "Closet" takes place on Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Lectures on Tap - 1950s USA: The Lavender Scare & the Birth of the "Closet"? - **A:** Lectures on Tap - 1950s USA: The Lavender Scare & the Birth of the "Closet" is organized by Felecia For The Win. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Lectures on Tap - 1950s USA: The Lavender Scare & the Birth of the "Closet"", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/cdf0960d0ea806583f6463f03855f1fea0dc2cd8682b6dae89c4dc0480491e6f-rimg-w1200-h600-dce8e8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1787644823", "startDate": "2026-09-10T18:30:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-09-10T20:30:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/lectures-on-tap-1950s-usa-the-lavender-scare-and-the-birth-of-the-closet/100001997898615541", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Williamsburg", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Williamsburg", "postalCode": "11249", "addressLocality": "Brooklyn", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.7081156", "longitude": "-73.9570696" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in NYC bars.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-25", "availabilityEnds": "2026-09-10T20:30:00-04:00", "validFrom": "2026-08-25", "lowPrice": "41.32", "highPrice": "41.32", "price": "41.32", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/lectures-on-tap-1950s-usa-the-lavender-scare-and-the-birth-of-the-closet/100001997898615541" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/SoldOut", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-25", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-25", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/lectures-on-tap-1950s-usa-the-lavender-scare-and-the-birth-of-the-closet/100001997898615541", "price": "41.32", "name": "Admission Ticket" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Felecia For The Win", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/felecia-for-the-win/24277484", "description": "Felecia is a software engineer, content creator, and host with over 700k followers across her social media platforms. 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