President Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10450, which identifies groups perceived as security risks.
Date: 1953
The order lists groups perceived as a security risk, including homosexual people, alcoholics, and "neurotics," and it details security practices for the federal government.
This order is one of the main actions leading to the Lavender Scare of the 1950s, when thousands of LGBTQ+ people will be banned from employment in the federal government.