Pullman porter affair
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title:
Pullman porter affair
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The Pullman porter affair was a sex scandal involving the United States Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles in September 1940. Welles — who was a closeted bisexual — was traveling with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt from Huntsville, Alabama to Washington, D.C., when he solicited sex from two male African-American Pullman porters. The resulting scandal resulted in Welles' resignation from the Department of State.
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LGBT sex scandal in September 1940
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_porter_affair
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2023-12-10T21:28:17Z
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