Newport sex scandal
1919 US Naval investigation into possible homosexual activity of personnel
Newport sex scandal
The Newport sex scandal arose from a 1919 investigation by the United States Navy into homosexual acts by Navy personnel and civilians in Newport, Rhode Island. The investigation was noted for its controversial methods of intelligence gathering, specifically its use of enlisted personnel to investigate alleged homosexuals by engaging them sexually. A subsequent trial attracted national news coverage and provoked a congressional investigation, which concluded with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary of the Navy (and future United States president) Franklin D. Roosevelt being formally rebuked by a Congressional committee. Even by the standards of the early 1920s—when homosexuality was widely criminalized and heavily stigmatized—many people believed the Navy’s investigation went too far, however public outrage was mainly caused by the Navy’s investigative methods, not by sympathy for homosexuality itself.
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