Old crime stories show how the press stoked fear of gay men.

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A newsstand at 5th Ave. and 42nd St. in New York City, 1938. (Image: Bettmann Archive)

In 1935, a man named Paul Ivar was murdered in Los Angeles.

Though he was the victim, newspapers scrutinized his supposedly “shadowy past.” The New York Daily News called him “a neurotic young man with a flair for feminine accoutrements and effeminate companions.” …