In 1953, President Dwight D Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450 in the name of national security. This order prevented any member of any group considered to be subversive in nature from being federal employees. While that may sound legit to some on the surface, the Order also listed “sexual perversion” as a security risk. Based on how the LGBT community was considered at that point in time, you can guess how that affected many people’s jobs.