Portland vice scandal

The Portland vice scandal (sometimes called the vice clique scandal, or the vice crusade or YMCA scandal in contemporary reports) refers to the discovery in November 1912 of a gay male subculture in the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon. Nearly 70 men were charged, and three were convicted by jury; the Oregon Supreme Court then reversed the convictions on legal technicalities. The event led to the persecution of LGBTQ people and increased public support for eugenics in Oregon.

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