[brooklyn dave]

I would wonder if J. Edgar would have led the charge in drag or not?

[wideawake]

Despite the oft-repeated rumor, there is not a single piece of reliable evidence that J. Edgar Hoover ever dressed in women's clothing.

All these references can be traced to a single page in a single book by BBC journalist Tony Summers in which he claims that an unidentified source told Summers that the source had twice seen Hoover in drag.

Summers also believes that American right-wingers plotted to assassinate President Kennedy.

[ansel12]

“I would wonder if J. Edgar would have led the charge in drag or not?”

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Hoover was not a cross-dresser.

It was made up out of thin air, and became a part of common knowledge through the efforts of the media and it’s cultural siblings.