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Drum, a Pre-History

The above was from the Facebook page of Bob Skiba,
Curator of Collections at John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at William Way LGBT Community Center
As we are both history nerds and I have on my site the Drum digital scans,
I asked permission to share what he posted about the early history.

Newsletter of the Philadelphia Mattachine Society
Volume 1, #5, August 1961

Mae Polakoff (R) and her lover Joey Hardman (L) in 1961.
Mae sometimes went by the last name ""Josias" for anonymity.
All images are from the John J Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives

Janus, Volume 4, #6, June 1964

It appears they (roughly) continued the publication numbering between the two

Drum, Volume 4, #s 8 & 9, Oct & Nov 1964
Editor, Clark Polak
OutHistory bio

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Link at article bottom

I consider Polak to be a pioneering hero for his activism and the publication Drum. He died at age 42 in 1980.

Much more to be found in Marc Stein’s “City of Sisterly & Brotherly Loves”
highly recommended