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Assorted
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Miscellaneous
Mostly 1960s / 1970s |
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The year 1964 saw four coloring or illustrated "books" seek out the new gay market, and three of them were published by Guild Press. Though real credits were not given, they were written by George Haimsohn (playwright for Dames at Sea). Haimsohn wrote multiple books under a number of names, including Alexander Goodman. He both wrote and illustrated "Modern Fairy Tales," and he wrote the other two, with illustrations by prolific artist Etienne (Dom Orejudos). Besides Guild Press, the other publishing powerhouse on the scene was DSI Publishing, and my thinking is they saw The Gay Coloring Book and then spent a half hour putting together the very poorly done Vagabond Coloring Book. |
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Gay
Coloring Book
-- My Trip Around the World -- Modern Fairy Tales
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Vagabond
Coloring Book
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My
Trip Around the World, 1964, Guild Press, no credits given, PDF |
****** "Modern
Fairy Tales: Autobiography of a Camp" by Peter B Luvvly, Guild
Book Service, 1964 |
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Directory
43, 72, 84, 85
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Beginner's
Guide to Cruising (1964)
Advanced Guide to Cruising (1965) |
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As
Directory 43 is a very rare early gay bar guide, here is the entire
1964 volume. Published by DSI (Directory Services Inc)
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Directory
85, 1964, PDF
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"Beginner's
Guide to Cruising," by George Marshall, 1964, "Advanced
Guide to Cruising," by George Marshall, 1965, pseudonym
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Guild
Book Service Catalog (1965-66)
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Guild
Guides (1964-1978)
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Vagabond
Catalogs
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Vagabond Published from 1963-67, this catalog enabled the ordering of a wide variety of gay products from DSI (Directory Services Inc, Minneapolis) |
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Volume 7, 1965, PDF |
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Drum
Magazine 1964-1969 At the right
is some pre-Drum history. The first issues were called Newsletter
of the Philadelphia Mattachine Society. Shown is the cover of Vol
1, #5, August 1961. It talks about a break from Mattachine, their
doing. The next image I have is called Janus, Vol 4, #6, June 1964,
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Drum 30 issues, Oct 64-Jan 69 |
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Also with issue 23 they were published by Drum Publishing Company instead of the prior Janus Society of America, no address change. |
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Financial
and government problems continued and there were only 5 issues in 1967,
3 in 1968, before the finale in Jan 1969. He was also in trouble with
his gay book business, Trojan Book Service, and after years the Feds
finally beat him down and he moved to L.A. |
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Gay
BC Book
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Go
Guys
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Classics
of the Homosexual Underground (1969)
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Another
Camp book, from 1966 and by Allen Dennis, illustrations about the camp
vernacular, printed in large format, 8 1/2x11" |
Winter
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Two Guild Press publications from 1969, very short novels of 60-75 pages each (authors not given) and each with the same introduction editorial essay on "The Meaning and Value of Homosexual Underground Literature" On the
Farm... PDF These often show up on eBay. There were about 36 "classics" in the series. |
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Album
1501, Album 1506 (~1971)
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Brevities,
1930s
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Pat
Rocco's Spree, ~1969-81
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Album
1501 #1506,
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Pat Rocco
was an early filmmaker, photographer, entertainer and activist. His
SPREE News got attention for his films and other work, published for
about 12 years. A few samples can be found at This
Link
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Physique
Pictorial (1951-1990)
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Young
Adonis, 1963
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1964 Movie Calendar, PDF |
Vol 7 #2, Summer 57, PDF |
I bought both of these as they are shown in the photo above |
Young Adonis, Feb 1963, PDF |
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AMG
Thousand Model Directory (1957)
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Gaytimes
(1974 - 1976+)
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This recently came out in a deluxe hard cover version.
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Brief
History of Gay
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Gay
International (1964-1966)
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Gay International
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TWO
- Homosexual Viewpoint in Canada (1964-1966)
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Two
- The Homosexual Viewpoint in Canada Volume
1, 1964 |
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Directions (Canada, 1977)
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Ask
Newsletter, 1964
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NY
Mattachine Newsletter-Aug 1969
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Whisper
Magazine (1960s)
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Physique
Pioneers
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NY Mattachine Newsletter for August 1969. It gives the early
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Whisper Magazine Includes Confidential, Vice Squad and a number of others! |
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"Physique Pioneers: The Politics of 1960s Gay Consumer Culture," an excellent 2010 college thesis by David K Johnson, U of S Florida. digs into DSI, Guild and the censorship, 26 pages. I mocked up a cover for it; groundwork for his 2019 book, "Buying Gay." PDF |
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Homosexual
National Classified Directory
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Bay
Area Reporter (SF, 1971 to present)
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Physique
Artistry (UK, 1957-1963)
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1971 Homosexual
National Classified Directory |
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Bar Area
Reporter, 1971+ |
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Physique
Artistry Summer
1960, PDF |
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The
Gay Insider (1971)
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NYC
Gay Scene Guide, 1969
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Homosexuals
Today - 1956
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The
Gay Insider (1971) PDF |
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Sherbet and Sodomy I.V. Ebbing, 1971 The cover and title amused me, so here is half the book. I did not read any further as it ran out of content and got oh so repetitive. Same publisher as The Gay Insider. |
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Homosexuals
Today - 1956 This page has a link to read the entire book. |
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Phoenix
Society (Kansas City) 1967-1969
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The Phoenix Society,
For Texas interest, the paper listed two Dallas orgs, Circle of Friends and Dallas Council of Religion and the Homosexual. |
Vol 2-6,
6707, PDF |
Vol 2-7, 6708, PDF |
Houston got a nice feature on its bars in Vol 2-6, and the short-lived Promethean Society was listed in Vol 3-7, and from other copies I have seen that continued through the end of 1968. See the Excellent website on the Phoenix Society, a project in the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Public History class
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Come
Out - Gay Liberation Front (1970)
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Come
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Calendars
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Lon
of NY Calendar, 1956 & Today's
Physique Calendar, 1965
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Delmonteque
1955 Calendar
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Mars
Calendar Boys by Etienne
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Alonzo Hanagan, better known as Lon of New York, was a pioneer of male nude photography and his work included a 1956 calendar, PDF
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Today's Physique Calendar 1965, PDF
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Etienne, aka Dom Orejudos was an openly gay artist, ballet dancer, and choreographer, best known for his ground-breaking masculine gay male erotica beginning in the 1950s. He contributed a number of "calendar boys" to Mars Magazine, and this run is from Nov 1962 to Feb 1964. (There was no Jan/Feb 1963)
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Fizeek, 1965, PDF
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Sisters
Magazine (1973)
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Women's
Music Magazines
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Female
Impersonation Magazines
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Sisters Magazine A Daughters of Bilitis publication November
1973, PDF |
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On This
Page of my QMH site there are Many Women's Music mags: |
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On
This
Page of my QMH site there are Many mag covers from: |
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GPU
News, Milwaukee (1971-1981)
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Cruise
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The
Barb (Atlanta, 1974-1977)
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Milwaukee's GPU News was an excellent publication, covering news and culture, from 1971 to 1981. The complete run is online at this site. |
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Cruise,
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Vol 3,
#7, Sept 1976, all online at this link
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GAY
(1969 - 1974)
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Gay
Power (1969 - ?)
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Gay
Scene (1969 - 1981+)
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Gay
Power |
Gay Scene Intellectual
Homophile Monthly how
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Gay
Sunshine
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WIN
(early 1970s)
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Manorama
(1961-1965+)
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Contributors were
national but out of mid-state NY, (actually near Woodstock), 8"x10",
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Number
22, March 1965 |
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David
Magazine (Jacksonville, FL, mainly 1970-1974)
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David
Magazine
Published out of Jacksonville, FL, with good coverage of the whole South, including Houston. Main series was from 1970 thru 1974; though it did publish as Little David and This Week with David, later in small format. A mixture of erotic photos, and articles on Broadway, Hollywood, drag, stories, and very Etc. See Special Section |
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Vector,
1964-1976
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Lesbian
Avenger Handbook, 1993
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Vector ...was the official publication of the Society for Individual Rights founded in San Francisco in Sep 1964. Regional issues, from 1964-1976. Excellent magazine. LINK |
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by Sarah
Schulman A Handy Guide to a Homemade Revolution |
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Early
Louisiana Publications, 1981
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Q-Notes
(Charlotte, NC, 1983-2006)
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More issues, 2010 to Present are at
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Vol 36-1, 04/03/21, PDF |
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Charlotte
Free Press (NC)(1975 -1977)
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Pink
Trash (1977) formerly
Free Press
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Our
South (Charlotte, NC, 1981 +?)
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Pink Trash Excellent
Charlotte NC magazine. At left is Sept 1977 (Vol 3 #10) |
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Our South |
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Our
Own Community Press (1976-1998)
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The
Paper (1981)
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Alabama
Forum (1981-2002)
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I was actually Editor of OO during 1979 and of course there were a number of editors. All copies can be found at Old Dominion University Libraries |
Vol 1-1, Feb 1981, PDF |
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The
Front Page (1979-2006)
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The
Front Page Excellent
pub Founded by Jim Baxter, devoted to gay and lesbian issues in North
and South Carolina. It merged with Q-Notes in 2006. Through these years the paper went from 12 to 36 pages |
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Vol 1-16-061280,
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Vol 1-22-091080, PDF |
Vol 2-6-8106, PDF |
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Vol 4-11-072883, PDF |
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Vol 11-14-072490, PDF |
Vol 15-18-093094, PDF |
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Lambda
- Carolina Gay & Lesbian Association Newsletter (1976-2013)
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Southeastern
Conference LGM 1981
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08/01/1976, PDF |
March 1989, PDF |
2013, PDF |
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Southeastern
Conference of Lesbians & Gay Men, This was the 6th conference, under the auspices of the Caroline Gay Association PDF |
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Southern
Voice (Atlanta, 1988-2010)
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Gay
News, Atlanta
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Began in Oct 1976, the masthead says "Gay News" with a main office in Philadelphia and an Atlanta one, publisher is Philly's Mark Segal. So this is a side project in a different market, with all local ads but a national slant. It only calls itself "Gay News." Not sure
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The
Homosexual Handbook
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Transvestism
Today (1960)
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Female
Impersonation (1971)
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"The
Homosexual Handbook," by Angelo d'Arcangelo, 1968.
real name: Josef Bush Yes, there are the obvious jokes: Gee, there was a Handbook? I had to learn it on the streets! But this was a real book, 275 pages, printed in several editions. Check out the chapter on the not-yet iconic Stonewall Inn. PDF |
Transvestism Today by Edward Poldolsky & Carlson Wade, 1960 Early and rare book on the subject |
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Female Impersonation, by Avery Willard, 1971 See Link One of the first books documenting the history and performers |
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Gay
Community News (Boston, 1973-1999)
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Second
Stone (New Orleans, 1988-1998)
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Jay
Little Essay
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GCN-12/19/81,
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Most
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Jay Little's 1950s underground gay novels were surprise best sellers, but I want to link you to a Superb essay on the author by Brooks Peters, PDF |
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Life
Magazine, 6/26/64
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Time
Magazine, 10/31/69
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"The
Homosexual in America" |
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Kenneth
Marlowe Cartoon Books
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March
on Washington Programs
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Kenneth
Marlowe
(see bio page) is mostly known for his "Mr Madame" and related books, but he also released two cartoon books, both in 1966....about his Gay and Delicate Worlds. Link |
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March
on Washington October
14, 1979, PDF |
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Uncommon
Heroes
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Hippie
Dick
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The
Gay Cookbook (1965)
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Uncommon
Heroes |
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SF Zine,
1990s, with last issue, #6 from 1995 Issue
#6, 1995, PDF |
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a serious 280-page cookbook with campy flourishes |
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NYC
Gay Scene Guide, 1969
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"Homo
Sweet Homo," 1968
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Christopher
Street (Jul 1976- Dec 1995)
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"Homo
Sweet Homo" |
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July 1976, PDF |
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Filial
Vignettes - Jim Kepner, 1990
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VIM
- 1954-1966
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Impact
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Vim |
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Swan
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NSFW
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Swan magazine
was started June 1986 by Patrick H Colley, in California, and was named
in honor of his lover "Friar Swan." The focus is on older
men and those who love them, and included personal ads, nude photos,
and also short stories. |
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Florida
Report - 1964
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Alternate
Magazine - 1978-80
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Upfront
Magazine, Pensacola, 1972+
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Alternate National mag wanted to be Christopher Street, but strugged its whole run, only netting two volumes in three years. Good slick work though, arts & entertainment, articles, etc. A dash of nudity. |
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Upfront Pensacola,
FL, no volume numbers, and start and end unknown; a April 73 issue resides at Philly's William Way archives |
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Summer
on Fire Island - Goodman, 1966
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In
Touch for Men
Cartoons - 1978 |
Art
Portfolio #1, 1965
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Gay
Comix, 1980-1998
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Rare, short stories & photo section |
Art Portfolio
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