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CALIFORNIA SCENE CAPS NEWSLETTER CHRISTOPHER STREET DAVID Entertainment West FLORIDA ALIVE GAY PEOPLE"S UNION LA ADVOCATE NEW LIFE: A Christian Outreach of MCC - LA "Our Community: Nothing Human is Alien To Us" OREGON LIBERATOR OUTFRONT LA PRIDE Newsletter THE VOICE MORE ON PAGE 2 Chigago Gay Crusader The Voice of the Gay Students Coalition RASH The Body Politic The Columns Northwest Adz Gayzette Town Talk and many more | ||||
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The Alternative
September 23, 1971 issue of "The Alternative" (Volume 2 #1) published by HOPS, the Homophiles of Penn State out of State College and University Park, Pennsylvania. Printed on quality paper and measuring 11-1/4" by 17-3/8", this issue contains four large pages. One of the earliest gay college student publications, the headline article ("HOPS Alive and Moving") reads in part: "HOPS is alive! Despite the continued efforts of the administration to put an end to our existence, some sixty members are forging on, and if any enthusiasm has been lost along the way, it is not apparent among the members of Penn State's first gay community."
Containing news, announcements, articles, poetry, and early gay liberation advertisements, highlights include: *article "Gay Week A Winner" (on Gay Pride Week 1971); *announcement of the upcoming gay dance on October 8th at the H.U.B. Ballroom; *small advertisements from the Los Angeles Advocate, GAY, Horner's Book Shop, St. Marks Place and Youngberg's General Store, Jack's My-O-My, Henderson Station, The Nittany News, Dandelion Market; *article "Open Letter To Straights" by J. Laurence (reprinted from the July 22 issue of Penn State's "Daily Collegian") which includes the following statement: "Straights may consider some of the statements we make self-righteous, and I believe that we are and have a right to be. We have suffered too long, and although you are not used to it or pleased with it, we are no longer going to take your abuse"; *poetry by college students "James" and "Ted"; *movie review of "Fortune and Men's Eyes"; *article "Struggle To Be 'The Way I Am'" by HOPS member "Karen."
CALIFORNIA SCENE
37 published issues of the long-defunct and long-forgotten "California Scene" (issued sporadically from 1970 through 1975) edited by Jeff Buckley and published by Sagittarius Publications out of Los Angeles, California. A high-quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine, twelve issues contain 36 pages, 10 issues contain 44 pages, and one issue contains 52 pages (all including front and rear covers).
A vintage social, bar, and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas. Contents and highlights include:
*movie and theatre reviews (Hollywood and gay-themed) packed with photographs ; *book reviews (mainstream and gay pulp); *calendar of events (separate ones for San Francisco and Los Angeles); *travel articles ; *regionalized maps of San Francisco and Los Angeles showing the locations of gay bars, restaurants, and bathhouses ; *column by Larry Townsend ; *photospreads galore on Los Angeles and San Francisco's drag shows and contests, pride parades, balls, gay bar shows ; *Mae West interviewed ; *gay pulp writer Dirk Vanden interviewed ; *review of E.M. Forester's "Maurice" by Christopher Isherwood ; *cover plate by Calafran Enterprises (first issue); *cover art by Anthony - Tony - de Frange (issue #7); *eight front cover photographs by Roy Dean ; *three interior photospreads by Roy Dean ; *vintage advertisements.
With splendid male cover art by Anthony (Tony) de Frange (of Robert Le Tourneaux from the film "Boys in the Band"). Issue #7 (July-August 1970) of "California Scene" edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 36, features include:
*column "San Francisco '70" by Jeff Buckley; *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with three photographs of the 1970 Gay Pride Parade held on Hollywood Boulevard); *column "Curtain Up" (with a review of "Promises, Promises" then at The Ahmanson Theatre, with three photos); *map of "Polkstrasse" - Polk Street in San Francisco ("The Gayest Street in San Francisco"); *column "Movie Call Review" by Christopher Erin (with reviews of "The Christine Jorgensen Story" and "Getting Straight," the latter film with two photographs of Elliot Gould and Candice Bergen); *book reviews ("This Day's Death" by John Rechy; "Twin" by Andrew Blumley; "The Gay Ghouls" by Chet Roman; "Made with Clay" by Carl Driver; "Fire from Heaven" by Mary Renault; "Seventeen-69" by Peter Tuesday Hughes; "The Fairy King" by Larry Townsend); *one-page profile of cover artist Anthony de Frange (with reproductions of two male paintings, and shot of artist outside his studio); *gay bar, bathhouse, and restaurant events calendars for July in Los Angeles and San Francisco; *column "Show Bars" by Bill Kane; *fabulous vintage advertisements, including JJ Studio, Levi Clubs, the Wellington Club, The Shutters (featuring Al St. Claire), Ah Men, Signature Films' "Man and Man" ("The Most Important, Authentic Homosexual Film Of Our Time!" then showing at the Hollywood Avon and Los Angeles Park Theatres); others; *much more.
Issue #11 (December 1970-January 1971) of "California Scene" edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 44 pages , features include:
*column "San Francisco '70" by Jeff Buckley (with eight fabulous photographs from San Francisco's Beaux Arts Ball held on November 7, 1970, and three photographs from a SIR stage show); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl"; *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with a review of "Remote Asylum," a new play by Mart Crowley, with photograph of Anne Francis, Ralph Williams, and William Shatner; a review of "Rosebloom" with two photographs from the play starring Carrie Snodgrass); *book reviews ("Fadeout" by Joseph Hansen; "God Save the Queen" by Peter Randolph; "A Crocodile of Choirboys" by C.J. Bradbury; "2069+2" by Larry Townsend; "The Young Male Figure"; others); *column "Movie Call Review" (with reviews of "Dorian Gray" starring Helmut Berger, with cover art and two interior photographs; "The Great White Hope" starring James Earl Jones, with three photographs; "There Was A Crooked Man" starring, among others, Michael Blodgett, with one photo; and two photos of Bjorn Andresen in "Death in Venice"); *column "Show Bars" by Bill Kane (with two photos); *part two of article "Gay Organizations" by Mark Green (about the Gay Liberation Front's plan to "take over" Alpine County); *sexual health column "When a Lad Needs a Doctor" by "Medic"; *Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *map of gay bars and bathhouses in Long Beach and Wilmington, California; *article on the 1970 CMC Carnival (male beefcake contest) on Fremont Street near the Embarcadero in San Francisco (with five photos); *fabulous vintage advertisements, including JJ Studio, The Hounds Tooth, Orpheum Circus, Ritch Street Health Club, The Roundup, Gold Street, The Wellington Club, the Hollywood Avon and Los Angeles Park Theatres, others; *much more.
With cover photograph of male model Bob Gentry by Roy Dean from his book "A Time In Eden" (there is a short profile inside about Roy Dean and Bob Gentry - "We hate to tell you he is straight" - along with six small photographs). August 1971 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 2 #6) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 36 pages, features include:
*column "San Francisco '71" by Jeff Buckley (with photograph of Tom from the Roundup, 1971 Groovy Guy contestant); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with six photographs from the 1971 Gay Pride Parade along Hollywood Boulevard); *column "Curtain Up" (with photos from "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine," "Candide," and "Mother Earth"); *column "Movie Call Review" (with reviews of "The Devils" starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, with three photos; "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, with two photos; "Fortune and Men's Eyes" starring Michael Greer, with two photos; others); *column "Show Bars" (with photographs from the "ALL-MEN-NETTS" show at the Orpheum Circus, San Francisco, "Royal Scandals" at the Covered Wagon, San Francisco, and The Turnabouts at San Digeo's Show Biz Club); *book reviews ("Nine Easy Pieces" by Felix Lance Falkon; "Run, Little Leather Boy" by Larry Townsend; "Out of the Closet" by Michael A. Douglass; "The Other Party" by Peter Tuesday Hughes); *August, 1971 Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *map of gay bars and bathhouses in San Diego, California; *fabulous vintage advertisements; *much more.
September 1971 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 2 #7 - "Due to a wild staff outing over Labor Day this issue is late") edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 36 pages, features include:
*column "San Francisco '71" by Jeff Buckley (with five photos, including two from "San Francisco's wedding of the year" of Terry and Pat Montclaire at the reception at The 181 Club, and one of San Francisco Empress candidate Paul Bentley of The Ramrod shot at The Boot Camp); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with four photos from the 1971 Advocate Groovy Guy Contest held in North Hollywood: a group shot of the contestants, one of Master of Ceremonies Michael Greer, one of Groovy Guy winner Jimmy Hughes from The Hub in Los Angeles, and one of two male go-go dancers); *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with four photos); *column "Movie Call Review" (with reviews of "The Love Machine" starring Dyan Cannon, David Hemmings, Jackie Cooper, Robert Walker, and John Philip Law, with three photos; "Klute" starring Jane Fonda, with one photo; "The Omega Man" starring Charlton Heston, with one photo; others); *column "Show Bars" (with photos of Charles Pierce at Bimbo's and the Allan Lloyd show at The P.S. on Polk Street); *book reviews (including "Pool Boy" from Parisian Press and "The Outward Side" by James Colton); *August, 1971 Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *column "Travel Tips" by Bob Damron (this column on New Orleans); *map of gay bars in Oakland, California; *column "Footnotes & Essays" by Larry Townsend; *fabulous vintage advertisements (including the Ritch Street Health Club, Le Salon, Rho-Delta Press, The Roundup, Boot Camp - "And visit The Cell Block in our back room", the Sewers of Paris Restaurant, Ah Men fashions, World Mailing Service featuring gay books and magazines, others);*much more.
With cover photograph of Lee, "modeling some of the items in the forthcoming catalogue from Leather 'N Things, San Francisco." November-December 1971 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 2 #9 - "This issue is dedicated to San Francisco") edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 36 pages including front and rear covers., features include:
*column "San Francisco '71" by Jeff Buckley (with two photographs, one of San Francisco Supervisor Dianne Feinstein, and one of San Francisco Sheriff Richard Hongisto and Supervisor Robert Gonzales at the Beaux Arts Ball); *30 fabulous photographs from San Francisco's 1971 Beaux Arts Ball; *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with two photos from the Empress Ball held on November 8); *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with four photos, including two from "Godspell"); *column "Movie Call Review" (with reviews and photographs from "The Go-Between," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Joe Hill," "The French Connection," "Man in the Wilderness," "T.R. Baskin," and "Catlow"); *column "Show Bars" (with eight fabulous photos from the SIR - Society for Individual Rights - Benefit Show, one beefcake shot from SIR's stage play "Madness '71," and one of Linda Sellers featured at The Page One); *book reviews (including "The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by J. Watson, "Robbie" by Carl Driver, and "Windows and Mirrors" by Douglas Dean); *November 1971 Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *map of gay bars, bathhouses and bookstores in San Francisco's North Beach and North of Market Street areas; *column "Footnotes & Essays" by Larry Townsend; *fabulous vintage advertisements (including Le Salon, Colt Studio, Leather 'N Things, Brawn Products, Library Services, Ah Men fashions, Dave's Private Bath Club, others); *much more.
Fabulous, rich in content. With articles by Christopher Isherwood, Larry Townsend, and Bob Damron, among others.January 1972 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 3 #1) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 52 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include:
*column "San Francisco '72" by Jeff Buckley (on Polk Street, with photo of Lorelei with Princess Kerry and Lord Dick during Lorelei's campaign for Empress 1972); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with seven photographs from the 1971-72 Stud West Contest held at The Redwood Room, Cal Coburn was master of ceremonies and Brandy Lee entertained); *column "Curtain Up" by David Hellinger and Charles McAllister (with five photos from various stage productions, including one of Cab Calloway and another of Kim Hunter, Julie Harris, and DeeAnn Mears in "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little"); *column "Movie Call Review" by David Hellinger and Charles McAllister (with 13 photographs); *column "Show Bars" by Bill Kane (with eleven photographs including two of Jim Bailey); *book review of "Maurice" by E. M. Forster by Christopher Isherwood; *column "Travel Tips" by Bob Damron (this time focusing on gay life in Nevada); *short story "Madder Music" by Douglas Dean; *"Rover's Column" with five beefcake and bar photographs; *full-page gay calendar "January in California"; *gay bar and bath map for Long Beach; *column "Footnotes & Essays" by Larry Townsend; *column "When a Lad Needs a Doctor" by "Medic"; *fabulous photospread with eleven photos taken at various drag events; *classifieds; vintage advertisments.
April 1972 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 3 #3) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include:
*full-page advertisement, with photos, of Roy Dean's book of photography "Before the Hand of Man" from Rho Delta Press; *full-page advertisement, with photo, of The Club Turkish Baths at 132 Turk Street in San Francisco; *column "San Francisco '72" by Jeff Buckley (with nine fabulous photos of the coronation of the Czarina of the Peninsula); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with a photo of then Los Angeles District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi at the HELP Tavern Guild luncheon); *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with ten photos, including two photos from "The Dirtiest Show in Town" then playing at the Ivar Theatre in Hollywood, and one photo of Richard Chamberlain and Jack Ryland in Shakespeare's "Richard II"); *column "Movie Call Review" (with reviews and photographs from "What's Up Doc?", "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis," "The Frogs," Marlon Brando in "The Godfather," and Anne Heywood in the transsexual film "I Want What I Want"); *column "Show Bars" (with eight fabulous photos, including Tommy Almon in The Lori Shannon Show at The Country Club, Jim Bailey as Peggy Lee, Charles Pierce and Glenn Elliott at The Playhouse, North Hollywood); *book reviews (including "Obsession" by George Haym, "Graffiti" by Peter Tuesday Hughes, and "One for the Gods" by Gordon Merrick); *column "Travel Tips" by Bob Damron (this column on Dallas-Fort Worth); *April 1972 Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *column "Footnotes & Essays" by Larry Townsend; *fabulous vintage advertisements (including Le Salon, Leather 'N Things, Wakefield Poole's "Boys in the Sand," Hans-Off - "Northern California's only Nude Go-Go Dancers," That Look Men's Fashions, others); *much more.
With a splendid cover photograph of "David" from Roy Dean's book of photography "Before the Hand of Man." June-July 1972 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 3 #5) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include:
*full-page photo advertisement from the Folsom Street Barracks in San Francisco; *1/3 page advertisement for The Baths on 21st Street ("Look for us behind the trees between Mission & Valencia...Buddy Night - Tuesdays 4pm - 12mn, 2 for $4.00"); *nine fabulous photos from the 1972 Empress of Long Beach Ball, including one of singer Troy Walker performing; *column "San Francisco '72" by Jeff Buckley (with photo of Thom, California Scene's Groovy Guy contestant for 1972, and two photos from the 1972 San Francisco Gay Pride Parade); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with two photos from the 1972 Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade along Hollywood Boulevard); *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with photos from "No, No, Nanette" with June Allyson and Judy Canova; "Old Times" with Faye Dunaway); *film review column "Movietime" (with reviews and photographs from "Fuzz," "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes," "Hammersmith is Out," "Play It Again Sam," "Portnoy's Complaint," "Skyjacked," and "The Candidate"); *column "Show Bars" (with six fabulous photos, including one of Jim Bailey and one of Monti Rock III); *book reviews (the "Bob Damron Address Book" and "Hedda [Hopper] and Louella [Parsons]"); *July 1972 Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *column "Footnotes & Essays" by Larry Townsend; *fabulous vintage advertisements (including Le Salon, Ah Men [with shots of Jim Cassidy and Dakota], Ritch Street Health Club, Uwe Brandner's film "I Love You, I Kill You" then at the Paris Theatre in West Hollywood, Brawn Products, others); *much more.
With splendid cover photograph of unidentified male model from the Kirby Sires Studio in Hollywood.October-November 1972 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 3 #7) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include:
*rear cover advertisement from the "Happy Chip Redemption Centers" featuring a photograph of "Denny" (taken by the Eddie Van Guild, Denny was also a Rip Colt Studio model); *fabulous two-page photospread containing 20 shots from the Empress of San Francisco Ball held at California Hall on Polk Street; *column "San Francisco '72" by Jeff Buckley; *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with eight photos from the Empress/Emperor Ball sponsored by Cal Coburn and Entertainment West, including a shot of singer Troy Walker with David Hodgson, Data Boy's emperor contestant); *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with photos from "Hello, Dolly!", "Henry IV," and "The Prisoner of Second Avenue"); *film review column "Movietime" (with reviews and photographs from "Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex," "Savage Messiah," "The Ruling Class," "Deliverance," and "Kansas City Bomber"); *column "Show Bars" (with twelve fabulous photos, including three of Craig Russell, and three of John Rothermel [then performing at San Francisco's Gold Coast]); *book reviews ("Boy on the Loose" by Douglas Dean; "On [George] Cukor" by Gavin Lambert; and "Otoko - Photo Studies of the Young Japanese Male" by Tamatsu Yato); *November 1972 Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *fabulous vintage advertisements (the CMC Carnival at Seamen's Hall in San Francisco, The Pub in Santa Barbara, Hans-Off, Ah Men, Le Salon, the Levi Club, others); *much more.
With splendid cover photograph of male model Tom Holland from the 1973 Son/Burn Galleries Calendar; a short bio inside indicates that "This attractive native of Ohio has worked as a lifeguard and gym instructor. After graduating from college he came West and since then has been a partner on a small working ranch in the Sierra foothills. He visits Los Angeles monthly where he is a familiar figure at places such as the Outcast, the 1170 and the Bunkhouse - where several photo-studies of him grace the walls."December 1972-January 1973 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 3 #8) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include:
*full-page advertisement for Dick Martin's all-male gay film "Roundabouts" then showing at the Las Palmas (Los Angeles), Laurel (San Francisco), Newberry (Chicago), Sultan's Lavender Cinema (Seattle), and Mini-Park (Houston) theatres; *column "San Francisco '72" by Jeff Buckley (with shot of a go-go dancer at San Francisco's Gaslight, and five shots of candidates for the upcoming Empress of San Francisco); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl"; *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with photos from "The Crucible" and "Henry IV"); *film review column "Movietime" (with reviews of "A Separate Peace," "Lady Sings the Blues," "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SEX," "A Deep Compassion [Jaguar Productions]" "That Certain Summer," and Andy Warhol's "Heat"; with photos from "A Separate Peace," "Roma," "Young Winston," "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie," "Alice in Wonderland," "The Great Waltz," "A Deep Compassion," and "Lady Sings the Blues" - there is also a shot of Stoner and Cable from the Wakefield Poole film "Bijou"); *column "Show Bars" (with seven photos); *"Rover's Column" (with six beefcake photos from the 1972 male leather CMC Carnival); *book reviews ("The Lord Is My Shepherd And He Knows I'm Gay" by the Reverend Troy Perry; "The Light from the Second Story Window" by David Allen; "The War Lovers" by Carl Driver; others); *December 1972-January 1973 Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *full-page map of San Francisco's Polk Street; *fabulous vintage advertisements (Douglas Dean's "Gay Mexico '73-'74"; Eddie Van Photography; the Wild Goose in San Francisco; ad for the upcoming Camelot Ball [with M/C Billy Carroll and singer Troy Walker]; the Outcast in Los Angeles; Glen's Turkish Baths; others); *much more.
With splendid cover photograph of male model Adam Stuart from Roy Dean's forthcoming book of photography "The Naked Image." April-May 1973 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 4 #2) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include:
*full-page advertisement for David Allen's "The Light From the Second Story Window" from Jaguar Productions and starring David Allen, Ray Todd, Jim Cassidy, and Joey Daniels; *column "San Francisco '73" (with photo of the lobby at Big Town at 115 Harriet Street, off Folsom at 6th, along with an advertisement on the facing page); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with seven photos); *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with six photos); *film review column "Movietime" (with eight photos, including Ray Todd in "The Light From the Second Story Window" and a shirtless Ryan O'Neal in "The Thief Who Came to Dinner"); *column "Show Bars" (with six photos, including one of recording artist Vince Valenti at San Francisco's PS, and one of a hunky go-go dancer at Ruby's in Oakland); *”Rover's Column" (with a photo of the TV monitor screen in The Ramrod so customers can watch their bikes parked outside); *book reviews ("1973 Swingers OverSeas Gay Guide"; "Spartacus International Guide"; "Advocate's Barfly Guide"; others); *May 1973 Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *full-page map of gay bars, businesses and bathhouses in the Wilshire, Los Feliz, Silverlake and Downtown districts of Los Angeles; *fabulous vintage advertisements (Silverlake's Toy Tiger; Leather by Leather; The Roundup; The No Name Bar; The 2nd Annual Mint Memorial Day Tricycle Race sponsored by The Mint Restaurant on Market Street in San Francisco; others);*much more.
With splendid cover photograph of male model Jean Claude taken by photographer Roy Dean; inside is a short article and two-page spread entitled "More Photographic Art of Roy Dean" with photo of Roy Dean and five photos of his models. Winter 1973-74 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 4 #5, December 1973-February 1974) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality stapled Newsweek-size magazine now with non-glossy internal pages containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include:
*full-page advertisement for Midtowne Spa at 615 South Kohler Street in Los Angeles; *full-page advertisement for the Golden Gate Health Club featuring Ledermeister of Colt Studio fame; *two-page photospread containing 22 shots from the Coronation of Frieda, 9th Empress of San Francisco, held on January 5, 1974 (including entertainer Busty O'Shea, songwriter Anne Carr, entertainer Lee Garland, Tijuana Momma and Lady Francesca from LA's Crown Jewel); *column "San Francisco '74" (with three photos, including one of "Jesus Christ Satan" [a candidate for various offices] and one of the behind-the-bar mural by Noel at Folsom Street Prison); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl"; *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with two photos); *film review column "Movietime" (with ten photos, including two shots from "The Laughing Policeman" starring Bruce Dern taken in The Frolic and The Ramrod); *column "Show Bars" (with three photos, including one of John Gooch playing at The PS piano bar, and one of Jeff Steffen at The Red Lantern); *"Rover's Column" (with four photos from the 1973 gay leather CMC Carnival held at Seaman's Hall); *book reviews ("Which Way Do You Go?" by Malcolm Warren; "Bike Fever" by Lee Gutkind, with his photo; others); *Winter Calendar of Events for San Francisco and Los Angeles; *full-page map of gay bars, businesses and bathhouses along Polk Street in San Francisco; *article "Why San Francisco?" by Bill Plath (with two photographs, one of Bill Plath as Queen Victoria at a Tavern Guild Ball, and one from the 1973 Gay Day Parade); *fabulous vintage advertisements (Sierra Domino, the Fickle Fox, Ramon, Brawn Products, Mike's Corral, Folsom Prison, The Mind Shaft, The Endup, Febe's, others) *much more.
With splendid cover photograph of male model Jerry Clarke from the Roy Dean Collection. Summer 1974 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 5 #1, March-June 1974) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality stapled Newsweek-size magazine now with non-glossy internal pages containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include:
*full-page advertisement for the Hyperion Baths, Continental Baths, and Young Men's Athletic Club in Los Angeles; *2/3 page advertisement for Wakefield Poole's "Bible!"; *one-page photospread entitled "The Male Body" with four photos: Yukio Mishima by Tamotsu Yato; Wayne Williams by Blue Graphics Studio; Mike Ryan by Roy Dean; and Ron Egan, coverman of Roy Dean's "The Naked Image." *column "San Francisco '74" (with seven photos of various places and events); *full-page photospread entitled "The Social Swing" (with 11 photos, including Bob of Compass as Kubla Khan with two hunky slaves, Jeff and Chuck, at the Queen of Hearts Pageant held at the Proud Bird near the L.A. Airport); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with three shots, one of Arnell Larsen's portrait of Jason, then hanging at The Outcast, and two of the interior of California's largest leather shop, Leather by Leather in Hollywood); *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with three photos, one of Tim Curry, Kim Milford, and Boni Enten from "The Rocky Horror Show"); *film review column "Movie Time" (with five photos, including one of Lee Dunning in the new Jack Deveau film "Drive"; one of Brahm Van Zettin as Samson in Wakefield Poole's "Bible" then showing at the Paris Theatre, West Hollywood; one of Claire Wilbur and Carl Parker in the bi-sexual film "Score"); *column "Show Bars" (with write-up of Charles Pierce and Sally Rand at the Music Center Pavilion on April 6, 1974); *"Rover's Column" (with six photos from the 1974 Club Academy Awards in San Francisco); *book reviews ("The Best Little Boy in the World" by John Reid; "The Altar of Eros" by Frazer Ross; others); *article "Politics & You: Why the Democratic Party?" by Larry Townsend (with photograph of Larry Townsend and Vince Bugliosi); *full-page map of gay bars, businesses and bathhouses in East Hollywood; *fabulous vintage advertisements;*much more.
With cover photograph of male model Ken Leetzow with short inside bio: "Ken Leetzow is 29 and was born in Northern California. Majoring in college in business management, he regards San Francisco as his hometown but he enjoys traveling and hopes to set out on a world tour soon. Last winter he won the Mr. Carnival title at the CMC Carnival. This spring he gained the further accolade of Mr. Gay California. Ken is currently on the staff of The Badlands in the Castro Village."Fall 1974 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 5 #2, July-November 1974) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality stapled Newsweek-size magazine now with non-glossy internal pages containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include:
*full-page photograph of Yukio Mishima from the photography book "Young Samurai: Bodybuilders of Japan"; *two-page photospread entitled "The Male Form" (with six photos by Roy Dean; one of "Dean" by the Athletic Model Guild ["a familiar and striking face around the Hollywood bar scene. His most recent film was Pat Rocco's "Two Way Drift"]; and Morgan Prince from Sierra Domino Studio); *article "The [Los Angeles] Advocate: The World's Biggest Gay Publication" (with two photos); *five photos entitled "The Emperors of San Francisco" (including one tombstone shot of the original Emperor of San Francisco at Woodlawn Cemetery, Emperor Norton, "an eccentric Englishman, [who] was so much a part of [the] city's brawling early years that his homemade currency was accepted by merchants and saloons"); *column "San Francisco '74"; *two-page photospread "Summer and Fall Scenes in San Francisco" (with 16 photos of various places and events, including one of Dick Gersbach, San Francisco Tavern Guild President for 1974-75; one of Bob Cramer, the new Emperor of San Francisco; one of Bill Tolan, winner of that year's Mr. Cowboy Contest; Kenneth Anger at the Sheraton-Palace where he sponsored an Art Deco Show and Film Festival; others); *column "The Southland Scene" by "Night Owl" (with four photos); *theatre column "Curtain Up" (with photo of Larry Kert and Robert Morse as Josephine and Daphne in "Sugar" then at San Francisco's Curran Theatre); *film review column "Movie Time" (with three photos, including one of Alex Devron and Barry Case in "The Portrait of Dorian Gay"); *column "Show Bars" (with two photos); *"Rover's Column" (on recent gay club and bike events); *"Mother Goddam" by Witney Stine (on Bette Davis) reviewed by Charles Pierce; *full-page map of gay bars, businesses and bathhouses in San Francisco's Castro Village and Upper Market Street; *fabulous vintage advertisements (Le Salon, Xanadu Theatre, Bunkhouse Hotel, Folsom Prison, Sierra Domino, Mr. Ballmor, Robert Payne, Ah Men, Woody's Hyperion, That Look, others);*much more.
Next to last published issue.With a splendid cover photograph of hunky model Bill Jolly, who (from the inside bio with two additional photos) "at twenty-two, is looking forward to a career in acting and modeling. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was active with the Hartford Drama Club in such shows as 'Oliver,' 'Camelot,' and 'The Boy Friend.' Later he played in New York in the David Young revival of 'Kiss Me Kate.' He also graduated from New York U. with a degree in science. Since arriving in San Francisco a year ago, Bill has been in the Mr. Acme Beer contest and is one of the handsome people who work at the posh Elephant Walk in Castro Village. A swimmer and gymnast, he enjoys all the great indoor and outdoor amenities of San Francisco and the beautiful Bay Area."
Summer 1975 issue of "California Scene" (Volume 6 #1, December 1974-July 1975) edited by Jeff Buckley and published out of Los Angeles, California by Sagittarius Publications. A quality stapled Newsweek-size magazine now with non-glossy internal pages containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. A vintage social, bar and entertainment magazine for gay men in the southern California and San Francisco areas, features include: *one-page photospread entitled "Homosexart San Francisco" (with drawings and paintings by Castro Village artist Jackson; San Francisco artist Chuck Arnett; the large Carmen Miranda mural by Rabazz at La Cucaracha restaurant; part of the mural by Glenn entitled 'Snowflake' hanging at the Ramrod; a pen and ink drawing from the 1973 edition of 'Erotic Drawings' by Chuck Arnett; a stylized bar scene painted for Folsom Prison by Puerto Rican artist Noel Hernandez; and a Chuck Arnett painting done in 1970 for the old Toolbox, now hanging at the Ambush); *two page photospread entitled "Roy Dean's Men" (with five photos); *column "San Francisco '75" by Monitor (with 15 photos of various places and events, including Sweetlips [Dick] of the Kokpit; Bill Beardemphl, editor of the San Francisco Sentinal, and supervisorial candidate and gay frontrunner Harvey Milk at his shop on Castro Street [the photo is mis-identified as "5"; it is actually photo number "3"]; Hal Call of the Mattachine Society and owner of Pan-Graphic Press; Bob Damron and longtime friend Pat MacAdams; others); *column "Movie Time" (with four photos, including Burt Edouards in the Wakefield Poole trilogy "Moving"); *column "On Stage" (with five photos); *column "Southland Scene" by Night Owl (with eight photos, including one of Buddy and Matthew of Glendale, and a group shot of the hunky contestants at the recent Mr. Detour contest held in Hollywood); *Travel column by Frank Davies (on gay hotels in Puerto Rico); *vintage advertisements (including a full-page ad for The Mind Shaft; full-page ad for Bob Damron's 1976 Address Book; Orlando Baths; The Pleasure Chest; Griffin International; Sierra Domino; others); *much more.
Itemization:
1970 Vol. 1 #1 (January) Vol. 1 #2 (February) Vol. 1 #3 (March) Vol. 1 #6 (June) Vol. 1 #7 (July-August) Vol. 1 #11 (December 1970 - January 1971)
1971 Vol. 2 #1 (February) Vol. 2 #6 (August) Vol. 2 #7 (September) Vol. 2 #8 (October) Vol. 2 #9 (November-December)
1972 Vol. 3 #1 (January) Vol. 3 #3 (April) Vol. 3 #5 (June-July) Vol. 3 #7 (October-November) Vol. 3 #8 (December 1972 -January 1973)
1973 ..Vol. 4 #2 (April-May) Vol. 4 #3 (June-July) Vol. 4 #5 (December 1973 - February 1974)
1974 Vol. 5 #1 (March-June) Vol. 5 #2 (July-November)
1975 Vol. 6 #1 (December 1974 - July 1975) Vol. 6 #2 (July 1975 - January 1976, probable last issue)
CAPS NEWSLETTER
"CAPS NEWSLETTER" (Issue #1, January 1968) published by the California Association of Private Societies, an early and very short-lived homophile organization founded in October, 1967 for the purpose of providing "social endeavors, legal defense fund, bail bond service, legal rights guidance, general counseling, and book and photo service." Edited by Jerry Joachim, Sam Winston, and Jim Kepner (from ONE, Inc.), the newsletter is eight pages in length not including three inserts (please see description below).
Contents include: three page history of the newly-founded organization and services provided; a report on their first social event called the "Stardip Hop" held at the CAPS Ranch on December 20, 1967 ("located only 40 short minutes away from downtown Los Angeles, yet lies in a secluded mountain area, safe from neighbors and close to nature"); announcement of "Stardip Hop No. Two" to be held at the CAPS Ranch on January 20, 1968; "News From the Local Scene." In addition, there are three inserts to this newsletter: 1) Application for Membership; 2) a "Stardip Hop No. 2" Order Blank; and 3) a Questionnaire for members who plan to attend CAPS' social events, most with "Yes" or "No" answers (i.e. "I will plan to attend the CAPS ranch parties in the future"; "I enjoy having go-go dancers"; "I drink the following of the selection offered: Beer, Bourbon & Seven, Bourbon & Water, Bourbon & Coke, Vodka Seven, Vodka-Rocks"; "The bunk house retreat hour is more important than the other aspects of the ranch party" etc.). This tiny organization did not last more than a few months, and this, their first newsletter, may have been the only one issued. Long forgotten, and exceptionally, exceptionally rare.
CHRISTOPHER STREET
A significant, magnificent run of 106 issues of "Christopher Street" (1976-1992), without question the finest and richest gay men's literary magazine ever published. Edited by Charles L. (Chuck) Ortleb and published by That New Magazine out of New York City (the publication went defunct in the mid-1990s). A high-quality, glossy stapled magazine with most issues containing 48 or 64 pages each.
A treasure trove of fiction, articles, interviews, reviews, criticism (social, political, and in later issues, strong counter-establishment articles on AIDS medicine and politics), exposes, marvelous comic art, and photographs. "Christopher Street" might well be considered analogous as the gay men's equivalent of the "New Yorker" magazine. Contents include (and I am only able to briefly touch on the vast richness of this periodical):
Interviews of:
Adrienne Rich, David Kopay, Megan Terry, Quentin Crisp, Reva Calesky, Manuel Puig, James Spada, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John Rechy, Felice Picano, Ray Caviano, Guy Hocquenghem, Tom of Finland, Jaime Manrique Ardila, Jean-Paul Sartre, John Money, Cleve Jones, Lanford Wilson, Vito Russo, Richard Sennett, Arthur Bell, Paul Schrader, Duran Duran, John Waters, Rock Hudson, James McCourt, Peter Duesberg, Mark Morris, William Burroughs, Dr. Steven Caiazza, Harvey Milk, Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Cary Grant, Lev Raphael, John Boswell, Melvin Dixon, Joey Manley, Neil Bartlett;
Poetry by:
William Barber, Justin Caldwell, Tennessee Williams, Marilyn Hacker, John Harris, Andrew Holleran, Phil Andros (Samuel Steward), Thom Gunn, Alfred Corn, Thomas Kelly, Sean Lawrence, James Purdy, Paul Monette, Robert Weaver;
Articles by:
Dennis Altman, Richard Hall, Andrew Holleran, Randy Shilts, Sean Lawrence, Richard Whelan, Richard Friedel, Tim Dlugos, Seymour Kleinberg, Edmund White, Michael Denneny, Simon Karlinsky, Ned Rorem, Aaron Fricke, John Preston, Gore Vidal, Ethan Mordden, Boyd McDonald, Quentin Crisp, Lawrence Mass, David Thorstad, Donald Windham, Eric Bentley, Robert Patrick, Darrell Yates Rist, Harold Norse, Holly Woodlawn;
Fiction by:
Brooke LeRoy Banks, William Rooney, James Rivers, James D. Wagoner, John Briggs, George Whitmore, Gary Holland, Edmund White, Felice Picano, Henri Cole, Michael Grumley, Tennessee Williams (one-act "The Travelling Companion"), Robert Gluck, George Stambolian, Robert Ferro, Yves Navarre, Perri Klass, Steven Alburty, Brendan Lemon, Joe Pintauro, David Groff, Paul Monette, Christopher David, Robert Trent, Arnie Kantrowitz, James Medley, Perry Brass, Caleb Crain.
Itemization Of Issues:
Earlier Issues By Month
1976 - December 1977 - January 1978 - June 1979 - January, April, May, June, September, October/November, December 1980 - February, March, April, June, July/August, September, October/November 1981 - February, May, July
Now By Issue Number
1981 - #58, 59 1982 - #62, 63, 65 1983 - #75, 81 1984 - #87, 88 1985 - #94, 97, 99 1986 - #101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 1987 - #108, 109, 111, 114, 117, 118 1988 - #119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130 1989 - #131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142 1990 - #143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152 1991 - #154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168 1992 - #169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183
DAVID
Fabbbbulousssss!
Thirteen vintage, and very early issues, of "David Magazine" subtitled "Entertaining and Informing Gays" published out of Jacksonville, Florida. David Magazine was the fore-runner to the popular gay magazines of today, such as In Touch, Honcho, and Advocate Men. These issues of David Magazine are a delightful glimpse into the past and the social lives of gay men living on the coast or inland Florida.
Accompanied by hundreds of photographs, the issues contain news items, social events, bar news, articles, reviews, interviews, poetry, fashion, columns, cartoons, drag queen events and coronations, classified advertisements, fabulous vintage ads, and plenty of male beefcake (all non-nude).
Itemization:
Non-glossy covers, non-glossy pages: Vol. 1 #3 (January 1971) - 24 pages Vol. 1 #4 (February 1971) - 32 pages Vol. 1 #7 (May 1971) - 40 pages Vol. 1 #8 (June 1971) - 40 pages Vol. 1 #9 (July 1971) - 48 pages Vol. 1 #10 (August 1971) - 56 pages Vol. 1 #11 (September 1971) - 56 pages Vol. 1 #12 (October 1971) - 64 pages
Now glossy covers, non-glossy pages: Vol. 2 #1 (November 1971) - 60 pages Vol. 2 #2 (December 1971) - 60 pages Vol. 2 #6 (April 1972) - 68 pages Vol. 2 #7 (May 1972) - 68 pages
Now glossy covers, glossy pages: Vol. 2 #9 (July 1972) - 84 pages
August 1974 issue of the vintage gay magazine "David" (Vol. 4 #2) now published by David Publications out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A glossy, stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 80 pages including front and rear covers. David Magazine was the fore-runner to the popular gay magazines of today, such as In Touch, Honcho, and Advocate Men, and is a delightful glimpse into the past and the social lives of gay men living on the coast or inland Florida. The issue contains news items, bar news, articles, reviews, interviews, profiles, photospreads, fabulous vintage ads, plenty of non-nude male beefcake, and now a few pages devoted to artistic male nudes. Highlights include: - article on the early gay movie "A Very Natural Thing" (with six photos); - article on, and interview of, top male model Barry Wooddell (with six photos, three of them full-page); - lengthy article on Hollywood musicals entitled "That's Entertainment!" (with 12 spendid photos); - article on the theatre musical "Damn Yankees" (with three photos: one full-page of Gwen Verdon, one of Ray Walston, and one of the two actors on stage); - article on, with interview comments from, actress Elizabeth Taylor (with four splendid photos, two of them full-page); - article on, with interview comments from, singer Melba Moore (with two photos); - six-page photospread, including centerfold, of cover model Chris; - article on T.O.S.O.S. - 'This Other Side Of Silence' - a collective of male gay writers, composers, poets, performers, and singers (with four photos);
July 1974 issue of the vintage gay magazine "David" (Vol. 4 #1) now published by Mark Henry Enterprises out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A glossy, stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 80 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include:
- article on gay Fort Lauderdale subtitled "Where the Dudes Are!" (with seven photos and map); - article on the first outdoor gay motorcycle run "Dogwood '74" hosted by the Atlantis Motorcycle Club (with eight photos); - book review of "Another Man" by Jim French - aka Rip Colt (with three photos, including double-page); - article on Lucille Ball in "Mame" (with seven photos); - article on singer Lainie Kazan (with two photos, one full-page); - article on, and interview comments from, female impersonator Roby Landers (with two photos, one full-page); - centerfold model John Vogel (with shots by Bob Vandiver); - four-page male fashion photospread from That Look (with five photos); - splendid eight-page portfolio of the art and photographic work of Tee Jay Johnston (with two photos of Tee Jay Johnston, one in his studio and one of him in drag; seven photographs; and two full-page art pieces, including rear cover);
January-February 1974 issue of the vintage gay magazine "David" (Vol. 3 #12) published by David Magazine out of Jacksonville, Florida. A glossy, stapled digest-size magazine containing 92 pages including front and rear covers as well as eight-page center fold-out.
David Magazine was the fore-runner to the popular gay magazines of today, such as In Touch, Honcho, and Advocate Men, and is a delightful glimpse into the past and the social lives of gay men living on the coast or inland Florida. The issue contains news items, bar news, articles, reviews, interviews, profiles, photospreads, classified advertisements, fabulous vintage ads, plenty of non-nude male beefcake, and now a few pages devoted to artistic male nudes. Highlights include: - article on, with interview comments from, actor Timothy Bottoms (with full-page photo); - article on, with interview comments from, singer Margaret Whiting (with full-page photo); - article on singer Lana Cantrell (with full-page photo); - article by gay Atlanta State Penitentiary inmate Larry Bruce Smith entitled "Homosexual & Prison"; - five-page photospread of model George Payne;
November 15, 1973 issue of the vintage gay magazine "David" (Vol. 3 #11) published by David Magazine out of Jacksonville, Florida. A glossy, stapled digest-size magazine containing 80 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include: - five-page photospread on male leather wear from Leather Forever out of San Francisco (plus a full-page advertisement from Leather Forever); - article on the first Coltour to the Isla de Oro in the San Blas Islands off the east coast of Panama (sponsored by Rip Colt of Colt Studios, with two photos); - article on gay bike clubs entitled "The Chain Gang" (with full-page photo of Colt Studio model Stoner); - interview of black singer Alaina Reed (with three photos); - short article on 1974 Miss David Brandy Lee (with two photos); - six-page beefcake photospread of Mr. David 1974 C.J. Harrington; - short article on photographer David Vance (with his photograph, as well as several portrait and physique shots from his camera);
October 15, 1973 issue of the vintage gay magazine "David" (Vol. 3 #10) published by David Magazine out of Jacksonville, Florida. A glossy, stapled digest-size magazine containing 80 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include: - article on the history of female impersonators entitled "It's Nice To Fool Mother Nature" by Gene Arceri; - four page male fashion photospread from That Look (with five photos, including Stoner of Colt Studio fame) - article on, with interview comments from, Mama Cass Elliot (with full-page photo); - article on Anita Loos and Carol Channing (with two delightful photos: the first taken of them by Richard Avedon in 1949, and the second taken by Matha Swope in 1973); - article on the first Mr. Club Houston Contest (with three photos);
Eleventh issue of the vintage gay magazine "David: Entertaining and Informing Gays" (Vol. 1 #11, September 1971) published out of Jacksonville, Florida. A non-glossy, stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Highlights include: - short article on, with interview comments from, Dom Orejudas, spelled Orejudos in this piece - aka Etienne (with two splendid photographs of him, one full-page, and three reproductions from his male art); - photographs from the Miss David Pageant (including photos of male models Carpenter and Bruno from Colt Studio, Craig Russell, Tiffany Jones); - article on, with interview comments from, singer Tom Jones (with two photos, one full-page); - article on, with interview comments from, actress Sarah Miles (with three photos, one full-page); - short article and splendid two-page photospread entitled "Josephine Baker at Carnegie Hall" (with nine photos); - one page article on, with interview comments from, Lynne Carter, who had just moved to Provincetown (with two photos);
Entertainment West: Where, When and What's Happening!
issue #40 of the long-defunct and long-forgotten "Entertainment West: Where, When and What's Happening!" (September 15-28, 1971) published out of Los Angeles. Issued in tabloid format, when unfolded contains 16 large newsprint pages.
Predominately a bar, entertainment and social publication for Los Angeles' gay men, contents include: cover photo of Jimmy Hughes (Groovy Guy 1971 sponsored by The Hub); announcement of the upcoming 2nd Annual Empress Ball to be held November 8, 1971 (with photo of Empress La Rey of Los Angeles); short article "Gay Identity" by Robert Axton; delightful gossip column "Fern Siz...I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" ("...What Valley bartender thought he was the owner's special stock until he caught the guy at a local bath house?...Jim, is it really true you had to pay a $100.00 fine for relieving yourself at Fern Dell Park?...Is it really the season for drug store cowboys?..."); article "Gay Is Superior!" by Don Jackson; interview of "Rick" ("Rick is a Negro. He is also a successful actor and one of the handsomest men I've ever met..."); much, much more. With fabulous period advertisements, bar guide, and classified ads.
With cover by physique artist Steve Masters. Offered is issue #101 of the long-defunct and long-forgotten "Entertainment West" (1974, bi-weekly date not present) published out of Los Angeles. Issued in tabloid format, when unfolded contains 16 large newsprint pages.
Predominately a bar, entertainment and social publication for Los Angeles' gay men, contents include: cover by Steve Masters; lengthy interview of gay protest marchers Matt, Pat, Jose, Bill, Maria, Ginger, Richard, Randy, Brian, an anonymous minister, and an anonymous young man, by Vic Vance entitled "Hollywood Boycott" ("ME: Hi, can I have your first name? RICHARD: Richard. ME: Richard, what are you doing here tonight? RICHARD: Protesting for the Gay Liberation Movement. ME: Why? BOY: Shut up, Richard! ME: Why, Richard? BOY: Shut up, Richard! ME: (to boy): I'm writing for a GAY paper! BOY: Oh, that's different! I thought you were the heat trying to harass us"); delightful bar and social gossip column entitled "Around Midnight" by Midnight Mary ("KELLY SPENCER tells me that DON PUGH of the JAGUAR and TERRY CARLSON have done the impossible. They were 86ed from the CORRAL CLUB!"); column "As Gay Sees It" by Gay St. Clair ("Till the next time, serving you with LOVE, I remain...Gay St. Clair"); column "The Horny Toad" (on the recent, Fourth Annual Valentine Ball); lengthy column "It's Not Nice To Fool Mother Earth" (with bar and Imperial Court news and gossip); fabulous period ads; much, much more.
Condition: a few tiny closed edge tears; overall in VG+ condition. Rare.
FLORIDA ALIVE
Nine issues of the vintage, long-forgotten and long-defunct gay publication out of Florida entitled "Alive!" - a few issues are titled "Florida Alive!" (1977-1979), the 1977 issues published by Jack Campbell (owner of the gay Club Bath chain) out of Coconut Grove, Florida with the later 1979 issues published by Christian Lange out of Miami. A quality, glossy stapled magazine varying in page length (see itemization below).
Packed with articles, interviews, gay news (particularly Dade County and Anita Bryant's anti-gay campaign), photographs, art, resources, bar and entertainment news, and vintage advertisements. The 1977 issues feature male beefcake photospreads, while the latter issues feature short, tasteful male nude layouts.
Highlights include: *Leonard Matlovich interviewed (with photo); *center photospread of young hunks at the beach; *article "Gay Couples - Married or Just Shacking Up?" by Harold Ivey; *article on Dade County entitled "Polls show human rights election a virtual tie - gay turnout crucial" (regarding the gay rights ordinance making nation-wide news, with seven photos, including those who participated in the campaign - Rod McKuen, Elaine Nobel, Leonard Matlovich, Jack Campbell, and David - Dave - Kopay); *Elaine Nobel interviewed; *David Goodstein interviewed (publisher of the Los Angeles Advocate); *article "Key West - the Last Resort" (with eight photos); *G. Michael McKay interviewed (a popular Miami disc jockey on Love 94FM who came out of the closet in order to gain public understanding and support for the gay rights ordinance in Dade County, with three photos); *five-page photospread of Raul (photographed by Jerry Buzzelli); *article "Gays lose battle - set out to win the war" (on the defeat of Dade County's gay rights law which went down to a "crashing" defeat, with four photos); *Ruth Shack interviewed (who had sponsored the gay rights amendment to Dade County's anti-discrimination ordinance); *two page male photospread entitled "Alive In A Bathing Suit"; *Bob Stickney interviewed (owner of the gay Candlelight Club in Coconut Grove, with five photos); *male model and martial arts expert Sam Barger interviewed (with eight beefcake photos); *article on Miami's gay disco bar "Uncle Charlie's" (with two photos); *lengthy article on, and interview of, Gore Vidal (with portrait photo); *four-page tasteful male nude photospread of Jason York (photos by Bryan Harms); *article on the gay Atlanta bar scene (with 18 photos); *three-page male photospread entitled "Sleep" (photos by Bryan Harms); *article "Sand in Your Shoes: Gay Life in Florida's Gold Coast" (packed with 42 photos); *three-page male nude photospread of Robert Rodriquez (photos by Bryan Harms); *article and photospread "Inside the Biker Brotherhood" (with seven photos); *male nude photospread of cover model and biker Mark Dillard (photos by Bryan Harms);*much, much, much more.
Itemization of Issues
Volume 1 #1 (May 1977) - 32 pages Volume 1 #2 (June 1977) - 32 pages Volume 1 #3 (July 1977) - 32 pages Volume 1 #4 (August 1977) - 32 pages Volume 1 #5 (September 1977) - 40 pages Volume 2 #12 (May 1979) - 52 pages Volume 3 #1 (June 1979) - 56 pages Volume 3 #3 (August 1979) - 52 pages Volume 3 #5 (October 1979) - 52 pages
"GPU News"
"GPU News" issued from 1971 through 1981 by the Gay Peoples Union, the most prominent gay and lesbian liberation organization active in the mid- and upper-midwest during these early years.
The contents of this publication focus on four primary areas: 1) EXTENSIVE gay and lesbian local, regional, state, national and international political, activist, legislative, and social news; 2) EXTENSIVE gay and lesbian articles (including gay sexuality), short stories, and poetry; 3) EXTENSIVE, in-depth, scholarly book reviews of gay and lesbian fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journals and publications, photography, and bibliographies; and 4) EXTENSIVE gay and lesbian recording artist, music and record reviews.
Well illustrated with photographs and drawings, the magazine also contains editorials, columns, photospreads, periodic tasteful male nude photographs, complete directories of political, community services, religious groups, and social organizations for Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa, calendar of events, classifieds, and vintage gay advertisements.
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
INTERVIEWS OF David Kopay, Jonathan Katz (historian, author of "Gay American History" and other works), Marshall W. Mason (from the Circle Repertory in New York), Leonard Matlovich;
SHORT STORIES BY (to name a few) Roy F. Wood, Dan Allen, Gary Nicholas, Charles W. Polm, Robert Locke, Gabriel Lanci, Graham Jackson, J.D. Butkie, Kristen Anderson, Scott Jones, John D. Dolan, Daniel Curzon, Richard Hall, Paul O'M. Welles, Arnie Kantrowitz;
POETRY BY (again, to name a few) Jack Nichols, Gavin Dillard, S. Diane Bogus, Valerie Taylor, Dennis Cooper, Ian Young, John Rowberry, Glenn Sheldon, Elizabeth Louch;
ARTICLES INCLUDE: "The Urania Manuscripts" by Lee C. Rice; "The Florida Citrus Boycott" by Michael Mitchell (nee Anita Bryant); "Gay Rights for Straights, Too!" by Don Slater (formerly of ONE, Inc., then head of the Homosexual Information Center in Hollywood); "Day of Judgement - The San Francisco Riots" by John Rowberry (upon the light sentence given Dan White for the assassination of Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone); "Lesbian Mothers; Legal Realities" by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon (founders of the Daughters of Bilitis); "The Iranian Male - An Intimate Look" by Jerry Zarit; "[Anita] Bryant's Bible-Beating Bigotry" by Wayne Jefferson; "Sex In Space: A Brief Survey of Gay Themes in Science Fiction" by A. L. Thomas; "A Fresh Perspective on Greek Homosexuality" by Donna Martin; many, many more;
MUSICIANS, SINGERS, AND RECORDINGS REVIEWED INCLUDE (this is but a small sampling, well-illustrated with photographs): "Boy Meets Boy"; Robin Flower ("More Than Friends"); Conan ("Tell Ol' Anita"); Maxine Feldman ("Closet Sale"); Tom Robinson Band ("TRB TWO"); Lynn Frizzel ("Hurricane Anita [Bryant]"); Berkeley Women's Music Collective ("Tryin' To Survive"); Tom Wilson ("Gay Name Game"); Carl Bean ("I Was Born This Way"); "Sugar Mama/Women-Loving Women";
PHOTOSPREADS INCLUDE: Gay Pride Week in Sweden 1980; Gay Pride Weeks in New York, Milwaukee, Chicago; Grace Jones at the Baron; Gay World Series III; Mr. Club Milwaukee 1976; separate layouts of gay artwork by Regis Dho and Mario of Mexico; 1979 Gay Pride Week; 1975 Miss Gay Wisconsin and Mr. Groovy Guy Contests; much, much more.
ITEMIZATION OF ISSUES: 1971 - (2 of 3 issues - November and December, issue #2 and #3) 1972 - (11 issues) 1973 - (10 issues) 1974 - (11 issues) 1975 - 11 issues) 1976 - (12 issues) 1977 - (12 issues complete run) 1978 - (12 issues) 1979 - (12 issues) 1980 - (12 issues complete) 1981 - (1 issue, January 1981, probable last issue published).
NUMBER OF PAGES: The November 1971 issue contains 12 pages; by December 1971 the publication expanded to 16 pages; by October 1972 to 24 pages; by October 1974 to 32 pages; by January/February 1975 to 40 pages; by January 1977 to 48 pages; by June 1977 to 52 pages; beginning its decline in 1980, the number of pages dropped by April 1980 to 44 pages each.
LA ADVOCATE
Third issue of the "Los Angeles Advocate" (Volume 1 #3, November 1967), the longest running gay publication in the history of the United States. Still published at that time as the official organ of PRIDE (the Personal Rights in Defense and Education, an early gay liberation activist group founded over mounting police harassment and entrapment policies in Los Angeles), the organization wished to expand the scope of the earlier PRIDE Newsletter, and the Los Angeles Advocate was born. Edited by the Advocate's first editor, Dick Michaels, this very early issue is in newsletter format and contains 12 pages, with news items, editorial, letters to the editor, articles, calendar of events, a few classified ads (then called "Trader Dick's"), and advertisements. Highlights include:
*cover article "PRIDE WINS!! Court Frees Two, Rules Law Invalid" (regarding the acquittal of two PRIDE doormen arrested by police at a recent fundraiser for that organization); *cover story "Sir Lady Java Fights Fuzz-y Rule Nine" (with photo of Sir Lady Java, the article reads in small part: "'The law is depriving me of my livelihood. I feel it's unconstitutional,' Sir Lady Java said as she distributed picket signs to the 25 men and women who had gathered to help her protest. The rally, held outside the Redd Foxx Club on La Cienega on Oct. 21, was Sir Lady Java's opening salvo in her battle against the LA Police Commission's rule No. 9...which states 'No entertainment shall be conducted in which any performer impersonates by means of costume or dress a person of the opposite sex, unless by special permit issued by the Board of Police Commissioners.'"); *news article "Glide Boycotts SF Firms That Won't Hire Homosexuals"; *short article "California Bail Laws Unconstitutional?"; *article, with photo, entitled "Les Crane Airs Homosexual Viewpoint"; *article "Head Shrinkers Explore World Of Homophilia" (regarding a special meeting held by the Association for Social and Community Psychiatry in Los Angeles, and attended by, among others, Dr. Marvin Karno, Dr. Evelyn Hooker, Jim Kepner from ONE, Inc., and Sam Winston from PRIDE); *much more.
Fourth issue of the "Los Angeles Advocate" (Volume 1 #4, December 1967), Edited by the Advocate's first editor, Dick Michaels, this very early issue is in newsletter format and contains 12 pages (plus a special insert with this issue featuring artwork by S. Winston of a shirtless young man wearing jeans), with news items, editorial, letters to the editor, articles, calendar of events, a few classified ads (then called "Trader Dick's"), and advertisements. Highlights include:
*cover headline and article "Danish Nudie Mags Get The Nod: Physique Books Can Enter U.S., High Court Rules"; *article "Grey Tells Of England's Law Reform Battle" (with two photos of Antony Grey, a leader of England's Albany Trust, who spoke to several homophile and civil rights groups during his visit to Los Angeles; he is quoted as saying "American sex laws make 95% of the citizens criminals and 5% liars"); *news item "Black Cat Case Goes To U.S. Supreme Court" (16 people had been arrested by LAPD's Rampart Division during a brutal raid of the gay Black Cat Bar the previous January); *news article "Underground Bummer Result Of Heavy Homo Trip" ("The current split in LA's underground press, it now turns out, took place over the issue of homosexuality"); *news article "Gay Marine Held Captive In Peter Puffer Platoon" ("The Marine Corps claims to build men, but the building process is no gay time for one Pvt. Charles Crawford. Crawford, an 18-year old Chicago youth, is a homosexual. He entered the Marines through falsified documents in August and has been held captive ever since"); *a delightful article by Drew "Fearsome" entitled "Beward [Of] The Gay Old Man" (on Santa Claus: "Mr. Claus employs only males...He wears leather boots, gloves, and a wide leather belt...He wears his hair long...He pursues affections with children exclusively...And we find it very suspicious that he lives in seclusion in a childlike gingerbread house..."); *Editorial "Politics By The Bay" (on San Francisco's recent elections); *column "The Bead Reader" by Sam Winston (on Drew Pearson and his allegation that Ronald Reagan harbors a "homosexual ring"); *column "The World Is My Ashtray" by Dick Michaels (on the new "boy doll" with private parts being sold at department stores for Christmas);*much more. The rear cover has a splendid photo collage of drag queens appearing in a stage production of "The Women" to be held at the Embassy Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles on December 16-17, a Legal Defense Fund Benefit Performance sponsored by Tangents (Los Angeles' Homosexual Information Center).
Fifth issue of the "Los Angeles Advocate" (Volume 2 #1, January 1968), Highlights include:
*cover headline and article "DER KREIS KAPUT: Famed Swiss Group Folds After 35 Years" (on the demise of the early homophile organization Der Kreis founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1932 who had issued a monthly magazine of the same name since that year); *news item "Year-Old Black Cat Case Still Has Three Lives" (with a photograph of Attorney Stephen W. Solomon; "A year after the notorious raids on the Black Cat and New Faces bars, the legal aftermath is still in the courts..."); *news item "End Laws Against Private Sex, ACLU Says"; *news item "Gay Marriage Problems Not Sex-Oriented, Psychologist Notes" (referring to Dr. Fred Goldstein, who found that "there is very little difference between [relationship issues encoutered with] this exclusively homosexual group and other group sessions"); *news article "Seattle Welcomes West-Con With Open Arms - Really!" (on the Second Western Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations held in Seattle, Washington, during the first week of December, 1967); *short review "Blue Boys Bomb Out In Balcony Blunder" (on the opening of Tangents' Legal Defense Fund benefit performance of "The Women" with an all-male, drag cast: "...Halfway through the first campy act, two uniformed police marched down the aisle - clomp clomp - they apparently didn't want to go unnoticed. Every heart fluttered..."); *news item "New SF Gay Group Bows In" (on the newly-formed San Francisco Homophile League); *column "The Gay Traveler" by Bill Rand (on gay life in Europe); *popular gay pulp writer - "The Man from CAMP" series - Don Holiday interviewed by Sam Winston; *much more.
Sixth issue of the "Los Angeles Advocate" (Volume 2 #2, February 1968), the longest running gay publication in the history of the United States. Formerly the official organ of PRIDE (the Personal Rights in Defense and Education, an early gay liberation activist group founded over mounting police harassment and entrapment policies in Los Angeles), this issue marks the transition to an independent publication (see below).
Edited by the Advocate's first editor, Dick Michaels, this very early issue is in newsletter format and contains 16 pages, with news items, editorial, letters to the editor, articles, calendar of events, a few classified ads (then called "Trader Dick's"), and vintage advertisements. Highlights include:
*cover story "IS YOUR LAGUNA BEACH DOOMED?" (with photo: "BEHIND THE ORANGE CURTAIN - The City Fathers of Laguna Beach [California] are currently bending every effort to make Gay Boys unwelcome in that exciting little community"); *short article "Public in Public Is a No-No, Especially for a Go-Go" ("...the [Los Angeles] County Sheriff's Department is after another hirsute part of the human anatomy...") *gay news column "The World Is My Ashtray" by editor Dick Michaels; *news item "ADVOCATE Becomes Independent" ("...At the Jan. 24 meeting of PRIDE, the active members of that organization voted to sell the ADVOCATE to the present active staff of the publication, principally Sam Winston, Dick Michaels, and Bill Rand"); *news item "Professional Group, SCB, Adds to Gay Scene" ("Nestled in the Laurel Canyon area not far from Hollywood, there exists the newest of LA's homophile organizations, Societe Contra Banal. Chuck Thompson, chairman and one of the founders, likens his organization to a 'homosexual type Rotary Club'"); *news item "ACLU Defends Teacher"; *article "Homosexual Acts Morally Neutral, Priests Say" (reprinted from the New York Times); *article "It's Not How Nude You Make It..." by Sam Winston (musings on the DSI trial the previous year which "opened the door to nudie literature, magazines, books, and the general male-physical-body cult"); *"An Advocate Exclusive 'NATIONAL HOMOSEXUALITY TEST'" (delightfully tongue-in-check - "6. Is homosexuality a crime against nature? A. In all instances, B. Only in the United States & Disneyland, C. Not unless you get caught"); *full-page male fashion ad for "THE HOUSE OF CLARK" (with one photo: "LOUNGEWEAR FOR THE GUY IN THE KNOW AND THE GUY ON THE GO!"); *much more.
Ninth issue of the "Los Angeles Advocate" (Volume 2 #5, May 1968), the longest running gay publication in the history of the United States. Edited by the Advocate's first editor, Dick Michaels, this very early issue is in newsletter format and contains 14 pages, with news items, editorial, letters to the editor, articles, calendar of events, reviews, humor, a few classified ads (then called "Trader Dick's"), photos, illustrations, and vintage advertisements. Highlights include:
*cover story "THE FINE ART OF ENTRAPMENT: Victim Tells How Hollywood Vice Fracture the Law" (by "Jim W." which includes lengthy entrapment conversation leading to his arrest: "OFFICER: 'Where are you going? Just driving around?' ME: 'Just about to go home. I have to get up at six.' OFFICER: 'I was hoping to find some action. How about you?'"); *news item "SIR Hits Money Crisis" (on San Francisco's Society for Individual Rights); *news item "Black Cat Case: A Good Sign" (involving the raid the previous year at the Black Cat Bar on lower Sunset Boulevard); *article "'Golden Baskets' Set LA Aflame" (on the famed Annual Golden Basket Awards honoring local queens for "their outrageous performances during the past year"); *article "You Can Lick Some Laws; Some Laws Can Lick You" (on California's sex statutes); *article "Clap! Clap! Who's Got the Clap?" (on venereal diseases);*much, much more.
Tenth issue of the "Los Angeles Advocate" (Volume 2 #6, June 1968), the longest running gay publication in the history of the United States. Edited by the Advocate's first editor, Dick Michaels, this very early issue is in newsletter format and contains 16 pages, with news items, editorial, letters to the editor, articles, calendar of events, reviews, humor, a few classified ads (then called "Trader Dick's"), photos, illustrations, and vintage advertisements. Highlights include:
*article "No Easy Answers for Gays Facing Draft" (from a panel discussion at the May meeting of the Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile; accompanying the article is a photograph of panelists Hal Call from the San Francisco Mattachine Society, Jim Kepner from ONE, and Ed Sanders from the American Friends Service Committee); *article "Charles Pierce: Gaydom's Court Jester" (with three photos, one as Jeanette MacDonald); *lengthy review of "The Fabulous Dietrich" (Marlene Dietrich then appearing at the Ahmanson, with cover and interior photo); *editorial "You're an Accomplice!" ("In their never-ending effort to close gay bars, the police usually use one or both of two principal routes. One method is to make a series of arrests in a particular bar, thus piling up violations against that bar to establish that it is a disorderly place. When the bar's license comes up for renewal before the Alcohol Beverage Control Board, the fuzz present their evidence and may succeed in getting the license revoked...A second method is far more sinister, is far less legal, and smacks of police state tactics. The fuzz conduct a raid, picking up 15 or more victims in a single stroke. The police well know that news of such a large action spreads throughout the gay community faster than wildfire. What they expect to accomplish usually happens: the bar's business drops off drastically...[this second method] CANNOT WORK WITHOUT THE HELP OF HOMOSEXUALS THEMSELVES..."*much, much more.
Eleventh issue of the "Los Angeles Advocate" (Volume 2 #7, July 1968), the longest running gay publication in the history of the United States.
Edited by the Advocate's first editor, Dick Michaels, this very early issue is in newsletter format now expanded to 24 pages, with news items, editorial, letters to the editor, articles, calendar of events, reviews, humor, a few classified ads (then called "Trader Dick's"), photos, illustrations, and vintage advertisements. Highlights include:
*front cover announcement "1st in L.A. - The GROOVY GUY Contest" (with interior full-page advertisement and short article on this event to be held August 19: "Who's the grooviest guy in L.A.? 'It's about time we all settled this question, so let's join in and find HIM,' proclaimed Sam Winston in kicking off The GROOVY GUY contest. Sponsored by the ADVOCATE and the HAYLOFT, the area-wide contest seeks to find the all-around attractive male from the standpoint of looks, build, and whatever else it takes to make The GROOVY GUY"); *front cover story "Anatomy of a RAID" by "David S. as told to Dick Michaels" (on the raid at the Yukon, a neighborhood gay beer bar on Beverly Boulevard); *article "Call Boy: The 15-Minute Body" by Jay Laurence; *fabulous two-page centerfold advertisement for the upcoming male film festival at The Park Theatre (featuring, among others, Jack Smith's "Flaming Creatures"; Andy Warhol's "My Hustler"; and Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks," "Pleasure Dome," and "Scorpio Rising"); *lengthy review of the vintage drag film "The Queen" (with photo of Richard Finochio, "Miss Harlow"); *full-page photospread of the "GAY-IN [at] Griffith Park" (with twelve small shots); *much, much more.
Thirteenth issue of the "Los Angeles Advocate" (Volume 2 #9, September 1968), the longest running gay publication in the history of the United States.
Edited by the Advocate's first editor, Dick Michaels, this very early issue is now in magazine format and expanded to 32 pages, with news items, editorial, letters to the editor, articles, calendar of events, reviews, humor, a few classified ads (then called "Trader Dick's"), photos, illustrations, and vintage advertisements. Highlights include:
*cover story and article on "The GROOVY GUY '68" (with six photos, including front cover: Danny Combs from The Patch was the winner); *cover article "'Patch' Raids Police Station: Cops Join Hoods in Harassing Bar" by Dick Michaels (on LAPD's continuing harassment against The Patch, then a popular gay nightclub in Wilmington; accompanying the article is a fabulous photo of gay men at the police station. The caption reads: "FLOWER POWER hits the LAPD's Harbor Division Station as [a] contingent from The Patch camps it up. The festive group was awaiting the release of two arrested earlier in the evening"); *first-person account of the raid on The Patch entitled "'God damn queer!' 'You faggots!'" by "Michael S." as told to Jay Laurence (with one photo); *fabulous two-page centerfold advertisement announcing the upcoming male film festival at the Park Theatre (with films by Pat Rocco and Robert Stambler, among others); *delightful full-page photo comics entitled "CAMP-FIRE"; *magnificent vintage advertisements; *much, much more.
Sixteenth issue of the "Los Angeles Advocate" (Volume 2 #12, December 1968), the longest running gay publication in the history of the United States.Edited by the Advocate's first editor, Dick Michaels, this very early issue is in magazine format, printed on non-glossy newspaper stock, and contains 48 pages including front and rear covers. With news items, editorial, letters to the editor, articles, calendar of events, reviews, humor, a few classified ads (then called "Trader Dick's"), photos, illustrations, and vintage advertisements.Highlights include:
*Part Two of lengthy article on "INSIDE ATASCADERO: [A] View From the Garbage Heap, [An] Exclusive Report by [An] Inmate on the Plight of the Sex Offender" (Part Two of Three) by Michael Selber, an inmate using a pen name, the manuscript of which was smuggled out of the prison; *news item "Famed Actress' Son Changes Sex, Will Marry South Carolina Man" (the adopted son of English actress Dame Margaret Rutherford, Gordon Langley Hall who became Dawn Langley Hall); *news item "S.D. Drive Nets 75 At Parks, Beaches" (regarding the sweep of arrests of gay men in Balboa Park, New Town Park, and the beach areas in San Diego); *article "Swingers Through the Ages" by Mel Holt; *humor "The Gift" by Randy Alexander ("Don't talk while I'm interrupting, Mary! Your mother has the most delicious piece of real estate since Fire Island, and I DO mean DIRT, dearie!"); *cover story and article on gay male filmmaker Pat Rocco entitled "Rocco Sets the Pace Again" (with cover photo of Boby Nelson and John Helm in "Autumn Nocturne," and interior photo of John Helm, Voldemar, and friend in "When the Cat's Away"); *column "San Francisco Scene"; *article on and review of The Pantomaniacs, then appearing at the Redwood Room on Eighth Street (with four photos); *lengthy review of the stage plays "The Empire Builders" and "Icarus's Mother" then playing at the Company Theatre on South Robertson Boulevard (with two photos, one of Dennis Hunt and Jack Rowe, the other of Michael Carlin Pierce and Gordon Hoban); *fabulous two-page centerfold advertisement from the all-male movie house, the famous Park Theatre, then on South Alvarado in Los Angeles; *full-page gay male dating service advertisement for "Man-To-Man" out of Great Neck, New York; *full-page ad from Pat Rocco's "Bizarre Productions" (with illustration by Magnum);*much, much more.
With cover headline "NIXON ANTI GAY MARRIAGE." "The Los Angeles Advocate: The Newspaper of America's Homophile Community" (issue #41, September 2-15, 1970) founded in 1967 as a small newsletter and quickly evolving into the primary source of news and information for the gay and lesbian communities throughout the country, as well as the longest-running gay publication (it is still publishing to this day). Published out of Los Angeles by Advocate Publications, issued in tabloid (fold-over) fashion, when unfolded the newspaper contains 28 pages.Packed with photographs, news items, articles, columns, reviews, editorials, letters to the editor, one cartoon by Shawn (Sean), one by Buckshot (aka Shawn, aka Sean), Joe Johnson's "Miss Thing," classified ads (then called "Trader Dick's"), and spectacular vintage advertisements. Highlights of this issue include:
*"Nixon Nixes Same-Sex Marriages"; *"Presidential Panel Says Porn Harmless: May Ask Legalization"; *"GG [Groovey Guy] Pageant Grooviest"; *"Another Court Rules Against Customs Grabs"; *"9 Men Nabbed in Park in Santa Barbara"; *"Daily Porn Bores Youth, Prof Finds"; *"ACLU Attacks 'Soliciting' on Free Speech Gound"; *"Appeal Denied in 3rd Texas Sodomy Case" *three photographs from SPREE's "Myra Breckinbitch"; *fabulous cartoon from Buckshot featuring a flustered Richard Nixon who receives a kiss ("Smack!") on the cheek from a visiting ambassador ("Mr. Ambassador, Let me say this about THAT..."); *fabulous advertisements for Charles Pierce, Dave's Bathhouse, the Falcon's Lair Bike Bar, The Arena (with six photos of their male go-go boys), the Park Theatre, Le Salon, Advocate's Groovy Guy Contest, Ah Men, Bruce of Los Angeles, many others; *much, much more.
With a splendid cover photograph from Roy Blakey's book of male nudes, "He." "The [Los Angeles] Advocate: Newspaper of America's Homophile Community" (#97, October 25, 1972), the longest-running gay news and liberation publication in American history. Published biweekly by Advocate Publications and then edited by Dick Michaels, issued in tabloid (fold-over) format, when opened a large newspaper containing 40 pages. Highlights include:
*news article "And Now a Word From Sargent Shriver..." (then Vice-Presidential nominee who said publicly "To hell with gay people"); *news article "N.Y. Zap Ends Mental Exams for Gay Cabbies"; *short article "Legal Gay Marriage in Texas?"; *news article "Chairman of Tavern Guild Arrested Again in LA" (Duane Moller, owner of the Black Pipe); *fabulous full-page beefcake ad for the Club Wellington Bathhouse in Wilmington, California; *short news article "Ready or not, here comes David Bowie" (with photo); *two splendid ads, one full-page, for the vintage male film "The Other Side of Joey" ("The Relentless Search of a 20th Century SATYR"); *much, much more.
With cover photograph of Peter Burian - Peter Berlin - with two internal articles: the first, a review of his "Nights in Black Leather" and the second, an article about and interview of him entitled "Peter Burian: Joy in Life, Youth, and Beauty" (with two photos). "The [Los Angeles] Advocate: Newspaper of America's Homophile Community" (#111, May 9, 1973), the longest-running gay news and liberation publication in American history. Published biweekly by Advocate Publications and then edited by Dick Michaels, issued in tabloid (fold-over) format, when opened a large newspaper containing 48 pages. Highlights include:
*article "These Cops are Gay and Proud" (featuring two gay cops in New York City, with photo of gay cop Jerry Hoppe); *headline article "3 Arrested in Sit-In Against D.C. Police"; *news article "Mystery 'Vice' Bus Reported in Miami"; *news article "Minister Defies Bishop, Marries Men in Historic Church" (at Boston's Old West Church, with two photos); *lengthly news article "Gay Teacher Called Good for Students" (regarding fired Maryland gay teacher Joe Acanfora); *fabulous full-page beefcake ad for the Club Wellington (in Wilmington, California); *two-page centerspread advertisement of five Jaguar films ("The Light From the Second Story Window"; "Greek Lightning"; "Sojourn"; "A Ghost of a Chance"; and "Nights in Black Leather"); *cartoons by Buckshot, aka Shawn, aka Sean, and Joe Johnson ("Big Dick"); *classified ads ("Trader Dick's"); *much, much, more. | ||
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NEW LIFE: A Christian Outreach of MCC - LA
"NEW LIFE: A Christian Outreach of MCC - LA", the official journal of the Metropolitan Community Church of Los Angeles. With glossy pages and covers, five issues run 8 pages, eleven issues 12 pages, one issue 16 pages, and one issue 24 pages. Founded in 1968 by the Rev. Troy Perry (who held the first service of MCC in his home), the Metropolitan Community Church was established to provide a place of worship for gay and lesbian Christians without fear of prejudice or ostracization. The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches now has well over 200 congregations in over nine countries. The issues contain commentaries by MCC Pastors Troy Perry, Lee J. Carlton, and James Sandmire; articles; devotionals; news of upcoming MCC events; church calendars; letters to the editor; Conference reports; book reviews; much more. ITEMIZATION OF ISSUES (by month): *1973 - Feb, April, June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct...*1974 - April, May, June, Aug, Sept, Oct, Dec...*1975 - Jan, March, April, May (probable last issue). Based on my research, the publication lasted from December 1972 to May 1975.
October 1971 issue of "In Unity: A Publication of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches" (Volume 2 #9) published by the Metropolitan Community Church (Reverend Troy D. Perry, Pastor and Founder) out of Los Angeles, California. A stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 34 pages including front and rear covers.
Founded in 1968 by the Rev. Troy Perry (who held the first service of MCC in his home), the Metropolitan Community Church was established to provide a place of worship for gay and lesbian Christians without fear of prejudice or ostracization. The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches now has well over 200 congregations in over nine countries.
With a splendid front cover photographic collage of the Rev. Troy Perry along with group photographs of MCC members at social events and at the Los Angeles MCC Mother church, the issue contains articles, news, events, reviews, letters, art and photography. Highlights include:
*column "From the Pen of Reverend Perry" (Rev. Troy Perry); *short news article on the dinner given by MCC's Social Committee for visiting MCC ministers (with six photos); *lengthy article on the 2nd Annual MCC General Conference; *lengthy speech given by Dr. Evelyn Hooker, author of the famous and progressive "Hooker Report" on homosexuality given at the 2nd Annual MCC General Conference entitled "Sick? Not Us!" Dr. Hooker was proud to call herself an "honorary homosexual"; *lengthy keynote address given by the Rev. Robert W. Wood, author of the 1960 classic "Christ and the Homosexual," given at the First National Conference on Religion & the Homosexual, March 1971, in New York City; *article "MCC [Metropolitan Community Church]: The Answer to Christ's Prayer" by Deacon Jorge R. Arocha from Miami's MCC; *full-page map of the United States showing locations of Metropolitan Community Church by 1971;*much, much more.
"Our Community: Nothing Human is Alien To Us"
"Our Community: Nothing Human is Alien To Us" (Issue #8, October 1971) published out of Dallas by The Circle of Friends, the oldest homophile organization in Texas (founded in 1965). A quality tabloid, when unfolded contains 12 large pages measuring nearly 11" by 17". With news items, social scene, gossip, classifieds, photographs and fabulous vintage ads.
Highlights include: "Beatings and Stabbings Continue at Lee Park" (with one photograph of an injured gay man); "Longhairs Arrested, Convicted, and Fined; Appeal Planned"; editorial "Victimless Offenses Should be Legalized"; "Police Harassment in Houston"; "New Entertainer in Town!" (with photo of drag queen Co Coa - "Co Coa is her name, and she's talented and terrific!"); "Jimmy Hughes Wins Groovy Guy '71 Title" (with photo of Jimmy Hughes); fabulous double-page advertisement from the Studio 9 Theatre at 4817 Bryan (at Fitzhugh) announcing new "All Gay Flicks" for October (with photos); much more.
"Our Community: Nothing Human is Alien To Us" (Issue #9, November 1971) published out of Dallas by The Circle of Friends, the oldest homophile organization in Texas (founded in 1965). A quality tabloid, when unfolded contains 14 large pages measuring nearly 11" by 17". With news items, social scene, gossip, classifieds, photographs and fabulous vintage ads.
Highlights include: "TROUBLE IN DALLAS! Trouble at the King of Clubs and the Candy Store" (on the harassment of these two gay bars by the Texas Liquor Control Board); "Police Encounter at the Detour" (when nine gay men were arrested by policemen); editorial "Wanted: A Metropolitan Tavern Guild"; fabulous one-page ad announcing "Opening Soon! '3 in 1' Bar Spa Theatre"; "Halloween in Dallas!" (article on the Zodiac [Drag Queen] Ball, with ten photos); review of the gay film "Some of My Best Friends Are..." (with two photos); much more.
OREGON LIBERATOR
June 1972 issue of "The Oregon Liberator: A Publication of the Portland Gay Liberation Communications Center" headlined "SPECIAL 1972 GAY PRIDE WEEK ISSUE" with accompanying short article. A stapled newsletter containing eight pages. Contents include:
*news items of interest to the Portland gay community; *short story "The Butterflies: A Fairy Tale" by Ralph Schaffer; *report "PSU [Portland State University] Poll Reveals Homophobia on Decline"; *short news item "Stonewall [the nation's first Gay Residential Treatment Center] Refused Access to Walla Walla [Prison]"; *poetry; newspaper article reprints out of Walla Walla, San Francisco, and Seattle; community resources.
Fall 1972 issue of "The Oregon Liberator: A Publication of the Portland Gay Liberation Communications Center." A stapled newsletter containing eight pages. Contents include:
*news items of interest to the Portland gay community (including an upcoming talk by the Socialist Workers Party Vice-Presidential candidate Andrew Pulley, with photo; "Jim Owles Visits Oregon" [founder of the Gay Activists Alliance]; others); *letter from a gay inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem ("Any inmate caught or 'suspected' of engaging in homosexual acts are sent to segregation and isolation - the 'hole' - for 90 days. 'Homosexual acts' inc |