Tyler and Brad's Index to Early Gay Publications & Periodicals Site Map & Info | ||
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Bruz Fletcher: Camped, Tramped & A Riotous Vamp is the title of the new Bruz Fletcher book available only here. Email for details. Fletcher was a daring and popular gay writer and entertainer in the 1930s who killed himself at age 34 in 1941. It contains the fruits of 5 years of exhaustive research including: heaps of unpublished images, Bruz Fletcher's extended and fascinating biography, analysis and commentary of his work from both queer and straight perspectives, lyrics to 15 of his songs, contributions from family members, collectors, and fans, bibliography, research details and more. Visit Bruz's site. | ||
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Site Map 1950s: Page 1 Mattachine Review 1955 - 1964 Page 2 One Magazine 1954 - 1967 & 1972 The name of this pioneer homosexual organization and their magazine of the same name originates from a quote from Thomas Carlyle and appears on the title page: "... a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one ." {Begins in 1953. The first openly gay or lesbian national publication in the United States . In 1954 US postal officials seized and refused to mail an issue, calling its contents obscene and lascivious, prompting a long legal battle. In 1958 the justices of the US Supreme Court unanimously reversed the decisions of lower courts and established the right of gay publications to be distributed through the mail. For a more detailed history see http://www.planetout.com/news/history/archive/08021999.html }
Page 3 One Quarterly 1959 - 1970
1960s: Page 1 DRUM: SEX IN PERSPECTIVE, TANGENTS, VECTOR
1970s: Page 1 A- F Advocate, ALTERNATE, AWARE, BLUE BOY, Dilettante, ERA, Fag Rag, Page 2 G Gay, Gay Scene, Gay Sunshine, Gay Times. etc. Page 3 G - R H.E.L.P. Drummer, In Touch, It's Tine, Lewd Conduct, Lavander Vistion ,Mandate, MAGNUS, MAN'S WAY, Man-root, MR. IN, QUEEN'S QUARTERLY & Gay Literature
Page 4 R- Z SPREE, UPFRONT, ZIPPER & More Page 5 Vector
Regional: Page 1 The West Page 2 East Coast Page 3 Midwest & South Page 4 Northern California Page 5 Southern California Page 6 Southern California
Extras: Page 1 Miscellany
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About this site: Ebay is an amazing place and reasource. There I found these wonderful detailed and annotated descriptions of various important and early gay publications. I felt compelled to save and share them. They are published here with the author Brad Confer's consent. They were written for the sole purpose of selling the material on Ebay and not with scholarly intent, but they are such a rich resource as is, that I present them here. It has taken me almost as much work as Brad to collect, reformat, organize and publish this information. Please write me if this site is helpful to you. If you want to contact Brad, his business is Bloomsbury Books and you can email him at bloomsbury@earthlink.net Most of these issues can be found at the New York Public Library, McCormick Library of Special Collections and the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archive among other places.
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About your host Tyler: 2008 Article in Urban Molecule
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