Start of Publications Sections

Assorted Early Publications
from Outside of Texas

 Additions are added often, so please check back
and, many images are "behind" the others...
And, check this reference, the NYPL list of LGBT Publications

Miscellaneous
Mostly 1960s / 1970s

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.

Gay Coloring Book -- My Trip Around the World -- Modern Fairy Tales
Vagabond Coloring Book


Gay Coloring Book, 1964, Guild Press, no credits given, PDF

My Trip Around the World, 1964, Guild Press, no credits given, PDF
(courtesy Philip Clark)
The poem is by George Haimsohn (co-creator of Dames at Sea; gay writer as Alexander Goodman; physique photographer as Plato) and the illustrations are by Etienne (Dom Orejudos).


Vagabond Coloring Book,
Vagabond Sales, DSI, no author/artist credits
were given, 1964, PDF

 

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"Modern Fairy Tales: Autobiography of a Camp" by Peter B Luvvly, Guild Book Service, 1964
PDF

Directory 43, 72, 84, 85
Beginner's Guide to Cruising (1964)
Advanced Guide to Cruising (1965)

As Directory 43 is a very rare early gay bar guide, here is the entire 1964 volume. Published by DSI (Directory Services Inc)
PDF


See this page for
other years
, and

Directory 72, for books, PDF



for photos:
Directory 84, 5th & 6th Editions, 1963-64, PDF

Directory 85, 1964, PDF
with photos

 

"Beginner's Guide to Cruising," by George Marshall, 1964,
53 pages; Guild Book Service
PDF

"Advanced Guide to Cruising," by George Marshall, 1965,
80 pages, Guild Book Service
PDF

pseudonym of
George Henderson

Guild Book Service Catalog (1965-66)
Guild Guides (1964-1978)


Guild Books was one of the leading distributors of gay publications during the 1950s and 1960s. And this guide give an excellent look of what was available in 1965 in the gay marketplace.

PDF

Incidentally, this catalog was identical to the 1964-1965 edition, page for page


Guild travel guides were published for selected years through 1978, adding "International" to its title in 1965. It was pocket size, 4 1/4"x7"
See the entire 1964
93-page booklet
PDF


See this page for
other years,
Texas sections

Vagabond Catalogs

Vagabond

Published from 1963-67, this catalog enabled the ordering of a wide variety of gay products from DSI (Directory Services Inc, Minneapolis)


Vol 1, 1964, PDF
Jan 1964, PDF
Dec 1963, PDF

Vol 1-2-3, 1963-64, PDF
Vol 4-5, 1964, PDF

Volume 7, 1965, PDF


Vol 8-9-10, 1966, PDF
Catalog, Nov 65, PDF


DSI Catalog, Winter 1967
PDF

Drum Magazine 1964-1969
For much on this history see the book "City Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves: Lesbian And Gay
Philadelphia, 1945-1972" by Mark Stein
First issue was Vol 4 #8, a continuation of Janus Society Newsletter numbering.
More trivia is that subscription copies starting with December 1965 contained
several full frontal nudes; newsstand copies did not.


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, perhaps the last issue.
See this page for much more.

Drum
Ground breaking in that it was the first publication to try to blend physique features with hard news and articles, sort of a more interesting Mattachine Review, and it became very popular. Put out by the Janus Society by Clark Polak in Philadelphia.

30 issues, Oct 64-Jan 69

Vol 4-8-64, Oct, PDF
Vol 4-9-64, Nov, PDF

Vol 4-10-64, Dec, PDF
Vol 5-01-65, Mar, PDF

Vol 5-2-65, Apr, PDF
Vol 5-3-65, May, PDF

Vol 5-4-65, Jun, PDF
Vol 5-5-65, Jul, PDF

Vol 5-6-65, Aug, PDF
Vol 5-7-65, Sep, PDF

Vol 5-8-65, Oct, PDF
Vol 5-9-65, Nov, PDF

Vol 5-10-65, Dec, PDF
Vol 5-11-66, Jan, PDF

Vol 5-12-66, Feb, PDF
Vol 6-01-66, Mar, PDF

Vol 6-2-66, Apr, PDF
18-19, 66, Sep, PDF


They ran into some rough times and there were no issues between Apr and Sep 66; and Volumes were dropped, replaced with just numbering, with Issues 18-19.

Also with issue 23 they were published by Drum Publishing Company instead of the prior Janus Society of America, no address change.

20, 66, PDF
21, 66, PDF

Especially see Vol 5-8-65, Oct, PDF for an extensive article on the "Story Behind Physique Photography," by publisher Clark Polak

22, 66, Dec, PDF
23, 67, PDF

24, 67, Mar, PDF
25, 67, Aug, PDF

26, 67, Sep, PDF
27, 67, Oct, PDF

28, 68, Jan, PDF
29, 68, Mar, PDF

30, 68, Dec, PDF
31, 69, Jan, PDF

 

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.

Find a huge chapter on this history in "City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves" by Marc Stein.

Gay BC Book
Go Guys
Classics of the Homosexual Underground (1969)


 

Another Camp book, from 1966 and by Allen Dennis, illustrations about the camp vernacular, printed in large format, 8 1/2x11"
PDF

Winter 1964, PDF
ahead of its time as far
as "gay appeal"

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
A Night in the... PDF

These often show up on eBay. There were about 36 "classics" in the series.

Album 1501, Album 1506 (~1971)
Brevities, 1930s
Pat Rocco's Spree, ~1969-81

Album 1501
Greyhuff, 1970, then reprinted by DSI, circa 1971. There were 8 in this series, 1501-1508, all blank covers. #1501 had the popular Pepsi shirts.
#1501, PDF

#1506, PDF
My copy of this one included the cut-out model shown at the end.

They look innocent, but they're porn

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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<< Brevities was a early 1930s tabloid with lots of (homophobic, stereotypical) queer coverage. See This Link
on my other site

Physique Pictorial (1951-1990)
Young Adonis, 1963

 
Physique Pictorial
One of the most successful of this genre. It's even been rebooted, and you can buy a book of every issue, 2600 pages. I on purpose do not collect these and only have a few examples. These were an AMG industry (Athletic Model Guild, Bob Mizer)
The 1964 Movie Calendar is only 2"x3"

1964 Movie Calendar, PDF

Vol 7 #2, Summer 57, PDF


Vol 12 #3, Jan 63, PDF
Vol 17 #1, Jul 68, PDF


Young Adonis
Another AMG project, in color, but only one issue was produced, Feb 1963

I bought both of these as they are shown in the photo above

Young Adonis, Feb 1963, PDF

AMG Thousand Model Directory (1957)
Gaytimes (1974 - 1976+)


Athletic Model Guild Thousand Model Directory, 1957


PDF

This recently came out in a deluxe hard cover version.



Gaytimes
Los Angeles newspaper,
11"x22", at least 43 issues, through 1976

Issue 22, 1974, PDF
Issue 25, 1974, PDF

Issue 22 had a short Houston article, PDF
Brief History of Gay
Gay International (1964-1966)


Brief History of Gay
Canada's First Gay Tabloid

Journal publication by Donald W McLeod gives an excellent telling
of this story.
PDF

Gay International

Canada's first gay publication, lasting from 1964 to 1966. Its fascinating history well told to the left. I only own one copy, the next to the last issue, No 14, from
June 1965

Scans below from Walter Cassidy, All Volume 1
No 1, 1964, PDF
No 2, 1964, PDF
No 3, 1964, PDF
No 4, 1964, PDF
No 5, 1964, PDF
No 6, 1964, PDF
No 7, 1964, PDF
No 8, 1964, PDF
No 9, 1964, PDF
No 10, 1964, PDF
No 11, 1964, PDF

No 14, 1965, PDF

Vol 2 #1, Apr PDF


No 14, 1965

~1966 and No 14, 1965
TWO - Homosexual Viewpoint in Canada (1964-1966)

Two - The Homosexual Viewpoint in Canada
About 
TWO: Homosexual Viewpoint

Volume 1, 1964
Volume 2, 1964
Volume 3, 1964
Volume 4, 1965
Volume 5, 1965
Volume 6, 1965
Volume 7, 1966

Volume 9, 1966
Volume 10, 1966
Volume 11, 1966

Directions (Canada, 1977)
Ask Newsletter, 1964
Directions

Monthy magazine out of Toronto, not sure how long it lasted. Publisher was George Hislop, Editor Steven Hiller. Good photography and layout.
About 36 pages.

Vol 1-1, PDF
Vol 1-2, PDF
Vol 1-3, May, PDF


Ask Newsletter
by the Association for Social Knowledge

from Vancouver
64, PDF

A very serious newsletter

NY Mattachine Newsletter-Aug 1969
Whisper Magazine (1960s)
Physique Pioneers

NY Mattachine Newsletter for August 1969.

It gives the early contemporary gay coverage of the
Stonewall Riots
PDF

Whisper Magazine

Tabloid coverage of Homosexuality in the 1960s
At This Link

Includes Confidential, Vice Squad and a number of others!

"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

Homosexual National Classified Directory
Bay Area Reporter (SF, 1971 to present)
Physique Artistry (UK, 1957-1963)

 

1971 Homosexual National Classified Directory
Good early effort by the Tangent Group to cover all categories of gay life nationally
PDF

 

Bar Area Reporter, 1971+
They have recently digitized their holdings, found at
This Link

 

Physique Artistry
Published in London, 1957-1963, heavily associated with photographer Lon

Summer 1960, PDF

The Gay Insider (1971)
NYC Gay Scene Guide, 1969
Homosexuals Today - 1956

The Gay Insider (1971)

by John Francis Hunter
More than a Damron's-style listing of bars, it digs in the culture of NYC and a bit beyond, 300 pages of it. Lots of anecdotal commentary, nice phallic cover graphic.

PDF
Courtesy Joshua Burford.
Interview with Hunter in David-2-9-72, PDF


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.

PDF

Homosexuals Today - 1956
By Marvin Cutler, pseudonym of W Dorr Legg, of the One Institute;
written in a very scary time of unimaginable oppression

This page has a link to read the entire book.

Phoenix Society (Kansas City) 1967-1969

Vol 2-4, 6705, PDF
Vol 2-5, 6706, PDF

The Phoenix Society,
for the midwest, was a very early gay organization, and the first for Kansas City. Beginning in 1966 it had its own magazine. The group was active through 1971.

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

 



Vol 3-7, 6807, PDF
Vol ?, 6902, PDF

Come Out - Gay Liberation Front (1970)


Come Out!

Historic but short-lived newspaper out of NYC, billed as the "first publication of the Gay Liberation Movement",
On the heels of Stonewall it was a riotous time. Supposedly "seasonal," unsure how many issues were done, but I know of 8 plus a Selections volume.

Vol 1-1, Nov 1969, PDF
Vol 1-2, Jan 1970, PDF

Vol 1-3, Apr 1970, PDF
Vol 1-4, Jun 1970, PDF

Vol 1-5, Sep 1970, PDF
Vol 1-7, Dec 1970, PDF

Vol 2-7b, Spr 1971, PDF
Vol 2-8, Winter 1972, PDF

Come Out - Selections,
1970, PDF

Calendars
Lon of NY Calendar, 1956 & Today's Physique Calendar, 1965
Delmonteque 1955 Calendar
Mars Calendar Boys by Etienne

Alonzo Hanagan, better known as Lon of New York, was a pioneer of male nude photography and his work included a 1956 calendar, PDF


Today's Physique Calendar 1965, PDF



Bob Delmonteque 1955 Calendar, PDF

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)

PDF, PDF, PDF

 

Fizeek, 1965, PDF

 

At right,
Zodiac Calendar 1967, Male Nude Art, PDF

     
Sisters Magazine (1973)
Women's Music Magazines
Female Impersonation Magazines

 

Sisters Magazine

A Daughters of Bilitis publication

November 1973, PDF
34 pages, unknown how many issues there were

 

On This Page of my QMH site there are Many Women's Music mags:

Paid My Dues
Musica
Lesbian Tide
Hot Wire
Women's Music Newsletter
Vice Versa

 

On This Page of my QMH site there are Many mag covers from:

Female Mimics,
Drag Queen,
Female Impersonators, Drag,
Dragazine,
FMI
and more.

GPU News, Milwaukee (1971-1981)
Cruise
The Barb (Atlanta, 1974-1977)

Milwaukee's GPU News was an excellent publication, covering news and culture, from 1971 to 1981. The complete run is online at this site.

Cruise,
Gay Entertainment & Travel Magazine...but I like it for the travel sections

See this New Page
on the magazine and its incarnations, over 120 issues


The Barb
aka The Atlanta Barb
Atlanta, monthly
1974 - 1977

 

Vol 3, #7, Sept 1976,
PDF

all online at this link

 

 

GAY (1969 - 1974)
Gay Power (1969 - ?)
Gay Scene (1969 - 1981+)

 


113 Issues of GAY

NEW Section

 

Gay Power

Editor John Heys
Publisher Joel Fabricant

Vol 1 #3, 1969, PDF

Vol 1 #10, Feb 1970, PDF

Vol 1 #19, 1970 PDF

Vol 1 #20-#21 1970 PDF

 

Gay Scene

Intellectual Homophile Monthly
Editor Bruce King

how long did it last?

Vol 5 #7, Dec 1974, PDF

Gay Sunshine


Gay Sunshine
A Historic SF Literary newspaper, 1970, and it's publisher Winston Leyland has been called "one of the seminal figures in gay publishing." His many years with this newspaper begat a ground breaking series of interviews in book form, which I encourage you to seek out, especially the ones on the far right.

GS 16, JanFeb73 PDF
GS 18, JunJul73 PDF
GS 23, NovDec 74 PDF

Where else can you find many of our literary heroes talking about their homosexuality, and each other.

WIN (early 1970s)
Manorama (1961-1965+)
 


WIN
Underground press, motto is "Peace and Freedom Through Nonviolent Action," as would reflect 1972

Contributors were national but out of mid-state NY, (actually near Woodstock), 8"x10", 36 pages
Vol 3-3, Feb 72, PDF


Manorama

One of the many mags from the Guild Book Service. In size, only
5 1/2"x7", bimonthly

Number 22, March 1965
PDF

I really liked the
cover guy

   
David Magazine (Jacksonville, FL, mainly 1970-1974)
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


Special Scans of
Houston material


This PDF compiles Houston coverage including Feb 1972, Apr 1972, Jun 1972, Oct 1972, Oct 1973, and Nov 1973 issues

Vector, 1964-1976
Lesbian Avenger Handbook, 1993

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


The
Lesbian Avenger Handbook

by Sarah Schulman
1993, NYC, PDF

A Handy Guide to a Homemade Revolution

   
Early Louisiana Publications, 1981
Q-Notes (Charlotte, NC, 1983-2006)

The Alternative
Times of Louisiana


I acquired these two and they are too good not to make available, both from July 1981. They are The Alternative, Vol 1 #3, from Baton Rouge, PDF; and the Times of Louisiana, Vol 1, #5, from Lafayette, PDF.


Q-Notes

Long-running publication out of Charlotte, from 1983 until 2016 at this link

Archives Digital Link

More issues, 2010 to Present are at

this link

Vol 36-1, 04/03/21, PDF

Vol 24-8, 8/22/09, PDF
Ryan Wilson article, PDF

Charlotte Free Press (NC)(1975 -1977)
Pink Trash (1977) formerly Free Press
Our South (Charlotte, NC, 1981 +?)


Charlotte Free Press

Published by John and Robert Freese

1-17-11/17/75, PDF

1-21-01/12/76, PDF

1-26-03/22/76, PDF

2-2-4/19/76, PDF

 

Pink Trash

Excellent Charlotte NC magazine. At left is Sept 1977 (Vol 3 #10)
PDF

The publisher of Free Press, R Freese, tried to convert it to a pay publication, which failed quickly. Unknown if any issues after or before this one. It used same numbering as the Free Press.

Our South
Regional Entertainment Guide, Charlotte NC
1981
This issue said it was biweekly, and no staff names were given

unsure how long it lasted, but this copy, Vol 1 #3, is from December 1981
PDF

Our Own Community Press (1976-1998)
The Paper (1981)
Alabama Forum (1981-2002)


Our Own Community Press
Norfolk, VA, 1976-1998

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


The Paper
Norfolk, VA, 1981,
about 8 known issues
Publisher Gary Hankins,
who was Editor of Our Own, and then suddenly resigned to start his own paper, stabbing OO in the back. A lack of ethics ruled the undertaking.
All copies can be found at Old Dominion University Libraries


Alabama Forum

1981 -2002
Birmingham, AL

Issues can be read at
University of Alabama
Libraries

 

 

The Front Page (1979-2006)

The Front Page
Raleigh, NC, 1979-2006

Excellent pub Founded by Jim Baxter, devoted to gay and lesbian issues in North and South Carolina. It merged with Q-Notes in 2006.

New! This Link has most issues from 1979 to 1986, not great quality, but they are there..

Through these years the paper went from 12 to 36 pages

Vol 1-7-012480, PDF
Vol 1-10/11-032080, PDF

Vol 1-12-041080, PDF
Vol 1-13-042480, PDF

Vol 1-14-050880, PDF
Vol 1-15-052180, PDF

Vol 1-16-061280, PDF
Vol 1-17-062780, PDF
Pride issue 7/80, PDF

Vol 1-19-20-072580, PDF
Vol 1-21-082880, PDF

Vol 1-22-091080, PDF

Vol 2-6-8106, PDF

Vol 3-3-022382, PDF
Vol 3-6-041382, PDF

Vol 4-1-011183, PDF
Vol 4-2-020183, PDF

Vol 4-11-072883, PDF

Vol 5-17-100984, PDF
Vol 6-06-040985, PDF

Vol 6-10-060485, PDF
Vol 9-12-070588, PDF

Vol 10-13-071889, PDF
Pride Issue 7/89, PDF

Vol 11-14-072490, PDF

Vol 15-18-093094, PDF

   
Lambda - Carolina Gay & Lesbian Association Newsletter (1976-2013)
Southeastern Conference LGM 1981

08/01/1976, PDF

March 1989, PDF

2013, PDF


Lambda
(Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

From 8/1/76 to 4/1/13,
all 91 issues can be
found at This Link

 

Southeastern Conference of Lesbians & Gay Men,
April 1981

This was the 6th conference, under the auspices of the Caroline Gay Association

PDF

The 1979 conference was held in Chapel Hill, NC

Southern Voice (Atlanta, 1988-2010)
Gay News, Atlanta


Southern Voice

A major player in the South for years, until it wasn't. It gobbled up other papers, like the Houston Voice, and they all went down together.
But, it ran from June 1988 to 2010.

Vol 1-8, 6/9/88, PDF
Vol 7-39, 11/17/94, PDF


Gay News, Atlanta

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 how long the Atlanta version lasted,
but this one is...
Vol 3-3, December 1978, PDF
The Philadelphia Gay News is still in business.

The Homosexual Handbook
Transvestism Today (1960)
Female Impersonation (1971)
"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

PDF


Female Impersonation
,
by
Avery Willard, 1971

See Link

One of the first books documenting the history and performers
Gay Community News (Boston, 1973-1999)
Second Stone (New Orleans, 1988-1998)
Jay Little Essay


Gay Community News


One of the best gay papers, and these two editions have Texas articles

GCN-12/19/81, PDF
GCN- 05/07/89, PDF

Special Issue, PDF
1979 March, 10/14/79

Most of its 59 issues are
at This Link


Second Stone

America's Gay & Lesbian Christian Newsjournal,
1988 to 1998

New Orleans, Publisher Jim Bailey, every other month, 11"x13", 20 pages, national slant

#22, May-Jun 92, PDF
#23, Jul-Aug 92, PDF

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

Life Magazine, 6/26/64
Time Magazine, 10/31/69


Life Magazine


The landmark article "Homosexuality in America." 15-pages

PDF


Time Magazine

"The Homosexual in America"

7 pages

PDF

Kenneth Marlowe Cartoon Books
March on Washington Programs
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

March on Washington
Programs

October 14, 1979, PDF
5 1/2" x 8 1/2"

October 11, 1987, PDF
8 1/2" x 11"

April 25, 1993, PDF
8 1/2" x 11"

History of the Marches, per OutSmart, 2000


This copy courtesy Deborah Bell

Uncommon Heroes
Hippie Dick
The Gay Cookbook (1965)

Uncommon Heroes
1994, by Phillip Sherman.
Selected Essays on 4 Texans from the book: Linda Morales, Juan Palomo, Glen Maxey and Mica England, PDF


Hippie Dick

SF Zine, 1990s, with last issue, #6 from 1995

By Gene Barnes aka Portia Manson, who died in 1995

Issue #6, 1995, PDF


Link to a Super Source
of Queer Zine Info


The Gay Cookbook
By Chef Lou Rand Hogan 1965

a serious 280-page cookbook with campy flourishes

PDF

History article

NYC Gay Scene Guide, 1969
"Homo Sweet Homo," 1968
Christopher Street (Jul 1976- Dec 1995)



NYC Gay Scene Guide
This NYC travel guide was first issued in 1968, not sure how many were done. A typical bar/bath tourist listing. Of particular interest is a Spring 1969 not-so-glowing listing for the Stonewall Inn.

PDF

"Homo Sweet Homo"
Tom Wade III

This is Not an amusing book. I have included a scan of the first 75 pages as an example of what some 'thought' was 'gay humor.' I wonder if there was anyone gay actually responsible for it.

1968, PDF
We would have to wait for Christopher Street, 1976, to see authentic humor


Christopher Street
"The gay equivalent of The New Yorker"
Editor: Charles Ortleb


Read 90s issues here

July 1976, PDF

Filial Vignettes - Jim Kepner, 1990
VIM - 1954-1966
Impact - New Orleans - 1977-2000


Filial Vignettes
In Memory of My Father
by Jim Kepner, 1990

Poetry from the
founder of the ONE Institute
PDF

Vim

Physique magazine, published bimonthly from District of Columbia from May 1954 to Oct 1966.

I have the issue for
Sept 1959
PDF


Impact,
New Orleans
From 1977 to 2000

Now being digitized at
This Link

 

Swan / Chiron Rising - 1986 to 1998
NSFW

Swan / Chiron Rising

Swan 8706, PDF
Swan 8812, PDF
Change Letter

Chiron Rising 8902, PDF
Chiron Rising 9302, PDF
CR Classics 93, PDF
CR Classics 9611, PDF

pronounced KY-ron
chief of the Centaurs

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.

In early 1989 they were sued over the name by a small lesbian newsletter, and changed their name to Chiron Rising. That change also much improved their publication quality, adding color and better paper. By 9302 the logo changed to just CR, which lasted through at least 1998. In late 1992 CR Classics began, lasting 9 issues through Nov 1996, they were heavier on the fiction content.

Florida Report - 1964
Alternate Magazine - 1978-80
Upfront Magazine, Pensacola, 1972+


Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida,
A Report of the Florida Legislative Investigative Committee, Jan 1964

A Lavender Scare type
of muckraking...anti-gay throughout, with extensive glossary,
and a few photos
50 pages

PDF


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.

Vol 1-6-78, PDF

 

Upfront

Pensacola, FL,
November 1972, PDF

no volume numbers, and start and end unknown; a April 73 issue resides at Philly's William Way archives

Summer on Fire Island - Goodman, 1966
In Touch for Men
Cartoons - 1978
Art Portfolio #1, 1965
Gay Comix, 1980-1998


Summer on Fire Island,
by
Alexander Goodman,
1966, Guild Press

Rare, short stories & photo section

PDF
PDF, Photos only


PDF

Art Portfolio #1
Arthur Lewis
Guild Press, 1965
PDF
partial, from eBay


Gay Comix


Gay Comix was an underground comics series published from 1980–1998 featuring cartoons by and for gay men and lesbians.

Download all 26 issues

#1, 1980 PDF

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