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Assorted
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Miscellaneous
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The year 1964 saw four coloring or illustrated "books" seek out the new gay market, and three of them were published by Guild Press. Though real credits were not given, they were written by George Haimsohn (playwright for Dames at Sea). Haimsohn wrote multiple books under a number of names, including Alexander Goodman. He both wrote and illustrated "Modern Fairy Tales," and he wrote the other two, with illustrations by prolific artist Etienne (Dom Orejudos). Besides Guild Press, the other publishing powerhouse on the scene was DSI Publishing, and my thinking is they saw The Gay Coloring Book and then spent a half hour putting together the very poorly done Vagabond Coloring Book. |
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Gay
Coloring Book
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Vagabond
Coloring Book
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Trip Around the World, 1964, Guild Press, no credits given, PDF |
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Fairy Tales: Autobiography of a Camp" by Peter B Luvvly, Guild
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Directory
43, 72, 84, 85
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Beginner's
Guide to Cruising (1964)
Advanced Guide to Cruising (1965) |
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As
Directory 43 is a very rare early gay bar guide, here is the entire
1964 volume. Published by DSI (Directory Services Inc)
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Directory
85, 1964, PDF
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"Beginner's
Guide to Cruising," by George Marshall, 1964, "Advanced
Guide to Cruising," by George Marshall, 1965, pseudonym
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Guild
Book Service Catalog (1965-66)
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Guild
Guides (1964-1978)
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Vagabond
Catalogs
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Vagabond |
Vol 1-2-3, 1963, PDF |
Dec 1963, PDF |
Jan 1964, PDF |
Vol
1, 1964, PDF
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Vol 4-5, 1964, PDF |
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Volume 7, 1965, PDF |
Catalog,
Nov 65, PDF |
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the Homosexual Viewpoint 1953-1972
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As the first pro-gay journal of its kind, it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. |
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The
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Calendars
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Lon
of NY Calendar, 1956
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Today's
Physique Calendar, 1965
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Delmonteque
1955 Calendar
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Mars
Calendar Boys by Etienne
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Alonzo Hanagan, better known as Lon of New York, was a pioneer of male nude photography and his work included a 1956 calendar, PDF pass cursor over Lon at left to see 1955 cover, which is all I have
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Today's Physique Calendar 1965, PDF |
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Etienne, aka Dom Orejudos was an openly gay artist, ballet dancer, and choreographer, best known for his ground-breaking masculine gay male erotica beginning in the 1950s. He contributed a number of "calendar boys" to Mars Magazine, and this run is from Nov 1962 to Feb 1964. (There was no Jan/Feb 1963) |
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Fizeek
1965
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Fizeek
1966
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Physique Movie 1964 |
Zodiac
1967
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Richard White, 1984 |
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Palmer Calendars
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Fizeek, 1965, PDF |
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Zodiac Calendar 1967, Male Nude Art, PDF |
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Drum
Magazine 1964-1969
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At the right
is some pre-Drum history. The first issues were called Newsletter
of the Philadelphia Mattachine Society. Shown is the cover of Vol
1, #5, August 1961. It talks about a break from Mattachine, their
doing. The next image I have is called Janus, Vol 4, #6, June 1964,
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Also with issue 23 they were published by Drum Publishing Company instead of the prior Janus Society of America, no address change. |
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Gay
BC Book
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Classics
of the Homosexual Underground (1969)
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Another
Camp book, from 1966 and by Allen Dennis, illustrations about the camp
vernacular, printed in large format, 8 1/2x11" |
On the
Farm... PDF These often show up on eBay. There were about 36 "classics" in the series |
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Album
1501, Album 1506 (~1971)
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Brevities,
1930s
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Pat
Rocco's Spree, ~1969-81
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1501 #1506,
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Pat Rocco
was an early filmmaker, photographer, entertainer and activist. His
SPREE News got attention for his films and other work, published for
about 12 years. A few samples can be found at This
Link
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Physique
Pictorial (1951-1990)
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Go
Guys
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Young
Adonis, 1963
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Vol 7 #2, Summer 57, PDF |
Winter
1964, PDF |
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AMG
Thousand Model Directory (1957)
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The
Advocate (1967 - Present)
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This recently came out in a deluxe hard cover version.
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Advocate Vol 1-1, 9/1967, PDF Vol 2-3, 3/1968, PDF I wish there were a non-pay site for these. Proquest has them, but only major libraries can afford their fees
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Brief
History of Gay
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Gay
International (1964-1966)
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Gay International
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TWO
- Homosexual Viewpoint in Canada (1964-1966)
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Directions (Canada, 1977)
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Ask
Newsletter, 1964-68
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NY
Mattachine Newsletter-Aug 1969
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Tabloids!
(1950s/60s)
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Physique
Pioneers, a thesis
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NY Mattachine Newsletter for August 1969. It gives the early
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"Physique Pioneers: The Politics of 1960s Gay Consumer Culture," an excellent 2010 college thesis by David K Johnson, U of S Florida. digs into DSI, Guild and the censorship, 26 pages. I mocked up a cover for it; groundwork for his 2019 book, "Buying Gay." PDF |
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Homosexual
National Classified Directory
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Bay
Area Reporter (SF, 1971 to present)
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Physique
Artistry (UK, 1957-1963)
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1971 Homosexual
National Classified Directory |
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Bar Area
Reporter, 1971+ |
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Physique
Artistry Summer
1960, PDF |
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NYC
Gay Scene Guide, 1969
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LCE
became Citizen's News (1961-1967)
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League
for Civil Education (LCE) ... was a San Francisco quite amateur publication run solely by Guy Strait, somehow in business from 1964-67. After 1963 it became much more gay-focused |
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Guy Strait was born in Texas and his paper reflects that connection, as he often reported on local news, including Houston bar ads. I have skimmed the entire run's TX relevant pages Citizen's News, 64-67 PDF |
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Phoenix
Society (Kansas City) 1967-1969
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The Phoenix Society,
For Texas interest, the paper listed two Dallas orgs, Circle of Friends and Dallas Council of Religion and the Homosexual. |
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Vol 2-7, 6708, PDF |
Houston got a nice feature on its bars in Vol 2-6, and the short-lived Promethean Society was listed in Vol 3-7, and from other copies I have seen that continued through the end of 1968. See the Excellent website on the Phoenix Society, a project in the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Public History class |
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Come
Out - Gay Liberation Front (1970)
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Out - Selections, |
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Michael's
Thing, NYC, 1970 - 2000
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Published by Michael Giammetta, from 1970 up to 2000
NYC's gay entertainment magazine |
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California
Scene (1970 - 1975)
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California Scene Published 37 issues sporadically from 1970-1975 on slick paper, and well done. See Special Section |
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Sisters
Magazine (1973)
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Women's
Music Magazines
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Female
Impersonation Magazines
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Sisters Magazine A Daughters of Bilitis publication November
1973, PDF |
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On This
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On
This
Page of my QMH site there are Many mag covers from: |
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GPU
News, Milwaukee (1971-1981)
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Cruise
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The
Barb (Atlanta, 1974-1977)
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Cruise,
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Vol 3,
#7, Sept 1976, all online at this link
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GAY
(1969 - 1974)
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Gaytimes
(1974 - 1976+)
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Gay
Power (NYC, 1969 - ?)
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Gay
Scene (NYC, 1969 - 1981+)
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Gay Scene Intellectual
Homophile Monthly, NYC how
long did it last? |
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Gay
Sunshine (1970 - 1982)
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Gay
Sunshine Interviews, The Books
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GS 21, Spring74, PDF William Burroughs, M Miller GS 23, NovDec 74 PDF GS 25, Sum75, PDF Taylor Mead, Peter Orlovsky GS 32, Spring77, PDF GS 36/37 Spring78, PDF Robert Peters, John Rechy GS 40/41 Sum79, PDF Robert Duncan GS 42/43 Spring80, PDF Roger Peyrefitte |
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WIN
(early 1970s)
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Manorama
(1961-1965+)
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Lesbian
Avenger Handbook, 1993
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Contributors were
national but out of mid-state NY, (actually near Woodstock), 8"x10",
36 pages |
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Number
22, March 1965 |
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The
by Sarah
Schulman A Handy Guide to a Homemade Revolution
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Body
Politic (Toronto, 1971 to 1987)
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The Body Politic Wiki says: It was one of Canada's first significant gay publications, and played a prominent role in the development of the LGBT community in Canada. And I agree. Find all issued on the Internet Archive. |
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The
Weekly News (Miami, 1977-2006)
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Same Publisher/Editor...Bill
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Empty
Closet (Rochester, 1971 - 2020)
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David
Magazine (Jacksonville, FL, mainly 1970-1974)
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David
Magazine
Published out of Jacksonville, FL, with good coverage of the whole South, including Houston. Main series was from 1970 thru 1974; though it did publish as Little David and This Week with David, later in small format. A mixture of erotic photos, and articles on Broadway, Hollywood, drag, stories, and very Etc. See Special Section |
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Vector,
1964-1976
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Motive-Lesbian/Feminist
/ Gay Men's Liberation - 1972
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Vector ...was the official publication of the Society for Individual Rights (SIR) founded in San Francisco in Sep 1964. Regional issues, from 1964-1976. Excellent magazine. LINK |
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Motive Lesbian/Feminist A Gay
Liberation, last issue,Vol 32-2, 1972 with thorough national resource section of that time in our movement |
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Early
Louisiana Publications, 1981
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Q-Notes
(Charlotte, NC, 1983-2006)
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Charlotte
Free Press (NC)(1975 -1977)
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Pink
Trash (1977) formerly
Free Press
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Our
South (Charlotte, NC, 1981 +?)
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1977 (Vol 3 #10) PDF |
Pink Trash Excellent
Charlotte NC magazine. At left is Sept 1977 |
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Our
Own Community Press (1976-1998)
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The
Paper (1981)
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Alabama
Forum (1981-2002)
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I was actually Editor of OO during 1979 and of course there were a number of editors. All copies can be found at Old Dominion University Libraries |
Vol 1-1, Feb 1981, PDF |
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The
Richmond Pride (1986-2000?)
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Vol 4-1,
Aug 89, PDF Vol 4-3,
Oct 89, PDF Switched
from 11x17" |
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Courtesy of U of Houston LGBT Special Collections |
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The
Front Page (1979-2006)
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The
Front Page Excellent
pub Founded by Jim Baxter, devoted to gay and lesbian issues in North
and South Carolina. It merged with Q-Notes in 2006. Through these years the paper went from 12 to 36 pages; and I have close to 30 issues digitized, mostly from the 1980s. Vol 1-7-012480, PDF |
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Lambda
- Carolina Gay & Lesbian Association Newsletter (1976-2013)
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Upfront
Magazine, Pensacola, 1972+
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08/01/1976, PDF |
March 1989, PDF |
2013, PDF |
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Pensacola,
FL, no volume numbers, and start and end unknown; a April 73 issue resides at Philly's William Way archives
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Southern
Voice (Atlanta, 1988-2010)
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Gay
News, Atlanta
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Began in Oct 1976, the masthead says "Gay News" with a main office in Philadelphia and an Atlanta one, publisher is Philly's Mark Segal. So this is a side project in a different market, with all local ads but a national slant. It only calls itself "Gay News." Not sure
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Gay
Community News (Boston, 1973-1999)
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Second
Stone (New Orleans, 1988-1998)
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Art
Portfolio #1, 1965
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GCN-12/19/81,
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Life
Magazine, 6/26/64
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Time
Magazine, 10/31/69
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"The
Homosexual in America" |
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March
on Washington Programs
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Southeastern
Conference LGM 1981
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Southeastern
Conference of Lesbians & Gay Men, This was the 6th conference, under the auspices of the Caroline Gay Association PDF |
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Christopher
Street (Jul 1976- Dec 1995)
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Hippie
Dick
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July 1976, PDF |
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Hippie Dick SF
Zine, 1990s, with last issue, #6 from 1995 Issue
#6, 1995, PDF |
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Filial
Vignettes - Jim Kepner, 1990
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VIM
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Impact
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Swan
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NSFW
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Swan magazine
was started June 1986 by Patrick H Colley, in California, and was named
in honor of his lover "Friar Swan." The focus is on older
men and those who love them, and included personal ads, nude photos,
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Alternate
Magazine - 1977-93 ?
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Alternate Publisher: John Rowberry Mostly 8.5"x11" |
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format size changes at this point, annoying if trying file in a stack and suddenly odd sizing I don't
think the mag consistently published between 81 and 93, not sure when
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Sep80, PDF
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And, by 1992 (no volume or other date given) it had become a text mag, lots of stories, articles, reviews, and few color photos No Vol #s in the early 80s Rowberry had another magazine, Manifest, a bit grittier. At least 6 volumes
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QQ
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Gay
Comix, 1980-1998
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Hero,
1997-2002
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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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