Tyler and Brad's Index to Early Gay Publications & Periodicals

Regional Index Page 1: The West

The Columns Northwest: For the Involved Gay

Issue #9 of the early gay homophile magazine "The Columns Northwest: For the Involved Gay" (October 1970) published by the Dorian Society out of Seattle, Washington. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 20 pages including front and rear covers.

With articles, columns, news, updates, art, photography, and vintage advertisements, highlights include:

*advertisements for the Vancouver, Canada gay male bar "FACES" ("gentlemen only"); Underground Arts Unlimited; The Greek Torch (full-page ad, then at Third Avenue & Yesler Way); Mocambo Restaurant and Lounge; the 922 and 611 Swing (double-page ad; the Swing was a "Liberal with Leather" gay bar located at 922 Third Avenue and 611 Second Avenue in Seattle); the gay male bathhouse Atlas Club ("Where The Groovy Guys Go - Tuesday is BUDDY NITE, 2 Rooms for the Price of 1"); the Sand Box ("The gay bar of Tacoma"); Cavalier Inn; 107 Club; full-page ad from Le Salon out of San Francisco; full-page ad for Dave's bathhouse chain; others;

*article on the recently-held North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO);

*six installment in a series on gay bars in Seattle entitled "Greek Torch Ignites Romance" (the Greek Torch was located at Third and Yesler);

*announcement of the upcoming Dorian Society ball;

*homophile news out of San Francisco and Seattle;

*classified ads ("Discreet young gay guy requests same to write");

*short article on Larry Roger Schramm, Groovy Guy 1970 (with photo of Schramm and the two runner-ups, including Jim - Rick - Cassidy) *much more.

Issue #10 of the early gay homophile magazine "The Columns Northwest: For the Involved Gay" (November 1970) published by the Dorian Society out of Seattle, Washington. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 20 pages including front and rear covers.

With articles, columns, news, updates, art, photography, and vintage advertisements, highlights include:

*fabulous full-page psychedelic advertisement for Don's Place and the Silver Star;

*fabulous full-page advertisement for Spags;

*article "Sexual Ethics" ("The following essay on sexual ethics was submitted as a term paper for credit in a psychology course last spring by a student at the University of Washington");

*article and photospread on Seattle bars entitled "Belly Up: Life behind the wicked bar" (with six photos);

*hair and skin column "Good Looks Through Science" ("I have very wavy hair which I had my barber straighten. He explained that straightening damages hair and sold me some collagen protein. I used it once and the curl almost entirely came back. What's a mother to do?");

*news article on the Second Annual Dorian [Society] Auction held at the 614 gay bar;

*column "President's Corner" by Dorian Society President Herb (last name not provided);*much more.

January, 1971 issue of the early gay homophile magazine "The Columns Northwest: For the Involved Gay" (Vol. 2 #1) published by the Dorian Society out of Seattle, Washington. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 16 pages including front and rear covers.

With articles, columns, news, updates, art, photography, and vintage advertisements, highlights include:

*fabulous full-page advertisement for Dave's gay male bathhouse chain (with full-page photo: "BORED?...try Dave's");

*excerpts from "The Gay Book of Etiquette" by Rio Dante "prior to publication" (with splendid photo of author by David Valentine Studios). I have never heard of this book, and do not know if it was actually published; here is a delicious excerpt:

"THE ETIQUETTE OF SUICIDE.

"You have met Sandor, and there is no doubt anywhere at all that he is indubitably, irrevocably, and unalterably the man for you - and you for him. But he is happily married to Conrad, affectionately known as Connie, and despite your pleas, protestations of love, etc. etc. etc. he isn't about to leave him...

"Oh, you've had your little affair, backstreet from Connie, and what he considered a pleasant interlude you have adopted as a lifelong passion. Then, in the extremity of your emotion, you threaten him with the fact that if he doesn't give up his silly, ten-year flirtation with Connie for you, it's not going to be lifelong, but lifeshort, nipped in the bud with a razor, bridge-plunge, or whatever's handy";

*historical article on the Dorian Society entitled "Four Candles On The Cake: Or Dorian's Four Years Of Hassel" [sp?] ("Some said it would never last. Others insisted the result would be jail. But many had faith, and time is proving them right");

*announcement of the newest homophile gay organization, The Second Foundation of Portland, Oregon;

*full-page advertisement for the Los Angeles Advocate, and the six locations in Seattle where it can be obtained;

*splendid rear cover ad for the Seattle gay bar "922: A Man's Land"; *much more.

August 1971 issue of the early gay homophile magazine "The Columns Northwest: The Magazine By Involved Gays" (Vol. 2 #8) published by the Dorian Society out of Seattle, Washington. A quality, glossy stapled Newsweek-size magazine containing 16 pages including front and rear covers.

With articles, columns, news, updates, art, and vintage advertisements, highlights include:

*one-page article "VIVE LE CHARLES" on Charles Pierce and his recent performance at Bimbo's in San Francisco on June 16-20 (with photograph of Charles Pierce and Danny Todd);

*column "Moving Forward" by Gabrielle Rameau ("The month of July may have marked a great stride for Seattle's gay population");

*gossip column "Chuck's Chattery" by Charlie Warren ("I was questioning whether or not one patron's endowment was real. Sande said, 'Listen, dear. He has his hot pants especially made with one pant leg longer than the other'");

*article "ARE YOU READY...for a heavy...IF ONLY" by Philip Nolan ("Our gay 'live and let live' motto is full of loopholes which thankfully allow us to trample all over each other. Even in the darkness of an orgy, someone gets hurt");

*article "On the Other Hand" by Robert Balsley profiling two male lovers ("The following conveys the unique quality of communication that exists between two men, Wayne and Collin - pseudonymns, both of whom I met for the first time July 4th, 1971. Collin, the more verbose of the two, chatters with an almost unrestrained gaity, while Wayne, the more intense, answers quietly and with select words. From this exchange a remarkable quality of communication is derived - tacit, understated - weaving itself throughout their union");

*gay social column "Seattle Scene" by Charlie Warren ("Lordy, there's so much going on!");

*theatre review of a local performance of "Boys in the Band" by Alan Brigs ("Generally speaking, the cast was obliged, regardless of their personal sexual orientation, to convince us that they were living, breathing, screwing homosexuals. Too many adopted only a superficial homosexuality, relying entirely on their lines to convey a gay impression");

*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' include holding hands, kissing, or standing 'too close' to another inmate. Gay inmates are denied jobs that don't have close supervision...I was denied a job as Chaplain's Clerk because there isn't a guard stationed in the prison chapel");

*newspaper article reprints ("Homosexuality said reason for denial of inmate's parole"; "Women's Prison"; "Expert Says 'Gays' Biggest Minority"; "Lesbian [author Sidney Abbott] admits 'men are human beings'"; "Homosexual Fights for Teaching Job");

*poetry; recent publications; community resources.

RFD

Issue number fourteen of "RFD: A Country Journal by Gay Men" (#14, Winter 1977) published by RFD - Rural Free Delivery - out of Wolf Creek, Oregon. A magnificently produced stapled Newsweek-size magazine with newsprint interior pages and containing 60 pages including front and rear covers.

This issue is packed with reader-contributed photographs, illustrations, and artwork. Containing a non-assimilationist world view and radical faeiry political consciousness, this publication is marvelous reading for those gay men who have (or long to) rejected the stress of urban life and the heterosexual power structure, and have chosen instead to live and thrive in rural, sometimes remote rural, areas of the United States.

Condition: scuffing along narrow exterior spine; interior pages lightly age-yellowed; in worn covers showing periodic edge and corner wear; overall in Good condition. A scarce title, highly recommended, enjoyable reading.

"The Scene: An Independent Newsmagazine Serving the Gay Community of Colorado and Surrounding States"

With splendid front cover beefcake photograph of "Paul B.", winner of the 1975 Mr. Jockey Shorts Contest.

Volume 3 #12 (whole number not provided) of the vintage and long-forgotten Colorado publication "The Scene: An Independent Newsmagazine Serving the Gay Community of Colorado and Surrounding States" (1975) published by RJ Productions out of Denver, Colorado.  A newsprint magazine containing 48 pages including front and rear covers.

Containing news, articles, gossip and bar columns, personal ads, beefcake photography and fantastic vintage gay advertisements.  Highlights include:

*article on the Second Annual Mr. Jockey Shorts Contest for Colorado (with 16 photos, including front cover);

*full-page ad for Colorado Gay Freedom Day ("CANCELLED");

*full-page ad for the American Civil Liberties Union;

*column "Bucky Babbles" by Bucky, Empress II ("Watch out for the fairies, they're coming to get you Wednesday, September 10th at your favorite bar");

*news article on the gay Rocky Mountaineers Motorcycle Club and their first official Peak to Peak Tour;

*gossip column "From the Grapevine" ("What Knights of Malta member has fallen for a 'Big Stud'?  Could this be love or infatuation?"..."If anyone runs into Ms. Fartworthy, ask her about her one night stand with Big J");

*article "San Francisco or Bust!" by Ron W. (with six photos);

*full-page ad from the Back Door III on 1512 Broadway (with photo: "'The Door' congratulates all Tobie nominiees! [sic]  Boogie at 'The Door' - Home of Scotie Carlyle");

*double-age ad for the "1975 Tobie Awards Nominations" from the Hide & Seek Room in Colorado Springs (with photos of Rick N. "Butchest Bar Person"; Doug C. "Best Bar Tender"; Ray Brovur "Bitch of the Year"; Tom G. "Best Bar Employee"; Jack Bidwell "Whore of the Year");

*article "Gays in Prison Get Church Help" by Dave S.;

*vintage advertisements for the Hide & Seek, The Box Car, The Hayloft ("Denver's FIRST All Male Theatre"), Dutcher & Wicks Tire Co. ("Our tires have balls"), Club Baths of Denver, The Apartment ("The 'Boogiest' Music"), others;

*fabulous full-page photo ad for the Empire Baths on 6923 E. Colfax;*much more.

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