Pulp paperbacks were ma to be throwaway readg. The often end up the trash, and plenty were trash. Publishers of pulps had the eedom to let wrers produce books too out-there for mastream publishers. There were wrers who wanted to tell stori about gay men, lbians, transgenred and transvt, subjects nsired too risque for
Contents:
- PASSNS UNVERED: GAY, LBIAN AND TRANSGENRED PULPS
- VTAGE GAY PULP COVERS OM THE ’50S TO THE ’80S
- GAY PULP FICTN - VTAGE
- #ARTDEPT: VTAGE GAY PULP BOOK COVERS
PASSNS UNVERED: GAY, LBIAN AND TRANSGENRED PULPS
An exhibn of selected book vers om gay, lbian and transgenr themed vtage paperbacks. * gay pulp covers *
of selected book vers om gay, lbian and transgenr-themed vtage paperbacks held.
Lbian and gay-themed paperbacks were first produced the early. and gay paperbacks were reprts of eher classic European tl or of recent.
VTAGE GAY PULP COVERS OM THE ’50S TO THE ’80S
A treasure trove of (often hilar) gay pulp fictn novels om the '50s to the '80s after the jump. (via SissyDu) From Universy of Massachetts: As a rult of a seri of urt s, by the mid-1960s the U.S. post office uld no longer terdict books that ntaed homosexualy. Gay wrers were eager to * gay pulp covers *
to produce hundreds of other homosexual-themed tl. by men (both straight and gay) and ocsnally by heterosexual women.
By ntrast, gay-themed works were more likely to actually. be thored by male homosexuals.
GAY PULP FICTN - VTAGE
(all prevly published hardback), the rearship of gay-themed paperbacks appears.
to have been predomantly male and homosexual. attributed the homosexualy of characters to juvenile sctns, prison rap and to. On the other hand, a number of lbian and gay pulps.
Vtage lbian and gay paperbacks are now avidly llected for their lurid.
#ARTDEPT: VTAGE GAY PULP BOOK COVERS
The pulps, however, clearly document the rapid emergence of gay and lbian. Dpe their many bias and accuraci, for isolated gays and.
on gay, lbian and transgenr pulp lerature and to siar exhibs on our Pulp. “Gay paperbacks might reflect the prejudic of the day eher.