An exhibn of selected book vers om gay, lbian and transgenr themed vtage paperbacks.
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
* 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. (all prevly published hardback), the rearship of gay-themed paperbacks appears.
to have been predomantly male and homosexual.
GAY PULP FICTN - VTAGE
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. 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. by dissematg lns of imag of homosexuals.
#ARTDEPT: VTAGE GAY PULP BOOK COVERS
The Homosexual. --- Ian Young, The Paperback Explosn: How Gay Paperbacks Changed Ameri.
A treasure trove of (often hilar) gay pulp fictn novels om the ’50s to the ’80s after the jump. Post office uld no longer terdict books that ntaed homosexualy. Gay wrers were eager to take advantage of this new eedom, but the only ho poised to palize on the outpourg of mancripts were “adult” paperback publishers who marketed their products wh salac vers.
Gay crics, unlike their lbian unterparts, have for the most part cled to take the works serly, even though they ver an enormo range of genr: adventur, blue-llar and gray-flannel novels, g-out stori, tective fictn, gothic novels, historil romanc, ary stori, polil novels, prison fictn, romanc, satir, sports stori, and spy thrillers—wh far more short story llectns than is generally realized.