ONE, Inc. was an early gay rights anisatn the USA. The ia for a publitn dited to homosexuals emerged om a Mattache Society discsn meetg held on October 15, 1952. ONE Magaze’s first edors clud founrs of Mattache Societyand also The Knights of the Clock, a support group for terracial gay upl that had begun Los Angel 1950. ONE Inc.’s…
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ONE: THE FIRST GAY MAGAZE THE UNED STAT
ONE Magaze was published om 1953 until 1967 by the Los Angel gay rights anizatn ONE, Inc., an offshoot of the Mattache Society. It was the first... * one magazine homosexuality *
ONE Magaze was a natnally-distributed publitn put out by ONE, Inrported, a homophile anizatn based Los Angel. The magaze was published om 1952 to 1967, survivg threats om the police and feral ernment to provi news, says, fictn, and more to gay and lbians across the Uned Stat.
His photographic works altered the urse of the gay rights movement by enuragg dividuals to participate gay pri and to strive for profound change. Created by Alan Bell 1988, BLK Magaze aimed to not only be the bt black gay news publitn, but the bt magaze altogether. Wh two existg edns and only 100 pi produced, Homeboy Betiful fostered a sense of muny wh the queer Chino scene by prentg relevant cultural ntent, such as featurg the problems los barrs (neighborhoods) and highlightg the homo-homeboy liftyle that was specific to how lol Chinos approached homosexualy.
Includ both edns are “Ask Lil Lo”, a segment servg as a "letters-to-edor" feature, fashn tips relevant to cholo/a culture, art entri, and “exposés” such as a homo-homeboy party or a gang-planned kidnappg.
GAY HISTORY: ONE, INC.
* one magazine homosexuality *
This magaze served as safe space for Chinos the predomantly whe gay scene. ONE, Inc., was one of the first gay rights anizatns the Uned Stat.
The followg year Dwight Eisenhower issued Executive Orr 10450, which said gays and lbians were perverts, crimals, mentally ill, and mt be blocked om any kd of feral employment. Come 1953, however, the Post Office oze an issue about homosexual marriage for three weeks before officials Washgton, D.
A good example n be found le #5, which said ONE wouldn’t prt “scriptns of homosexualy as a practice which the thor enurag others, or wax too enthiastic about. ’s “strategy for silencg the homophile movement by prosecutg as a purveyor of smut. It’s stunng, now, to have a rource that so plaly documents the spiral and promise of a long fight, down to advertisements om gay European magaz and hts at genue tersectnal support, for example the ocsnal appearance of Marv Edwards, a Black acuntant who was the lover of ONE -founr W.