January 13, 1958: In the landmark se One, Inc. v. Olen, the Uned Stat Supreme Court l favor of the First Amendment rights of the gay muny magaze “One: The Homosexual Magaze.”
Contents:
- ONE: THE FIRST GAY MAGAZE THE UNED STAT
- GAY HISTORY: ONE, INC.
- GAY HISTORY – JANUARY 13, 1958: LANDMARK CASE ONE, INC. V. OLEN, SUPREME COURT L FAVOR OF MAGAZE “ONE: THE HOMOSEXUAL MAGAZE.”
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 the homosexual magazine *
Other featur this issue are: article "The Third Choice" by Herbert Gant (on homosexual marriage); article "The Law: A Discsn of Entrapment" (the send a seri of articl by ONE's legal unsel); gay memoir "The Wall" by Carl Masters;a lightful spoof entled "Queer Happengs on Capol Hill" by Jam Barr Fugate (portns om ttimony given before "The Natnal Submtee for the Invtigatn of Coddlg and Perpetratn of Queer Happengs"); article "20th Century Cavemen" by Martha McCla (who wr, "Is a s to love?.. Cavafy, and Plato); son by William Shakpeare ("My sweet love's bety, though my lover's life, His bety shall the black l be seen, And they shall live, and he them still green"); lic short story on relig sensivy by Wendy Lane entled "Sebo Griffum Prevails" (regardg the Reverend Sebo Griffum and his First Disciplarian Church); article entled "ONE Salut Curtis Whe" (re the "history-makg TV appearance [of] Curtis Whe of Los Angel [who] personally stated that he is a homosexual); letters to the edor; advertisements., 1954 issue of ONE: The Homosexual Magaze (Vol.
Other featur clu: "Rearch Council Progrs Report" (on ONE's mment to homophile rearch); article entled "A Review of the Oedipal Complex" by Virgia Armon and Howard Rsell;poetry by Clifford Alexanr;article by Jam Barr Fugate entled "A Gentleman's Pleasure" (on the Montagu Case England ligated the prev March); short story entled "The Snare" by Jody Shotwell;article "'From Here To Eterny' Hurts Homosexuals" by Gilbert Williams (regardg the movie of the same name); poetry by Aln Kirby;article "The Homosexual" by D.
GAY HISTORY: ONE, INC.
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… * one the homosexual magazine *
Featur clu: *a one-act play entled "The Body Betiful; or, Makg Light of a Weighty Matter "by Steve Whney; *a reprt om "Jtice Weekly" entled "Sex Urge In Prisons Abnormally Active: Other Forms Of Emotnal Intellectual Exprsn Are Blocked, Reason Given "; *ternatnal news (on "The Homosexual Germany Today" by Jack Argo); *excerpt om Harry Dgman's book "Risk Appraisal" on "sex urg" and "sex viat"; *short story "The Key" by John Pl Tegner; *book reviews; letters to the edor; directory of natnal and ternatnal homophile anizatns and publitns. Freeman; *poetry by John Myron Patrick; *short article entled "At The Whippg Post" by Jam Douglas Mart (on homosexualy fictn); *news lumn "Tangents: News & Views" by Dal McIntire (Jim Kepner); *short story "Dner For Three" by Flt Holland; *excerpts om Plato's "Symposium"; *short story "An Orchid For Hennie" by Gabrielle Ganelle (as featured the monthly lumn, "The Feme Viewpot"); *book reviews; letters to the edor; rear advertisements. Ellis for prentatn at ONE's Midwter Instute held on January 26, 1957); report of the 1957 Midwtern Instute (ONE's 5th Annual Meetg); poetry "The Square" by "Miss Jay Howard"; short story "Young Actrs" by Diana Sterlg; travel article "A Bangkok Interlu" by Harry Otis (unr the monthly lumn Internatnal News); short story "An Eveng's Disurse" by Barrett Shannon Cooper; news lumn "Tangents: News & Views" by Dal McIntire (Jim Kepner); book reviews; letters to the 1957 issue of ONE: The Homosexual Magaze (Vol.
Of special note is the ver feature and si article "ONE Salut Rolf & Der Kreis" (on the 25th anniversary of the olst survivg homophile publitn, published out of Zurich, Swzerland); article "It Jt Isn't Natural" by Jim Kepner (a rponse to the oft-held posn that homosexualy is a "crime agast nature"); short story "The Women's Club" by Diana Sterlg; homophile news "Tangents: News & Views" by Dal McIntire (Jim Kepner); short story "Roger" by Geofey Wright; article "A Study of Sex Reprsns: Italian & Irish" by Jack Rot; letters to the edor. Lorna Strayer; article "The Road to Toleratn" by Richard Wollheim (reprted om the April 4, 1958 issue of London's "The Spectator"); a one-page letter om the edor of Swzerland's homophile journal "The Circle, " Rudolf Burkhardt, who had recently spent six weeks the Uned Stat, visg the ONE Instute Los Angel; letters to the special ver feature on gay beach, wh acpanyg lengthy article "Gay Beach" by Frank Golovz (wh six photographs).
GAY HISTORY – JANUARY 13, 1958: LANDMARK CASE ONE, INC. V. OLEN, SUPREME COURT L FAVOR OF MAGAZE “ONE: THE HOMOSEXUAL MAGAZE.”
"; article "If One Needs Relign" by Allen Wdsor; terview by ONE's Chuck Taylor of "Wilbur O'Donnel - ll me 'Pete'" (psdonym) - a thirty-two year old rpenter, as part of ONE's ntug feature entled "The Succsful Homosexual"; news article entled "Registratn Law Dealt Blow" (by an unintified thor, regardg California's registratn of sex offenrs); article "Report om Bssels" by Marv Cutler (on the nference sponsored by the Internatnal Commtee for Sex Equaly held the prev May); book reviews; letters to the special ver feature and acpanyg article of the same name by Hollister Barn entled "I Am Glad I Am Homosexual" (a radil notn for s time, particularly when appearg on the ver of a public magaze, and one that generated heated bate). Other featur clu: Edorial by William Lambert (Associate Edor); poetry "The Young Bather" by Mart Armstrong; short story "The Brothers" by Gordon Haton (on the relatnship between Karl, an Amerin prisoner of war durg World War II, and Art, his German guard); news lumn "Tangents: News & Views" by Dal McIntire (Jim Kepner); lbian short story "The Daystar" by Toni Dabney; poem "Lost" by Sten Rsell (reprted om the lbian homophile publitn, "The Ladr"); one-page news article entled "Beach Round-Up" (reprted om the June 3, 1958 issue of "The Miami Herald" and wrten by lumnist Jack Kofoed, on the seri of raids nducted by Miami Beach police a few days prev, which rulted the arrt of 47 gay men on Miami beach and Miami bars); book reviews; letters to the edor. Featur clu: Edorial by Don Slater; article "Christmas Zurich" by Rudolph Burkhardt (edor of the Swiss homophile journal "Der Kreis" - "The Circle"); poetry "A Pagan Hymn on Christmas Eve" by Joseph Upper; short story "A Place To Go" by Matt Kent; news lumn "Tangents: News & Views" by Dal McIntire (Jim Kepner); lbian short story "Renascence" by Ey Jon; memoir entled "My Uncle & Osr" by Harry Otis; book reviews; letters to the 's Seventh Anniversary Issue.
Featur clu: Edorial by Alison Hunter (Associate Edor); lengthy poem entled "The Tragedy of Masks" by Doyle Eugene Livgston; short story "The Raft" by Lee Mchell; news lumn "Tangents: News & Views" by Dal McIntire (Jim Kepner); lbian short story the form of a letter om "Jay" to "Jo" (featured the lumn "The Feme Viewpot"); gay travel and history article entled "Only In Lima" by Harry Otis; article "A Frenchman Reviews 'ONE Instute Quarterly of Homophile Studi'" (published by the Edutnal arm of ONE, Inc. In addn to the ver story, other featur clu: Edorial by William Lambert (Associate Edor); lengthy news article by Lyn Persen (Jim Kepner) entled "Court Upholds Gay Bars" (California's District Court of Appeals stck down the license spensn of a bar Oakland, closed 1956 by the Department of Alholic Beverage Control "bee s patronage nsisted almost exclively of homosexuals and lbians"); lbian short story "The Room Upstairs" by Jody Shotwell; poetry "The Darkns of the Night" by Clair Stern; news lumn "Tangents: News & Views" by Dal McIntire (Jim Kepner); article "Roger Casement: Traor, Martyr, or Pervert" by Jam (Jim) Kepner (acpanied wh a photograph of Roger Casement); lumn "Toward Unrstandg" by Blanche M.
" (Don Slater, on the theme of "Mental Health and Homosexualy" chosen for the 1959 Midwter Instute nference held Los Angel); news lumn "Tangents: News & Views" by Dal McIntire (Jim Kepner); lbian short story "Boundari" by Ann Wooster; special book review article on the life and wrgs of Jean Ge; article "The Homosexual Nudist" by Kerm Josephs; poetry "Md Weavg Patterns" by Willis Eberman; letters to the special ver feature and acpanyg article by "Didgeon" entled "Between Consentg Adults" (on age-of-nsent issu).