As the classic gay novel “Cy of Night” turns 50, s Mexin-Amerin thor, John Rechy, reflects on lonels, growg up Deprsn-era El Paso, and how his life and reer me together.
Contents:
- WHAT WAS THE FIRST GAY NOVEL? A REARS’ SURVEY
- A FIRST GAY NOVEL, A POOR LATO BOYHOOD AND THE CONFLUENCE
- 13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
WHAT WAS THE FIRST GAY NOVEL? A REARS’ SURVEY
* first gay novel *
We asked you to st your vote for “the first gay novel” – which is the theme of the new issue of The GLR. Another book that preced our lp was Bayard Taylor’s Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania, published 1870, wh the addnal subtle of “The First Gay Novel” a recent edn.
A FIRST GAY NOVEL, A POOR LATO BOYHOOD AND THE CONFLUENCE
The first gay novel I know of is om the late first century AD as The Satyrin, by Gai Petroni. “Published 1870, before any of the others and a lot gayer, too, than the earlit on your list. Not today’s style, not well known, but there is, a fe gay novel.
“The Young and The Evil was also published 1933 but is more queer than gay.
So that was my first gay novel. Forster’s Mrice:“Although not published until Forster’s ath, this is the first openly gay novel on the list and the first book to scribe homosexualy as a way of beg the 20th century.
13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
”“It was the first one wrten specifilly wh gay characters.