Historil time of gay magaze om Der Eigene 1897 to Polari 2008
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ONE: THE FIRST GAY MAGAZE THE UNED STAT
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.
ABOUT XY, US’S #1 GAY MENS PRT MAG
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.
(Both were nnected to Knights of the Clock, a social club open to Black and whe cis gay men.