ONE Magazine: the homosexual viewpoint; vol. 5, #9, December 1957: Ann Carll Reid and the feminine viewpoint by Reid, Ann Carll, Lyn Pedersen, Don Slater, editors, Valentine Richardson, Frank Golovitz, Dal McIntyre, et al, cover by Eve Elloree aka Joan Corbin - 1957

Los Angeles: One, Inc, 1957. Magazine. 32p., including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, ink date on cover else very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Fall fund-drive letter laid-in. Cover story "Poems of Other Love" with photo of Alden Kirby, Umo's "The Echo of a Voice". Special focus on gay and lesbian poetry. Also a report on The Mattachine Society Convention. One, Inc., which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one," was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind, it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene, leading to a four-year legal battle (chronicled in its pages) that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security,… Read More

Los Angeles: One, Inc, 1957. Magazine. 24p., including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover stories: "You and the Law" by ACLU Attorney (Tietz) and "He's Got Neurotic Eyes" by Ruth M. Friedman. One, Inc., which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one," was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind, it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene, leading to a four-year legal battle (chronicled in its pages) that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security, One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors.

Los Angeles: One, Inc, 1957. Magazine. 24p., including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, lightly worn digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Almost the entire issue concerns the court case of One, Inc. v. US Post Office. One, Inc., which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one," was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind, it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene, leading to a four-year legal battle (chronicled in its pages) that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security, One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors.

Los Angeles: One, Inc, 1957. Magazine. 32p., including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story on the editor of the seminal gay magazine Der Kreis from Germany. Kepner's "It Just Isn't Natural" Sex repression in Italy and Ireland. One, Inc., which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one," was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind, it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene, leading to a four-year legal battle (chronicled in its pages) that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security, One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors.

Los Angeles: One, Inc, 1957. Magazine. 32p., including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story "Poems of Other Love" with photo of Alden Kirby, Umo's "The Echo of a Voice". Special focus on gay and lesbian poetry. Also a report on The Mattachine Society Convention. One, Inc., which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one," was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind, it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene, leading to a four-year legal battle (chronicled in its pages) that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security, One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by… Read More