Cat.No: 178232 ONE Magazine; the homosexual viewpoint; vol. 12, #9 September 1964: The Fabulous Miss Destiny. Don Slater, Gary Teller James Colton Marcel Martin, Miss Destiny, Joseph Hansen.

ONE Magazine; the homosexual viewpoint; vol. 12, #9 September 1964: The Fabulous Miss Destiny

Los Angeles: One, Inc., 1964. Magazine. 32p. including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good digest-sized magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.

Cover story on drag queen Miss Destiny as well as Hansen's short story, "Donatello's David", which appeared here in the same year as his first book. Marcel Martin, in an editorial, exposes tactical differences emerging in the Homophile movement. "Inspired by the success and startling progress recently made by the colored population of this country, it has suddenly become popular among the leaders of the homophile movement to try to advance our own cause by referring to ourselves as a minority entitled to the same rights and privileges which legislators and society at large are struggling to grant to other minorities..." He goes on to argue that it would be wiser to follow the example of the Jews by building enough economic clout to become unignorable; advocates keeping money within the gay community.

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.


Cat.No: 178232

Price: $75.00