The Ladder: a lesbian review; vol. 10, #1, October 1965: Homophile Groups Picket in Nation's Capitol

Gittings, Barbara, editor, Allen Ginsberg, Gene Damon [pseudonym of Barbara Grier] et al

San Francisco: Daughters of Bilitis, 1965. Magazine. 26p., 5.5x8.5 inches, middle gathering detached but present, else very good digest-size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.

Includes "Beat Alice" by Leo Ebreo and Allen Ginsberg's comments on that piece. Cover story is on the various pickets in DC protesting discriminatory policies. Cover photo of marchers with picket signs. Daughters of Bilitis was formed in 1955 in San Francisco by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon and was based upon - and in the beginning supported by - the homophile organization The Mattachine Society and One Magazine. The Ladder was the house organ/newsletter and published information, news, events, articles, poetry and stories relevant to the lesbian reader.

Cat.No: 208579

Price: $65.00