Cat.No: 32324 The Ladder: a lesbian review; vol. 12, #11 & 12, September, 1968. Gene Damon, James Colton, aka Barbara Grier, Joseph Hansen.

The Ladder: a lesbian review; vol. 12, #11 & 12, September, 1968

San Francisco: Daughters of Bilitis, 1968. Magazine. 32p. including covers 5.5x8.5 inches, very good digest-size magazine in pictorial wraps.

Contains James Colton's (Joseph Hansen) manifesto, "The Homosexual Identity" This double issue is the first edited by Damon and includes an editorial announcing the major changes planned for the next volume. 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: 32324

Price: $40.00