Letters to ONE
(September 2012)
Gay and Lesbian Voices from the 1950s and 1960s Craig M. Loftin - Edited and with an introduction by
Collection of letters written to the first openly gay magazine in the United States.
Long before the Stonewall riots, ONE magazine—the first openly gay magazine in the United States—offered a positive viewpoint of homosexuality and encouraged gay people to resist discrimination and persecution. Despite a limited monthly circulation of only a few thousand, the magazine influenced the substance,...(Read More)
Masked Voices
(April 2012)
Gay Men and Lesbians in Cold War America Craig M. Loftin - Author
Finalist – 2013 Over the Rainbow Selection, presented by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table (GLBTRT) of the American Library Association
An analysis of unpublished letters to the first American gay magazine reveals the agency, adaptation, and resistance occurring in the gay community during the McCarthy era.
In this compelling social history, Craig M. Loftin descri...(Read More)