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[LGBTQ] Nine issues of Homophile Studies, published by ONE Institute of Homophile Studies, Los Angeles, 1959-1964, document early academic inquiry into homosexuality during the homophile movement prior to Stonewall. ONE, Inc., founded in 1952, became one of the earliest sustained LGBTQ publishing institutions in the United States. The journal reflects efforts to legitimize homosexuality through social science research, historical analysis, biblical interpretation, and international reporting at a time when homosexuality remained criminalized in most jurisdictions. Homophile Studies. Los Angeles: ONE, Inc., 1959-1964. Staplebound with paper wrappers. ONE, Inc. is the oldest active LGBTQ organization in the United States. The organization was founded in 1952 to publish ONE Magazine, one of the first widely circulated publications for an LGBT audience in the US. ONE, Inc. founded ONE Institute in 1956 to provide education resources, including classes, conferences and a quarterly academic journal of "Homophile Studies". Included in this archive are: [1] Issue 5, Vol. 2 No. 2 (Spring 1959) [2] Issue 10, Vol. 3 No. 3 (Summer 1960) [3] Issue 11, Vol. 3 No. 4 (Fall 1960) [4] Issue 12, Vol. 4 No. 1 (Winter 1961) [5] Issue 14, Vol. 4 No. 3 (Summer 1961) [6] Issue 15, Vol. 4 No. 4 (Fall 1961) [7] Issue 16, Vol. 5 No. 1 (Winter 1962) [8] Issue 18, Vol. 6 No. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 1963) [9] Issue 20, Vol. 7 No. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 1964). Includes articles on the research of Albert Ellis, Magnus Hirschfeld, and William Alexander Hammond, as well as reports on homosexuality in France, the UK, and among Native Americans, obscenity trials, cruising, homosexuality in the Bible, and more. All issues generally clean, bright, and holding tightly with some minor foxing to edges. Overall very good condition. Nine issues of one of America's earliest academic journals focusing of LGBTQ studies in the mid-20th century.
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