Gay Power : New York's First Homosexual Newspaper (Includes Robert Mapplethorpe's Volume 1, Number 16) (A Collection of 11 Issues)
John Heys, editor; Robert Mapplethorpe; Allen Ginsberg; Timothy Leary; Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen)
Published by Gay Power Incorporated, NY, Joel Fabricant, 1970
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[Robert Mapplethorpe's earliest published photograph, the iconic 'Bull's Eye' Illustrated Cover: Rare Early Newspaper from the Gay Liberation, Post-Stonewall Era] 10 issues. Marginal cover tears. Softcover. Clean, unmarked pages. Issues includes: 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18. No 6 cover features a cover photo of Warhol superstar Jackie Curtis, by Leee Black Childers. No. 13's cover has a drawing by Tom of Finland. Robert Mapplethorpe received his first camera in 1970 and was enrolled as a student at the Pratt Institute of Design studying graphic art when he made the collage entitled "Bull's Eye," reproduced on the cover of issue 16. "Variety is the spice of life and Gay Power is by and for all people." - Gay Power's mission statement. New York City's first post-Stonewall gay newspaper, had a brief run covering the city's gay culture and politics. "During its run of 24 issues, Gay Power was known for its striking covers with psychedelic art and contemporary photography, including one by Robert Mapplethorpe, current accounts of gay activism, sexual photographs and drawings, and regular columns by such contributors as Arthur Bell, Charles Ludlam, Pudgy Roberts, Bill Vehr, Pat Maxwell, and Clayton Cole. Writer, actor, and performer Taylor Mead wrote a total of 15 columns for the publication. It also included columns by New York-based activist groups, such as the Mattachine Society and the newly formed Gay Liberation Front, and illustrations by Touka Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland." - NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Gay Power : New York's First Homosexual Newspaper (Includes Robert Mapplethorpe's Volume 1, Number 16) (A Collection of 11 Issues)
- Author
- John Heys, editor; Robert Mapplethorpe; Allen Ginsberg; Timothy Leary; Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen)
- Publisher
- Gay Power Incorporated, NY, Joel Fabricant
- Publication year
- 1970
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Edition
- First Edition.
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- Sex and Sexuality
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