The Advocate (Issue No. 374, August 18, 1983): The National Gay Newsmagazine (formerly "America's Leading") (Newsprint Magazine) (Formerly, The Los Angeles Advocate)

David B. Goodstein (President), Peter G. Frisch (Publisher), Robert I. McQueen (Editor), and Liberation Publications, Inc.

Published by Liberation Publications, Inc., San Mateo, CA, 1983

About this Item

Offered is Issue No. 374 of The Advocate (August 18, 1983): The National Gay Newsmagazine edited by Robert I. McQueen and published by Peter G. Frisch and Liberation Publications out of San Mateo, California. A large, left-stapled newsprint newsmagazine containing 68 pages including front and rear covers (this copy missing the classified ads insert). Packed with articles, news items, columns, editorials, letters, vintage ads, photographs and illustrations. Highlights include: fabulous and moving four-page photospread entitled A Photo Essay of 1983 Gay Pride Events; Good Friends: Raising Funds for AIDS (with short articles: Debbie Reynolds & Co.; Film Star Bud Cort; 'Dreamgirl' Sheryl Lee Ralph; Cabaret Singer Karen Akers); Cover Story - Chicago (Chicago Past: A Rich Gay History by Gregory Sprague; Chicago Present: An Active and Organized Gay Community by Chris Heim; Chicago Presents Performance Artist Hudson: The Art Scene's Gallant Gadfly [with interview quotes]; Windy City Troubadours [on Chris Clason and Tom Wilson]); centerspread portfolio by artist Joe Fuoco; May Sarton: A Woman and Poet Apart (interview); Video Bars: The Same Old 'Stand and Stare,' or the Shape of Things to Come? by Scott P. Anderson; Hudson Brown's Limp-Wristed Manual for Quiche Eaters (article with interview quotes). Missing Classified Ads section; issue is otherwise in Fine condition. Seller Inventory # 013252

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Advocate (Issue No. 374, August 18, 1983...

Publisher: Liberation Publications, Inc., San Mateo, CA

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition