The Advocate (Issue No. 427, August 20, 1985): The National Gay Newsmagazine (formerly "America's Leading") (Newsprint Magazine) (Formerly, The Los Angeles Advocate)

Niles A. Merton (Publisher), Robert I. McQueen (Editor-in-Chief), Lenny Giteck (Editor), and Liberation Publications, Inc.

Published by Liberation Publications, Inc., Malibu, CA, 1985

About this Item

Offered is Issue No. 427 of The Advocate (August 20, 1985): The National Gay Newsmagazine edited by Robert I. McQueen (as Editor-in-Chief) and Lenny Giteck (as Editor) and published by Niles A. Merton and Liberation Publications out of Malibu, California. A large, left-stapled newsprint newsmagazine with glossy covers containing 92 pages including front and rear covers and classified ads. Packed with articles, news items, columns, editorials, letters, vintage ads, photographs and illustrations. Highlights include: A Piece of My Mind - The Gay Italian Stallion's Painful Family Dilemma by George De Stefano; one-page news item Toronto Hosts Seventh Annual International Gay Conference (IGA); news item American Bar Association Again Refuses to Endorse Gay Rights; full-page news item Gay's the Word Bookstore on Trial Over Banned 'Obscene' Literature; In Depth - They're Taking Our Children by Dave Walter (on custody rights); one-column news item Rock Hudson Has AIDS; AIDS: The Tip of the Iceberg by Michael Helquist; Marriage & Etiquette: 25 Ways NOT to Leave Your Lover by Arnie Kantrowitz; Lesbian Perspectives [Part Three of Five] - Myths, Images and the Creation of Reality by Dorothy Allison; Cover Story - 'Kiss of the Spider Woman': Sex and Politics Mix in an Explosive New Movie (Interview - Hector Babenco: Powerful Dreams Woven in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'; film review by Marcia Pally; Commentary: Portrait of a Gay Man as Political Prisoner by Malcolm Boyd; 'Kiss' and Tell: The Boys of Ipanema, On the Beach with Manuel Puig [article with interview quotes]). Covers detached but present and show light narrow waterstain along upper front edge and periodic edge chips and short closed edge tears, particularly along the outer narrow fold. The interior pages are in excellent condition and tightly bound. Seller Inventory # 014176

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Advocate (Issue No. 427, August 20, 1985...

Publisher: Liberation Publications, Inc., Malibu, CA

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition