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FlASn CITIZENS Our fanx)us columnist In the San Francis co Chronicle, Herb Caen, is really out of touch. He accuses the Embarcadero Hotel (The Y) of harboring male prosti tutes. To get closer to the truth he is going to have to get closer to his be loved Union Square. But then he would NEWS be forced to mention the name of the St. Francis.
Published every other Monday by Strait and Associates, 471 Minna, San Francisco, TELEPHONES: VOLUME III YU6-5433 ^Dumber 20 3, California. Subscriptions $5.00'per year mailed first class. Guy Strait,^ YUN-KIDD August 3'j 19641 Editor, Harry d'Turk, Associate Editor. Copyrighted. t Salt Lake City Feàd Lejgislater Qadines lited J iL Qyer ^>ewdness P l a n s Balks Vice Ibiid Thirty-three men, includ The Police Commissioner has TALLAHASSEE - In an open "The question I have, "Tie ing a Cook County (Chlcag.q). apologized to the .Judge; letter to homosexuals in wrote, "is; Once you have Hospital physician, two The Judge told the Police Florida, the Legislative In aroused the public to action school teachers, and two Commissioner that he was dis-.j vestigations Committee pro against the problem of homo attorneys, were arrested in missing the charges against mised to work toward new un sexuality, whab do you pro-— a 'Vice raid on the Lincoln him. derstanding “of their problems pose to do with (the esti Baths. Thus ended the Salt Lake] while warning them of tougher mated. 60,000)‘homosexuals?" A police lieutenant in the City case of~ entrapment that penalties for seducing youth. Additionally, he said, vice control division said a had landed both the Police The open letter_was writ what about the homosexuals detective-Obtained entrance__ Commissioner and the City ten by Rep. Dick Mitchell of like himself or thojse who to the baths and saw four men Judge in court and resulted Leon' County, cortimitte« chair were not openly practicing performing indecent acts in in the Mayor and the Police | man, and distributed by the homosexualism? „ ______steamroom. . -He said the Chief taking sides.. Associated 'Press. (Thls"i^ the part of the- - bathhouse has been a -national It started when City Judge | The letter was addressed— Tetter that would seem to be meeting place for perverts. Horace Beck said he found merely "Dear Sir" because it the most conclusive evidence (A long time custOMr of evidence of police entrapment was in response to.an unsign that this letter was a plant this particular bath^,^id he in cases involving prostitu ed letter from a self-styled by the committee Itself, for did not understand how any- tion and lewdness charges. homosexual who expressed ap a non-practicirig^omosexuaT on'd^traid 'see^anyoire- in— that“ “ parently genuine concern over would seem to be similar to steam room for he did not be bert Smart requested the the problem. bank robber who never rob lieve that it even had a con County Attorney in an open Genuine concern is mani bed a bank.)~ nection to put a light in it. letter to tak,e all future , fest over the rest of Flori Mitchell said he was ans The method df entry was to vice cases tO|..^court ''other da because of this self-sty-- wering because the "questions "feel" your \way into it.) than Beck's^ led homosexual. It is felt you raise deserve discussion The thirty-three were to Beck was ordered into dis that either this one is on by .thoughtful citizens thru- be charged with being Inmates trict court'^^o show cause why the payroll of the committee out the state." in a disorderly house. The he .should not be restrained or is a product of a fertile He said the committee was operator wab charged with from presiding over a lewd imagination.) seeking controls rathan than b^ing a keeper of a house of ness trial in progress. The Anonymous writer de cures because no medical or ill fame. Beck then cited Smart with scribed himself as a homosex psychiatric sure cures exist. Police said those arreted a contempt of court for re ual who was holding himself (This would appear to be live in the Chicago area,Mich leasing the letter to report in.-check. He said he was a departure from the thesis igan. Southern Illinois, New ers which he said was an "at- married and had a family. He presented in the original re York, Idaho, and Kansas and tempt to influence this said because of his homosex port where Dr. Bergler is re that they were attracted to court." ual tendencies he had given ported to believe that homo the city by the article in Beck won his case in dls- up his desire to be a teach sexuality is a curable dis LIFE lEagazlne. court and was allowed er. ease.) The police said they had to continue with the lewd ■•He-said his letter was Mitchell said the commit kept the bathhouse under in- ness trial. And then Beck prompted by the committee's tee recognized many of Flor vestlgatlon for the past few dismissed contempt charges recent controversial booklet ida's laws concerning homo weeks and that they had been against Smart after Smart describing homosexuality in sexuality "are as outmoded as unsuccessful until recently said he was in error in re Florida and describing plans our understanding of this in 'getting a dete^lve into leasing the letter. to arouse the public to new (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page ^) understanding of the problem Continued on Page 4 • \
JONATHAN TO GH)E r (Continued from Page 1) The Homoeexual C o n m T'SI m c I B i k i n i s at least not the amoureux of In H istory the place. Before being-aT THEY DO,IT EVEN IN FRANCE the same sex." said the cHlef lowed Into the place, patrons The topless bathing suit of the morals brigade. are viewed through a peephole idr women, known in St. Tro by As far as the topless suit in a locked door-and checked pez as the maillot de la for women is concerned the Noel I. Garde ' with the files before they vertlle and the tombeur d.'il- luslons, has not made much o*^- beach at Juan-les-Plns is are admitted, police said. known to have been the birth (A correspondent of the a dent In this mad, mad ceiyr place of the bikini and ttie CITIZENS NEWS said that this Iter. Mayor of that progressive^' procedure described by the Authorities are-^oo busy city suggests that if n u d i ^ An editor of a paper like the CITIZENS NEWS rarely re ed disciple" became inescapably meaningful in more sophis police was completely in er trying to catch the complete is to go any further that it ceives for review a book that he can be truly enthuiastlc ticated times. King James I of England, referring to his ror. He said that you walk nudists to make much fuss of go all the way. about._But now It has happened! And It Is a reference beloved Buckingham, was to say bluntly, "Christ had his rmono-klnls and "le swimsuit up to the desk, pay your roon A Swedish mannequin, Inge John and I have my George." ey and go right in, providlngl50% dictionary. The title Is Jonathan to Danielson, has been doing her Gldet The subtitle reads The Homosexual In History. The Au- they have a cubicle available Hellc.opters roam jhe sky part for this for some time thor has arranged the 300 biographical sketches In histori- GEORGE WASHINGTON above the beaches In search at that time. Very often it by appearing at the local and cal order from Jonathan In Biblical times to Andre Glde'who "Even Washington's closest admirers and most devoted of offenders,. When the air is completely filled.) not so local beaches with a ^ le In 1951. The annotated bibliography is unusually well biographers have always found themselves perplexed by a Police said a boy and an borne crew spots a group of White and Green nudists. It alerts the pol two piece bathing suit paint done and the appendices classifying the subject, first by seemingly inexplicable coldness and aloofness. In fact, Army lieutenant who entered $6.98 ice. “ ed on for some time. Mtionality, and then by profession or occupation are In- this Is the completely "normal" characteristic of the re the place during the past Bikini-clad gendarmes are And In St. Tropes the new formatlve_. The chronological list of subject constitutes pressed homosexual in public life, and by a curious coin week were solicited for lewd sent to the area to inyestl- shock appeal with the young ln ^ . ‘ ~ ~ ^ and_an alphabetical list is thee cidence, was even shared by the contemporary leaders of acts and gave information on set seems to b e .. open fly various inmates. The lleut- gate. Their job is to come France and England, i.e., Robespierre and Pitt. There may fronts. So-^ar the girls are enant has volunteered to be ll^to the area without giving ^ e casual or indifferent reader will become very dis possibly have been a breath of innuendo In the course of making their own. They buy a prosecution witness. laway their identities. They turbed when he sees some of the subject written up. But the Conway Cabal against Washington. It may also be that ' a pair of low-rise mens pants the careful reader who looks at the introduction will un Among those arrested were with the nudists, gain the contemptuous hostility of Charles Lee to Washington H p - id snip off the-buttons, op derstand the author*s puroosA- 'TS.a store ,---- =---- -— — — — ------people written up , i, xlved I.-om something he "found out" during that Braddock an operations department em- jclielr confidence, a n ^ en them as lowds they dare, this volume Ijscludes those alleged to have been arHv»ly Intematlon-l"P -evidence. _____ ■ - ---- "------.-V..I.MVC ueen acriveiy__ expedition of— 1755,— In which they—both served.— The”subject~ and pin them/back carefully- nomoseimlr eeeaelonally homosexual ¿ btsncual or complete- al Airport, salesmen, drug has of course been an absolutely
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•Ar In the field of makeup there is no doubt that some of As far as the law Is concerned from®the enforcement end the swish would lead the bystander to believe that they are the only officers who arrest the swish are those who have preparing for halloween - even in the springtime. Whenever THE RKHT TO BE WRONG had a hard day and have not gotten their quota of arrests. the cosmetic companies announce that they have a new pro The officer who perpetually brings In swish-^ to add to his duct you can bet that the first people to try It will be _the Turk Street Swish. quota Is looked down on by his fellow officers who know It is fqirly easy to get far more legitimate arrests. The legal defense of the swish fairy can be easily and who would rather transfer his burden of guilt to someone When Du Pont developed- the Cloud 9 and other fibers they completely stated by a quotation from the 14th Amendment to else. It Is true that where the swish fairy hangs his could not have known the impact that this would have on the WHICH ARE THE RESPECTABLE HOMOSEXUALS? the Constitution, ”No state shall make or enforce any law lliiq> mrlst Is often the attention spot of ttie police de swish with the bulk knit sweaters. In the days of the you The,majority of homosexuals deplore the existence of the which shall abridge the privileges or Inmunltles of clti- partments but it is not the swish fairy that brings them. th of the writer, some of the younger ladies of the night swish. In many cases this can be traced to their own days sens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any Since most of the places that w H l allow the swish fairy would sport angora sweaters that had the bad habit of shed of sowing wild oats and the realization of what this sort person of life, liberty or property, without due process of to congregate are the lower class dives, then at these ding. Now with the snythetic fibers this Is eliminated. It of activity has done to their future. In most cases how law; nor deny to any person within Its jurisdiction the places there is always the other elements of society that -is enough that the sweaters (even tho made for men (?)) are ever it is a sincere desire to see the homosexual display equal protection of the laws.” are on the wrong side of the established order.. in delicate pastels, it also happens that they easily slide Since most of the law enforcement agencies of the United Such people as pill-pushers, whores, ex-cons, and any off the shoulder to relieve the pressure upon the delicate a better image to the general public. States choose to Ignore this provision of the Constitution, other broderline element is tolerated in the same places bodies underneath. ^ Many homosexuals have the idea that the various enforce and Instead substitute their own version of what Is and Is as the swish. This is a matter of economics for the op ment agencies are not aware of their existence. In one re- — THE SCREAMING SWISH W - not fitting conduct for cltlsens; and since the legislators erators of the establishments and has no bearing on the cent case a homosexual was arreted in the T Room at Wilke cf recent years have ejdilblted the greatest spinelessness swish as such. ^Not too many years ago the screaming faggot was death to Cafeteria, he remonstrated that someone must have finked In the history of mankind, these provisions are not enough business. The young swish has taken his place. Where the because the place "just the other day turned gay." How sad SWISH AND EMPLOYMENT to protect even the conformist siuch less the non-conformist ordinary homosexual can be depended upon to moderate cer this one must be to find that this particular T Room has segment of our society. It cannot be said that the swish will starve to death or tain phases of his life, the wanto^v^^ish can also be de- been the scene of more arrests than any one place In the Even among hdibosexuals the swish fairy Is the butt;^' of will end up in the mission soup kitchens of our country. It pened upon to let the world know InTitah register tones. entire city. It has been iiCPperation since the place op- more discrimination than any other segment: Just does not add up that way. There Is a certain pride of ened its doors. Was this one of the respectable homosex- Independence In most homosnustr that keeps them from these' THE SWISH An d t h e “l a w uals who Mplore the swish because they present a bad im °®‘”'They should not be allowed In a decent place.” straits. (No pun intended). ; • , . In some cities of the United States it Is true that the age to thdv^bllc. "Those are the ones who-bring the heat to a placeé" It can however, be truthfully said that the swish will swish will spend a goodly amount of time before the bars of In another case a person who has figured in more action “°®"Wiy don't the police arrest those and leave the rest consequence or one having justic-e. In the major cities of the United States this IS on the part of-t,he Alcoholic Beverage Control than any oth-— —Z7S— ^ —X.T _ ■ _■!___ Sill------:------of us respectable ones alone?” any future. Ouch menial jobs as dishwasher, etc.. Is the^ not the case. The blue skirts have long since found that er in San Francisco remarked, "If it wasn't for all those ®®®"No wonder there Is so much trouble with tilngs such as lot or the confirmed swish unless he has enough inner drive is of no moment to the "swish when he stands before the bar young queers it wouldn't be so bad here in the city." those on the streets." t ^ e t Into one of ^he semi-professional fields where such of justice (?) because the municipal judges are prone to be THE SWISH AND SEX • - ’ deportment Is permissible. These fields include such jobs more lenient to these people. In a case in San Francisco "" In many cases the swish adopts his mannerisms and dress All of these quotations point out sooie of the misconcep as interior decorator, hairdressers, and truck drivers. It a very nelly swish was standing before one of the roughest- because he feels that this will attract to him desirable tions that the ordinary hoiaosexual enjoys putting-at the undoubtedly seems strange to classify truch drivers into of^the hack justices; he had been charged with 'lewd con- door of the swish. But the truth of the matter is that this category of jobs that Is open to the swish but many of sex partners. This is anything but the truth, but he is
The preceedlng page was lifted from LIFE. The writers of that now-famous article were ill-informed when they tried to explain the reactions and reasons for the dress. Then too, we are not sure that the look on the man's face was one of disgust. was a paid model. The looks that he received as he paraded down Market SfPBet were those of interest, and fear. Fear that t h ^ s w i s h might just possibly say "Hello" in public. Thi^ is the now well known Cleo of the Haight Theater. As we progressed on to Civic Center,a doctor's convention was in progress, and frankly the out- of-towners did not even give our swish a passing glance. We tried many things attempting to get one of them to show some interest without any success. Those black eyes were not makeup* y
ó PAGE 8 '■r- ri PAGE 9 THE SWISH AND THE REST OF THE HOMOSEXUALS A TRIBUTE TO A SWISH It Is undoubtedly true that In many instances there Is r o v i n g It is not the purpose of the editor nor anyone else as^ IT’S YOUR RED WA60N W ANT i ^ S no knowledge of homosexuality except the swish as seen on soclated with the CITIZENS NEWS to be a moralist. We have IT'S YOUR RED WAGON.___ the streets. Recently in San Francisco, I happened to be an overabundance of these everywhere. It is our philoso Without exception all of the organizations in the Unit r e p o r t at Turk and Market at a crosswalk, on the other side of phy to "Live and Let Live." Or to quote a well known and ed States who are fighting for the rights of individuals to the street were two obvious swishes and about 10. others “““About the only non-alco JOB WANTED: Stockwork, clerl- highly respected writer, "Let him who is without sin cast engage In such practices as tjiey feel consistent with their holic place open in the day of less obvious dress. Two men were standing around to cal-25 wpm. Long time resi the first stone." ' . conscience are in dire need of funds to continue the fight time in San Francisco is a one side.’ Said one, "Look over there^ There Is always dent j 38 years old. ~Reg«dless how we^aay "feel regarding various facets of As many readers know, this editor spent considerable of little spot tucked aW^y be so much In the papers here about homosexuals and. there EX 2-9580 # 2 5 ______out particular society, individuals must be treated as in his o m funds Co promote-Chls-^auae.- Finally tween Market and Mission on are the first two that I have seen since I came here." At RENTAL TO SHARfe- Will share dividuals. the time when no more funds were availaBTeani everything ~2nd—Stxeet this, at least 10 people waiting along side us gave a ^ room cottaBB adjacent to To this end we want to salute one of the members of the had to be put on a commercial basis. Whether this change we say non-alcoholic we are look of surprise to the speaker. , j San Francisco. Car needed. swish of San Francisco: was for the good or not remains to be seen. not speaking of the opera So It is true that to the general publié: the swlph ^ $45.00 month. DE4-9951 Eve. In the United States there are a number of worthy or tor of the place, natura^y the homosexual population and provides a protective color NA^JR^ ^VEALED-See and Read TO JIMr' Thru all your difficulitics brought about by your ganizations fighting for the rights of the Individuals. In not because he is alcoholic ation for the less obvious types. Surely the homosexual;) how the 'Jother half lives" determination to live as you see fit you have remained ex many Instances they have weaknesses, but these weaknesses either. Anyhow the place is . who wants to bp unknown cannot object If someone does not in SUN AND SPORT - from Den actly as your are and want to be; are because of lack of participation of those who could af so packed on the weekends we recognize him as such. However It Is such as this at mark. Naturally illustrated. You have the respect of everyone with whom you have come usually go there in t\»e late object most vocally to the swish. financially and physically. “ Different copies $5.00 in contact for your honesty, forthrightness and integrity; The only way to speed up the surge toward sexual afternoon or for morning Different copies $10.00 THE DEFENSE OF THE SWISH You have stood against everyone for what you feel is the eratlon is to convert words into deeds. Neither thisjed" coffee break. There may be Rush order to: I cannot condemn the swish for his antics any more than right of a person to be what he Is and express it as such; few new faces about at such Central Sales I can condemn the fat lady who Insists on wearing chart You have attempted to moderate your appearance without time. naarf. ^ problem. We can all agree that something ' Bpx 42 - Dept CN reuse slacks on Main Street, USA; nor any more Chan I can sacrificing your principles of what you feel Is your inhér wfite°to^ ir®- bitching and do~it. v ® “““One of our San Francisco Baltimore, Maryland 21203 condemn the obese who insist on wearing bikini bathing wear ent right a s ^ n American citizen; . ite to the organization of your choice bars is in for some more pub on the beachesj nor any more than I can condemn the woman You have made no attempt to deceive anyone as to what We pay the postage-Oellvery th* “ donation. We-h«ve hea^d^" licity. This is the kind of guaranteed tn plain sealed who wears a hat In ~a theater; nor any .more., tjian ___I can con- you feel is right and honesA. the old deal that you don't want to become involved.This publicity that sometimes is envelope. demn those who sport leather and chains; nor any more .than Iclnda riirfing. jf- is giH te ^ m e r e l y a way of keeping your greenstufTlS-|iur i o c L On the facade of the City I can condemn any other sensation-seeker. at^ ^ f thi s ^ a - a - q u a s t i w ^ t h you-J:heiL«a buy a p o s S r i ^ long article and is label- For the swish Is as guilty of sensation-seeking as any Therefore the Editor and the Associate Editor salutes College Science Building: ~~ Jim Flynagan as a friend an^ as a person of Integrity and id r-PPuaa±es jin Boots."Which "The Truth Shall Make You- of these; is as guilty of poor taste as any of these; and Goldwater" on it. It's legal. «"try bar is this? Guess! as guilty of courting public scorn as any of thesnf and is honesty. The Editors Free." D.D. Your Golden Gat( And then another one of Girl as guilty of expressing his desires thru dress as any of f knowledge (ASK)Bor427fVancouver! local bars was quite dis these. now and then" by Pan-Graphic' tuned Inst Friday when they CLASSIFIEO-ADVERTlSING RATES: ■ ~ The exlstence-'of the swish would appear to-be far more NEW PUBUC'ATIONS Press (Owners are officers of' refused'service to one of the dqslrable chan the T Room' Queen and the Fark Queen. He the MaCtachine Society of SF). people who made the JoinV Non-Commercial -33c a line would appear to be far better adjusted than 'the married “ r i p ^ t k e t ’s^ e e i : ’s!^“ ;ancisco - Conmierc-lal -66c a line Either It Is summertime or It is a giveaway sheet of 4 “nntington Beach, California famous-this because he was man down the peninsula who Is straight except occasional! JANUS.SOCIETY, 34 South 17th_Street, Philadelohia Pa not carrying his ID CALL 9 8 6 7 5 4 3 3 or write to the world has suddenly gone pa^es 8^x11. Ac 40 He would appear to be happier than the~’person/'i^o cannot who needs it'. — THE CITIZENS HEWS, 471 literate because In the past In it we read that altho face his proclivities and reacts to them with violence °°°The?i_we have a letter from Minna. 'San Franc it______three months we have seen a the MatCachlne Review^¿s not brutality -towards his fellow man. Jim McGinnis, formerly of the E M P L O Y ^ T WAHTED-Experienc- birth of no lesss...Jhan four dead that it has not been published for four months. ®l^ok Gat. Jim is down in a ed, intelligent, nurseryman T THE SWISHxIS GUIÉTY publications, some good, some This publication predominate little boondock valley town or general maintenance '«.man The swish is guilty of several things: bad and some_indifferent, available imme. 752-8705 ly carries news of the Mat Los Angeles, California. »unset Blvd, and is teaching music to 'the 1. Of being a'homosexual.. ' 1, Alcho this Is not a o^oFrom Vancouver, British NEW BOOKS OF INTEREST crime Cachlne Society of SF. One, Inc., 2256 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles Calif. unsuspecting'. Invited me to any state ,in the Union, neither Is being a negro.^'^ut Columbia, Canada there Is Che Confessions of a ,re "““From New York there i-s- the ; a FROGHUNT and since 1 know suffering for the acts of a few of 'their kind and can ASK (Association for Social SIR (SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.Box 5526, San Francisco >e new look New York MatCachlne that one from long time Lack Prostitute...... i
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i j 0U8 PRESIDENT SPEAKS that we take firm, strong positions whenever the facts Fiom the Mettachine Society of Washington GAZETTE sonably permit us to do so without vlola<^ng Intellectua (Editors note: The views expressed In the following honesty and Integrity. ]]ff~^r movement Is to succeed, we colusn, a regular feature of the Gazette, are the must be prepared to take bold, positive positions on rele personal views at>H opinions of the President of the vant controversial matters, not negative, or wishy-washy Society; they do not, necessarily, reflect the views neutral ones. . of/the MattachineMr-*--*-'- "Society ■ of..... Washington.) We would be derelict In our responsibilities to conmun- Ity, to society, and to science, werq^we not to reject the image and concept of Inferiority of lAlch this Idea of There Is a strange reluctance on the part of thè hoiBophlle movement to take a stand on the question of sickness Is a part, and which society has done Its limoral whether or not homosexuality Is a sickness. best to Inculcate-Into us. Dr. Pomeroy, co-author of the Kinsey Report, put this aspect of the matter very well when Ts currently the fad. In our all-too-conformlst Aoclety, to term as sick any significant departure he stated In a recent address, that the Mattachine Society "will not accomplish (Its) role, as long as Its members be from ^he statistical norm. The homosexual conmunltv has, apparently, been so '^brainwashed" by such lieve the nonsense that soclq^ty has been saying about homo thinking that It actually takes It with sufficient sexuality for the past 150 years, or as long as they are weighed down by feelings of low self-edteem Induced by soc seriousness so that- the argument Is made that we should assume a neutral or agnostic position on the iety's attitude toward them. When you are called nuts and question until we have clear p^oof that homosexual npurotlcs and goofers by therapists. Immoral by the clergy, ity Is NOT a sickness. * criminals by lawyers and Judges, and perverts and child If nothing else -was made plain at our recent ECHO seducqrs by thè public, you need a special kind of faith - convention, the abysmally pohr quality and lack of In yourself and faith In your fellow men before the col validity of virtually the entire body of pyschlatrlc lective ego of the Mattachine Society can be healthy and effective." "\ and psychological research on this question became __ -Clearly -evldent-i Books have been written by psychla- Crlsts, posing as authorities, whose entire acoualnt- On most questions such as this one, a too-carefully .—r ance with the D^^sexual community came through the weighed, overly-cVJtlous, scientific rfeutrallty^' or no-pos- Itlon stand will be taken as a position of weakness and patients coming to them for help---an obviously atyp will be used to our'disadvantage ical and unrepresentative sampling. For these reasons of fact, of logic, and oi. strategy and In his recent, much-publicized book, "Homosexual ity", Bleger sets out, clearly, the weak position of tactics, I, personally, take the position that until and thejpsychlatrlc profession, when he says (emphasis unless clearly valid, positive evidence shows-otherwise, supplied: "All psychoanalytic theories ASSUME that homosexuality, per-se, is neither a sickness, a' defect, a adult homosexuality Is-- pathological.'! Obviously, disturbance, nor a malfunction of any sort. l>£.!l6ne assuines that-homosexual^y Is pathological, If ^evidence should show, conclusively, that this posi then one will discover tha~t homosexuals are sick,Just tion is in error, I shall give serious thought to leaving as," If one assumes that two plus two equal five, one the movement. I do not anticipate that I shall ever need to do so. Is likely to discover that three plus one equal five. In both Instances, the assumption requires proof be 1 strongly commend this position to the homophile move fore It can be seriously entertained. In neither In ment and to the homosexual community. stance la'such proof available, or apparently, likely, to -bscOlM!^ so.“ There seems to “he no valid evidence to Editors Note: Not only is the foregoing a statement to be show that homoseiniallty, per se. Is a sTckness. The considered seriously but it »is a statement that must be a slnq>le fact that'the suggestion has been made Is, In part of any move that is calculated to bring Into the big - f the absence of evidence, no reason for abandoning the homophlle world a majority oi—those affected. We do have view that homosexuality la not a sickness. some s19k homosexuals, in exactly the same proportion as " -- Our-movamant, -whether we— U k e 4t-to- be-so-br-noti--- the everyd*3jB'^or~ld«., Nq more, no less. Any emphasis on Is primarily one of a,Bolltlcal. public-relations,and mental -iTlhes.s on the part of the hompphlleionmp community is social-action nature, and only to a limited degree, a a reflection on our questioning our-Own mental^ stability. scientific one. In such a context it Is necessary The CITIZENS NEWS commends the President of the Mattachlne Society on this stand.
Infamous T Rooms of San Francisco will contain pictures and floor plans of the roost nocorioug, places of this type. Ah estiniate of the number of arrests made in them will be part of the .descriptions of these places. It will make an ideal gift or conversation piece. It will be ready for distribution is September. strait & associates 471 minna san francisco ■T
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Published every other Monday by Strait and Associates, A71 Minna, San Francisco, TELEPHONES: 986-5433 VOLUME i p California. Subscriptions ^ 0 0 per year mailed first class. 'Guy Strait, r ■ YU6-5433 Number 21 Editor, Harry d'Turk, Associate/Editor. Copyrighted. YUN-KIDD August 17,1964 ipaign On Homosexu^ism gPlTO lH A L- officials of Dade County standing Into the scene lh~ The Citizens News is a coranercial venturejdedicated to (Miami) Florida have confer Florida an organization has the principle of the freedom of the press. -_^ls paper is red on what they call "the emerged to fight to bigotry the only one of Its klnj in the United States wherein the growing problem of homosex of the State Attorney and ah proponents of sex freedom can expound their Ideas without uality." editor of the local newspap running Into the bugaboo of 'good taste'. As a newspaper State Attorney Richard ■. er, "The Guide." This or we are not at all concerned with 'good taste'<,->^We have Gerstein called a me'eting of ganization, The Atheneum Soc welcomed the advertlsments of-«jnany peoplev-^A great num the law enforcement officials iety of America, Inc., has ber of them could have^een considered In 'poor taste'. frqm_gjLiclj^the„new8 medla_of announced a/progfam of educ Our only consideration In accepting advertlsment--- Is--- tliat area were excluded. The ation for the state which Is whether or not -the advertiser'Is staying within the_law st¿b^ attorney said the ex to be devoid of the Impas In his advertising. As a practical guidq we have set the clusion of reporters was so sioned pleas for eradication San Francisco Chronicle as a model. / the officials could discuss of the problem (or homosex We have attempted to advertise, the Citizens" News In the matter freely. uals?) of that area. Irt a such papers as The Dallas MornIng^eira^The New Orleans "Those who doubt the, grow letter to the Citizens News Times Plcyaune, and the Chicago Trlbune-and have been ing seriousness of homosex the~Society has announced a uality and crimes connected turned down because the ads were Ip,'poor taste.' plan to publish "The Athen The Citizens-dJewB aifd Its pred^essor~the LCE News has with it need only to look eum Review" each month with around them. I do not want championed the right of a man to^o^fate his business as he factual news and views of sees fit without Interference from chose self-appointed and to get Into an argument with the organization. -Sqme of govermental appointed arbiters of good-^a^te and public mor those who see no increase In the aims of the organization ality. Over the years we have found that govermental arbi the problem. It Is a growing are: Legalization of sex acts ters of moral a are usually corrupt, bothjtjj mind and in the menace and we can't sweep It between consenting adults¡Le day to day conduct of their business. We have found that under- the rug. Life would galized prostitution; Change Indiyiduals and representatives of organfpatl ons who would not have devote^ so much of laws regarding narcotics; set cKbpselves up as arblcors of good taste leave more than space as it did to the prob Some forms of legalized gamb a littT-e to be desired. lem without Justification or ling and others. The Citizens 'News will defend the right of a man to live without an Increase in ser The address of the Athen as he sees fit so long as he does not Interfere with the iousness.", said States At eum Society IsrPO Jolt 2278, right of another to do likewise; The Gltlzens News will de torney Gerstein. Miami, Fla. ' fend the right of d business to operaCe-wlthfn Che law- as "The problem Is becoming they see fit so long as they do not l^nterfere with the right acute, "sa'ld. Gerstein, "Be of others to do llk^iWIse. This Is the credo of this paper. cause so many Juveniles are DEAR M R . The Citizens News will'accept advertisements from Indiv becoming involved. Their iduals and from businesses without any consideration of that lives are being ruined," he ANTHONY: ' elusive factor of "Good Taste.” said in a burst of inpompre- deny the freedom of the press to anyone. We feel abashed hensible words, "because when to know that some of our numbers who have In Che past been they are converted they use n so vocal In demanding the freedom of Che press and radio their knowledge to blackmail for themselves would deny It to others. We have a problem. We pub other homosexuals, they use Whether a matter is In "Good Taste" or in "Poor Taste" lish a newspaper dedicated tc it for an easy buck." Ob Is 'Bo concern of ours; If the Haight Theater goes broke In fun and a little seriousness. servers found It hard to un the next few days Is the business of -the owners only; That It is of interest to most of derstand how the youngsters^ the owners of the Haight Theater are from New York Is pot the sexual non-conformists of were ruining their llyes if our concern, for New York Is still the United'^States. our country. they were blackmailing\ the We relegate arbiters of taste to the same wastebasket other ones. ¿-as the arbiters of morality as unnecessary and completely In an attempt to get íMider Continued on P, 3 without merit. JONATHAN TOrcroE DEAR MR. ANTH0HÏ The Homosexual HE WAS NOT THAT WAY- MORE ABOVE: In H istory We distribute our paper Lord Boothby won a public vacation late in July, heard t>y We also send k large numb- thru the mails as well as a apology and a settlement of the rumors and in a letter to erjjf copies to various bars $112,000 from the nesrspaper Nm I I. Carde newstand or two. Then we the London Tlioes identified thruout the country. Some of The last'^Issue of the Citizens News published a brief J»hve a unique method of dls- that linked him with a sup them send us the money they himself as the peer-and deni review of a new book -- a biographical dictionary,called ' tributlon-we put the paper posed gangster and implied he PETER THE GREAT ' collect and others seem to ed all the Mirror's charges. 'from Jonathan to Gide. The review quoted extracts from in the bars that are some was homosexual-altho it never "The most notable quotation about Peter as a homosexual take it as a gift, thinking Boothby went to his lawyer . the biographies of Jesus and George Washington. Jonathan times frequented by some of mentioned his name. came from none other than Bismarck. In-^ book of court of course that we have an in and the settlement was reach to Gide has biographies of 300 outstanding people from these people. It Is on the "I am satisfied that any ed without Boothby filing a memoirs, Blsmark is quoted as saylngj'.'*"nere have., been exhaustable source of Income Jonathan in Biblical times to Gide .in the 20th Century. honor^'ayateer and strangely Imputation of an improper clever warriors amongst the homosexuals--Alclbiades, We know that we are going to court action for libel, altho - The Homosexual in History lists approximately SO of enough about 75% pay twenty nature against Lord Boothby he had threatened to do so. Caesar,.Peter the Great and many Turkish sultans, whose be forced to stop sending the the most Important men in classical Greece including So five cents for the paper. is completely unjustified," names I forget— but never a diplomat of distinction." paper to those places that do lon, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Xenophon,etc.(Writ r ‘ There may be 5% who put, a said Cecil King, chairman of not remit, so that is no big ers, philosophers, statesmen, soldiers...men who've In In the 19th Century, everything from musician to indus nickel or a penny In the the International Publishing problem. Co., proprietor of the Dally fluenced the world. trial tycoon... slot after watching to see and Sunday Mirror. t h a ^ o one is looking. Then Mr. Anthony,one of the big Boothby, a life peer, pop HENRY HARD BEECHER there is a group who, with reasons that paper gets ular television conaentator SOLON "Beecher's best known homosexual attachment was in his suits and ties usually, who mallqd around Is that some, of and author, thus won a quick "It is interesting to note that the humane ethical and youth, while in preparatory school at Amherst and later at are worldly. They know there our readers are supersensa- tlve to being on a mailing- victory by openly, challenging - social reforms of this practical Athenian Homosexual pol- college, and Involved'Constantlne Fandolaik, a Greek or is very little chance of be rumors about him. Itih^an preceded by half ¡a century the earliest of the phan brought to the United States for his education by ing called down for not pay list and are afraid of being They began with the publi preachings of the religious and semireligious Great Tea- American phllantrhopists." ing and therefore they do^jiot spotted. Of course this does cation in the July 12 Sunday -ehers."------1______bother with such mundane con- not worry them when the go Mirror of a front-page story And so torth up till the 20th CeiiLuiy. sidérations as coin o f " the to the tubs, to the bars, or ----Tn RruMn tlmefi Hannibal. Julius Caesar,Virgil, Saint realm. to a wild , wild beach .____It about an unidentified peer whose "name is a househ^d Augustine.... ■ <- This is really not so bad does not worry them when they ^word." It said the peer had ERNST ROHM -German m ilitary leader except the Editor is going oh send off for some pictures in contacts with,.an underworld — --"Augustine'a inclusion among homosexuals Is based on "The formal accusations against Rohm and those arrested a forced diet. hopes'orgetting some 'inti character mixed up in London some extensive passages in the Confessions about his with him centerecT oiT their hofflosexual actlvltles ,
To announce its.incorpora tlon a s A non-profit organlz An ex>minlsCer was found atlon dd^cated to service Innocent of possessing ob for the Community, SIR, (Soc scene literature here because iety for Individual Rights) the state did pot show he had held a buffet-beer party on It for purposes of exhlbltlra July 24th,at the Falstaff dissemination or sale. vy Brewery, 500 Hampshire Street In freeing Lloyd Ronald San.Francisco, Califomla.The Bream, 64, the Judge said: party featured dancing and "The opinion of this court prizes, and It was with re Is that under the law the gret that such a good time possession (of obscene lit had to end so early. erature) for personal grati Representatives of the fication alone Is not enough Mattachlne Society, Daugh- ' to be In violation of this ters of Bllltis, The Citi statute. zens News, The California "The basis of Ohio Supreme Motor Club, The Tavern Guild Court decisions Is that the The^ljLde. Foundation, and the state must prove that a per Continentals,and other groups son possesses the obscene were present,making the first material, for ... a guilty . . . purpose Successfulvsocial function at luch ^ exhlbltloiuLdJ^min-all homo^ atlon otsetllng, or having phlle groups In the area the intent to do that. found social harmony. Judge Weber added that he felt the state had failed to *’°°Asked whqt T Rooms are prove anything more than per infamous, Tl^ Senator dis sonal gratification in the closed that Jie_bqpklet, case In question. "Infamous T Rooms of San A 17-year-old boy picked Francisco" will Include such up by police last March was places as The Ensign, The carrying an obscene photo- Fox, The Big E, The Blue wa VLet-. At one l^PPy> Wllles Cafeterria,Air point he said he had been Lines Terminal, Macys,^elh- given the photograph by Mr. ste^s, etc., e t c . _ ___ Bream; at another he claimed he had'Stolen It. 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THf Amarlc« is becoming Increasingly avare of homosexuality w d is at loss as to how to approach the sl'tutation. It is segment of thé s/m^hst sbhors homosexusllty even more debatablej as to whether homosexuality Itself is increas than the ordinary^Itlsen. ing or not. Some of the modern-day symbols of homosexual °°°So far as we ojn see there is no connection between the ity are being misinterpreted. The chief misunderstanding S&H* We can s e ^ a connectibn between appears to be in the matter of costuming. the bike riders and the wearing of M a c k laather. Altho a Let us not be so Anorant of fact that we cannot realise considerable element rf the black leather wearers do own that a ntimber of-people assume a dress or a stance to conm- M d ride motorbikes, there is an extremely large group who do not. ensate for the loss of self expression that is brought upon us by the atomic age. " ®“®The wearing of leather is an expression of.masculinity But costuming is not new with this age. When America that is ordinarily missing in the day-to-day life of the was largely rural there was the Saturday night bath and a warers. As we have seen in the case of the wearing of liberal dose of hair oil for the farm-boy to go into town drag, the expression of masculinity or feminity has little and become a romeo; There was the milk white Stetson for a or no bearing on the sexual expressions of those Involved. cowboy who wenc bare-headed most of the time. Now the TV m COWIWY.-The i M g e created by the boots and Stetson is addict will believe that this •costume' was «tie day-to-day wear of the cowpoke. I evidently intended to be similar to that of leather but is is without the connotation. «However it would probably Before we became so highly mechanized it was not uncom-" mon for a manly species to take to the dirty dishes'and be shock the wearers of this gïÎb to know that the favorite a help meet for his wife. Now this is effeminate. But by hobby of the real cowpoke, was that highly masculine pastime some strange twist of the American mind it is not masculine of knitting and tatting; "Tatting" being the making of for the wife to don the husbands pants and shirt and take laces. The expression of masculinity by wearing of leather to th^_chore of lawn-mowing. There would appear to be some or Stetsons can have no sinister connotation-any more than _misunderstending ot the roles ot che man ^nd~ wniiMTr in -,tha can the wearing of laces and satins unless the observer is skepcical Of his own tiaacullnltv.— ^------^ _ minds of all America, it is not limited to thi“hbBiMMuars of our country alone. OTHER œSTUMES The need for projecting an image that is not a reality °®“More than one man has Joined the United States Marine is realTy quite common: ------Corp^ to^ssure himself of his masculinity and at the same time allow himself to express his dssire for recognition THE LACE:-There is a segment of our population who would be in the blue and red uniform of the USMC. comfortable in the dress of the opposite sex-ln drag. Drag “““Thousands of Americans each year take on the costume of is hardly new to our country. In the southern states the the Shrine for the purpose of expressing themselves there-' protestant churches have~onîy recently^rtven uir-the 'wonana by-in fez and bloomers. less wedding." This was used as a fund-raising gimmick. It There is no small .percentage of the Knights of Columbus had-.bridesmaids, brides, matrons of honor, and maids of and the Rights of Pllhlas who long for the plusms and the honor-all men. saber rattling in orler to assure themselves of their man “°°The entertainment world has been using drag as a gimnick hood thru the romance of the times long past. for many years. The notable examples of this of course are “““The wearing of boots and Stetsons by the politicians of Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Jack Lemmon, and now with his next the south and west has no more sinister connotation than picture, Elvis Presley. There cannot be a connotation of does the wearing of these traps by lesser people. homosexuality with^this costume. It is Illegal in many of “““If the wearing of leather and lace has a sinister con.-^ our states. In California there is no specific law cover notation then so does the stetsons of the two candidates ing this but it is sometimes prosecuted under section 650^ for the Presidency. of the California Penal Code: “““If the wearing of drag has any connection with sex/ac^ tlvity then we are at loss to explain why so many cartoon - - - - INJURIES TO PERSONS, PROPERTY, PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH AND Ists insist on depicting national figures in women's cost- — DECENCY; FALSE IMPERSONATION FOR LEWD PURPOSES.-A person ume. . - who...with intent o^ accomplishing any lewd or licentious “““If the wearing of the clothing df the opposite sex has purpose, whether sudh purpose is accomplished or not,per any bearing on masculinity or femininity then we are comp-^ sonifies any person dtjier than himself.. .for which no lettly at loss as to what has happened to the womanhood of other punishment is expiressly prescribed by this code, is our country. ' guilty of a misdemeanor. “““Of course, on the other hand, if a person has the right to wear whatever he sees fit without regard to what our It goes without saying that this statute is unconstitu Big Brother in the National capltol. State Capitol and in tional in that it is so vague that it could Cover almost City Hall might think then we shall again be happy to say any type of human activity. Nevertheless many people are that this is indeed the land of the frea and the home of annually charged and convi^ed under thi^/Saw. the brave. ‘’““That a person will don ohe dress-lj.i<^e opposite sex appears to have very little cSnnectlon with his sex pro clivities. It certainly has nothing to do with the sex act of homosexuals, for by a recent survey almost 85% of the drag queens are either disinterested in the sex act But then even we are or will serve only as Insertor in a sex act.
THE LEATHER:-Another facet of costuraery that^ has recently come to the attention of the public is the wearing of black leather. Thlj^ls associated with motorbike riders soj^etimes mistaken and by indire S You remember Bonnie who born elsewhere.) The picnic tha^^xceedingly straight ROVING REPORT was down on Moss Beach .About onnunlty of Sausallto is was at the Tick Tock? Now she is in Los Angeles but the TT AROU^DTOE WORLD IN 68 WAYS 40 or 50 of the régulât Cust another matter« is still going strong with The^^ell me that Fanny omers of the Shack made the To our readers who might good back bar operator. Spellman in New York Is doing trip. We.left early and the remember San Francisco when Naturally Ruthle is still some red-^at flipping about a traffic back was rough. The she did not have religion and at the Cherry 6veek Tav#m, newspaper that he picked up Hula Shack was supposed to was called 'Frlsco-Sausallto and she is on hand to greet that had gory tales of murder reopen at 7 that nl'gbt but is no longer the Queersville, one and all with that famous and rape. Seems as if I may the staff did not get there USA of Mortimer fame. Now smile and welcome..... remember a book in that man's til ten...Too big a time on they have become affluent and B.O.X. The Denver Terror library that has such stories the beach to be worried about are merely eccentrics and 'of also. Fanny called on his business. And Colonel Fits- the artsy craftsy set. listeners to band together to gerald was in no shape to rid the newstands of such tend to business. The l'est SUBSCRIBE literature. Poor fellow, he of the celebration wenti over DENVER--- NOW-THIS just can't get used to free with a bang or two. Denver is swinging with a dom of the press. He was a °Do you really suppose that goodly assortment of very PAPER MIGHT little disturbed because such what they say about Herb Caen fine people either passing GET TOO HOT books as Fanny Hill and The is really-true? There are thru enVoute-tb the West or Tropic of Cancer can be sold some who Insist that it is! on their way to the Fair. A in most parts of the free _ °°°The auctions for the bene heck of a lot of them come world (not including Los An fit of the Mattachine Society here each year to spend a geles of course). With some of San Francisco continue and week or so with us. Th e Hub sense of humor he could easi .Lwo more are now scheduled: At the Court Jester there ly see that those four letter August t7-Golden Cask Is-AlwAys Auntie Helen (our 7864 Santa Monica Blvd. words lost their popularity August 24-The Rendezvous. -own Auntie Marne). She is with the publication of The The idea of these affairs one of our prize possessions Tropic and that Fanny Hill Pr«<;'<^clng is to have' the Coniminlty buy and is really a swell,gal. A is one of the most comic of treasures that someone has mother to us all, she still books to be publisl^ yet. thrown out as junk, Tgs the greatest collection JDpens 3 pm The above picture appeared in a recent °“°We had a visitor in the purchasers have also -come of off-color jokes this side office from Dublip>>last week away with some bargains,for of the Rockies. With Glen "If your lover is driving CN. Ourinformants said the who told us of the action in instance One of the Select / behind the bar the place is you to drink-come here" Doy^pictured above was .a-girl.. that 'dear land beyond the bought a dress that will be su7e to-pleased _ Irish Sea.' Seems as if the seen on Halloween. So far Church has sent The Legion of these affairs have raised ,er Left-For several davR t.hp Mary into the T Rooms of Dub About $1200 itus sex of J. in JO try to convert some '‘““There is a lot of talk in m i rn question. of the offenders to the faith] the clty^f the lack of big I S A and attempt to get- them to It '. butter and egg men from the PULL-0V68> Left Current advertisement from give upjheir evil ways. We east missing so far this '64 THE ‘Levi are surprised to know that but the recent days lead us "ORLON"* j--. Strauss-The world is confused the Legion of Mary also op- to believe that they were has perates in this country with ust waiting for—the dust to SWEATER "Can’t tpTTcome to such ""a passoasR that you 'fallen women' but not amon^ settle after'the GOP. Now THAT the same type they are con we have the Beatles and the JACK ProLL " players without ^ centrating on in Dublin. blue is so busy with them,as Seems as if the Irish have well as our friends on Fill (NICKLAUS) very little of the nelly blue more that they rarely have BUILT rnneentrating In that area. ime for anything, but ticket “““Then there is the case of writing and towing away. the 6th Street Bar in San “““Some questions are always Pretty smooth: Francisco that attempted to in the air about the Haight this crisp and make it and still may do so Theater. We will be among casuai denim but -not with-the best- wishes the,Xirst_ to. admit that they Of nylon and cotton, of the people wbo turned it have gotten more than their stylod in on. T share of publicity. Whether sioek-fitting “““We went to the picnic that it has done them good or bad stretch pants. was given as part of the big remains to be seen. The ac Comlortabte^' celebration for Chuck's birth tion there the other night too... ready for a hike NLXT L&SUE: at the Hula Shack (The cele when thè young toughs come o ra bration was there-Chuck was over the Golden Gate. ■ from horseback ridel The magazine section of Loden graSnT THE CITIZENS NEWS reveals EVERYTHING FOR REMODEIIN'G navyor the coming figlit for the whito. 8-16. gay dollar.. Easy care combined with dramatic, new fashion boldness 10.95 in an action design by Jack Nicklaus. Result... this hand B ’" some, virile V-'neck pullover of lOOT« "Orion”. Slip into it today. You’ll agree it feels as great as it looks, + broke,why not'make » ITVO S t. J.BORG and actually improves with each (aut^atiej washing. D ^he representative of The 1 a.m. weekends Wear it over turt*€^ncck, knit or sport shirt, it’s a new '«ill have some COMPANY sweater each time. Yours in a choice of seven dramatic trouble, but you will make money" LEO’S HENS. SHOP $14.95 ■ M A 6 1535 3175 17THST. 968 HUIET “ °1 1 ^ '' «oce4c(fUfA WANT ADS seduction. If one nmans that s o u t í Tnof s a n f r a n c i s c o RATES!Cooiuercla 1-66c a line apartments and dinner guests WHAT ABOUT LIFE? ^ or to be a dinner guest if heterosexuality Is 'the nat Gentlemen: PleasejtoHfy me d o w n s a n t a c r u z K y Roving Report Non-Coomerclal -33c a line DALLAS ural' and homosextiallty 'the CALL YU 6-5433 or write to the Job picture is not too without delay the*'^rt you I < A new spot has hit Dallas good. unnatural,' then an exper- played In the LIFE report. ROVING IN LOS ANGFLEs ' Citizens News,471 Minna,San with some of Che town's fav-, Juanita and B.J-.-From OKC ilance of the natural should To th« casual visitor to Francisco. California orltes as owners and bartend have evqry chance of making Down in Los Angeles there JCJ-Miami San Francisco It would ap at Ben Lomond there is the Is a fight for the afterhours NATUkE REVEALED—See and read ers. Joe and Tex are long the hoiBosexual heterosexual, Highland Court furnishing STOCKHOLM Dear JCJ; Please be advl'sed pear that the North Pole Is coffee business In some cir how the "other half lives" time residents and the Numb Despite the Swedes rela while the heterosexual's ex ^ery comfortable lodging to that we had no part whatso only a few miles away« The cles. Not so with either the In Sun and Sport-From Den ers «(the name of the Joint) tively open view of sex,Hen- periences of the unnatural the tourists. Lou and Bill, mark. Naturally Illustrât- is doing fine with an ImoM- , should have less chance of ever In the LIFE report. We weather In The Queen City of Hideaway or Anna's for they ' nlng ' Pallesen, a Swedish the owners of this establish ed. influencing his 'natural were asked for an Invetvlew the West Is almost always In go on about their business as diate success. newspaperman and radio pro- 1 ment are well known In some 3 different copies $5.00 - The Centaur at 2237 Cedar drives' and making him homo and declined the Inquisition the chilly 60's. But only a usual despite the rumors on ducer, has felt the need of of the favorite haunts of San 7 different copies $10.00 with little grace.gra The Ed few miles away it Is not at Holl3Twood Boulevard that they Springs is about the most writing a book in which he sexual." Francisco and know how to Rush order to: itor all uncommon to find sunner are closed. Regardless what popular spot In town. demands greater tolerance to make the tourists feel at Central Sales ^Si^e those two Chicago temperatures of 100 with the the rumor is on the Boulevard wards homosexuals. He says home. Box 42, Dept CN nights still very comfortable we have been assured that the boys came down here for some that homosexuality Is the IMPOSTER These places are located Baltimore, Md. MEN or THE In the TO^'s. place on Sunset-Anna's- la excitement and got national most serious minority problem so as to provide a we^end or 21203 Most of the coast cities not closed nor likely to be publicity at the expense of in Sweden: "The problem is """Clear the air-That young TWILIGHT ZONE longer outing for residents such as Monterey and Carmel- with the big cleanup-palntup We pay the postage-delivery other residents there has not being homosexual but be |man who Is making the rounds An Interesting and Informa of San Francisco as well as guaranteed in plain sealed **y”bhe-Sea are well known to that is In-progress. The new been a lot of unnecessary DFD ing allowed to be one." in Kansas City, Omaha, and tive booklet discussing the others visiting the area. envelope. the visitors but some of our management has assured the CN activity By referring to Kinsey, I now Dallas Is not the Editor gay-male. Also has personal Still going down the San JOIN THE S.P.C.Q. ^------best vacation lands are held that the former patrons who One of thé weekend activi Pallesen stresses that the of this paper. Do not cash ads. Also other Interesting^ Lorenzo Valley there is the Anqua^l membership card now only for the long-time resi Were plll|wppers,pushers or ties at Dallas Is popping,ov his checks (This engllsh is Infqrmatlon. Send $1.00 tc’ world famous nudist park at number of persons who have dents of California. hustlers are persona non gra available. No privlledges, er to New Orleans for a day homosexual interest is rath always confuslng-Do not cash j DEPARTMENT C Los Altos and the begonia Just send $1.00 to join the Such places as Boulder ta in that establishment.The or so and one of Che^favorite er small. However, about the checks of the young man ROOT • ■«« Mil gardens at Capltola. At the Creek, Brookdale, Ben Lomond, place Is decorated In a sort Society for thé Prevention spots there is the Regents half the population can be vAo is posing af the Editor . ctiivm cirr. ouir. largest towp In this area Is Belton are often visited Paree atmosphere with of Cruelty te^Queens. All Row operated by John Emerauld described'as blsexual-that islof the paper) Some would say the boardwalk at Santd Cruz. by the'old-timers but escape the new addition of a "Can money will be spent on the ofthe Canal Street Club. persons who can be sexually |that'you should not even cash la at Santa Cruz that the attention uf iiewuuisera Can Room a underprivlledged. 471 Minna "Out Where The West Be the checks of the man who Miss California Is chosen attracted to both sexes even and tourists because they are "Things, are 'confused in LA San Franelscoî- gins". Fort Worth, things are the Mltor. each year. Persons who do tho they slmosr alway.s re- I content merely to cater to with o'ne place being notified ROMANS HAS APARTMENTS,HOUSES mighty quiet. The Celebrity Anyhow this joker Is an not have sufficient time to fuse to admit It -their present clientele. The that Maybe ni n e In evidence for rent or least. Furnish Room was about the only thing To gain inflight Into the ¡Imposter. He Is about 6'2", cruise the Sequoia National charm of these areas cannot will be enough to close the ed and unfurnished. Houses there of interest and alilce Iwue eyes, black hair, 175#, Forest can see some of the U v e a of homosexuals. Pallet be overstated. ThetP Is sun place and other owners being and flats to share. YU6-5433 Wyatt Erp has been golKg by sen decided to Identify him [about 25, with a southern big trees by _going south on shine, sw,lamlng and a|l _ t h e notified that their customers HUGE FLAT FOR RENT-3 bdrmJT' there a lot In recent months self with thra. ^ h result accent. The Editor Is not State Highvray 9 ^ r u the San other interesting Indoor and could wear almost anything. garage flat on Oak Street, we heai^ that It Is closed. old frlends^(ips calse to an [at all like that and Is: 5'5" Lorenzo Valley and make thel The outdoor sports. Unfum. Suitable 2 or 3 men Mlller-Your Texas Ranger [wt 165, red eyes, greying trip very enjoyable. "Pershing Square is going abrupt end or died In a coi At Brookdale Lodge there Call MA6-3595 for appmt. splclous silence. [hair, about 100, with very SHACK San Franciscans can enjoy to be as square as the City is a fine restaurant_and some VERSATILE YOUNG MAN-Hlre me“ “ Pallesen was most aston little accent. In fact he these areas by driving only Fathers can make it. Altho i 1 •77 FOLSOM SU 1 MSI of the most changing people and get a House painter,bar ished when a couple-the par I looks exactly like a retired miles are so on a day lone resident attempted to OKLAHOMA CITY In northern C a n fomia. Also‘ off, have a lie-down strike he was tender , masseur,model, dance Bob Keith and Sherman Me ents of two teen-age boys vice cop. Sorry girls, if ja hauled o f f^o the lockup with teacher,chauffeur, companion Carty have purchased The—Cl1 and a teen-age girl-told him you have any of that paper nary a photographer on the and many ocher trades. que from Juanita and Bobby they no longer welcomed his I that you can't cash. But we site. By now the cranes have W i l U ^ R e n o -583 - 2 783 Jean and have been ^pldly frequent visits. Pallesen also must send our condol- lifted all the"seats away APARTMENT-FOR RENT=Unfurn,3 ' ^making improvements; Busi could not understand that thejences to that poor guy who from their moorings and this bedroom,2 bath,pool in liv ness Is good with a marked parents regarded him as a [put him up for two weeks in place Is to become a victim ing room for 2 or three bach Increase in customers.. threat to their sons when hejKansas City to find out that to the attempt to make Los elors. “Upper Market. $225. The Black Cat has reopen had never been considered hlmjhe was not exactly what he Angers Into a haven for the Call evenings MA 6-0593 ed under new management and dangerous to their daughter. |seemed. But then,all was fort^ate contractors to get D. YOUR GOLDEN GATE GIRL is doing well.______As to the dangers of homo[not lost-just the radio and rich quick. ' says:. In grammar school I Lee'S' Lounge is g^lñg full sexual seduction,' Pallesen jn little cash.. ^ e surffers are now in was taught,.."An idle mind is blast and everyone there is quotes a leading Swedish Tex- the Devil's Workshop. evidence at Santa Monlea,La having a ball. pert cm sexual behavior ftho JoooYhe young old crowd from guna, and Hermosa Beaches.At NOVELTY BUTTONS FOR SALE....' As usual, there is the^ an says:"' "If there was any the H'Hunters will be happy nual migration to California truth to the statement about Redondo there is a little- of "Equality for Homosexuals" & [to know that Chuck Is rejoin the rougher efement on the the famous CORE sign of eq- ~from Oklahoma and they a 11^ being seduced into hpmosqx-^ jlng Carlos at-the Chuckker.He M l LMMTHOUM AVL say they are going to cal|: MONTntlY beaches. *Jsl (—). Both in lavender uallty, one could prescribe [has been gone for some time and white. Just the thing for on Roman's in San Francisco that ail homosexuals should The bar business continues I now. to be erratic with packed and party favors. 25c each or and Los ágeles for Johs, be exposed to heterosexual panting one night and "dead for 50c or 7 for $1.00. and stinking the next.--- - Randy Wicker-1133 Broadway, ^ i g h t and Davld--^-. suite 516. New York, N.Y. THE STRAIGHT i HAIGHT THEATER Infamous T Rooms of .San Francisco will contain pictures and floor plans of the mosr^torlous Pla&is -of this, tjrpi. An estimate of the number ^>^«sCs made In them will be part of the descriptions of these places. It will m k e an ideal gift or conversation piece. It will be ready for distribution is September. Strait & a sso cia te s______471 minno ______san francisco in the Sky'!* v You are going to have to guess which one ROVING.REPORT of the places it is. '"’“ T h e y tell me that things °®®At the ^^J3ak there was a are not too good down on little consternation among a Sansome since their dear group of visitors from the friend Herb Caen gave them ilAR (United Arab Republics), the shaft* ^ for lo,and behold,there- in °°°Can you imagine the aud the ceiling was the star of acity of ¡the Edgewater?They ;Davld, a symbol not very actually thought that M* popular in the UAR* Caen was writing about them They retired outside to recently when it is cotnnon hold a conference* Since a knowledge that the Y is by guide was the only English far a more popular place speaking one of the crowd,and with the commercial travel besides it was one of the ler* most famous places on the ^ “Cal Reach formerly of West Coast they went back in Dallas and Houston is now the place-Where it was found in our city with a couple chat they spoke enough Eng of the prize examples of lish to get along, after all* Texas stock* °°° Down on the Embarcadero a “““Want a good meal on the change j^as been-announced by Inexpensive side? We can Don's Restaurant in the open reccommend "The Cairo", a ing hours* Formerly it wel restaurant upstairs be comed business at 5 PM but tween Market and Misson on DrMMd atware (left) Robert and Bruca effective Immediately they 9th Street* Not fraternity will be open from 10 PM till but good food, 5 am* The murals there pro “““Speaking of good food,we Eight Held in ‘Orgy’ Raid gress rapidly and some sket were out at the Mule the ches are on the ceiling. New other night and had a damn The San Francisco Police the act of Caking an injec personnel are all over the good steak* There is al P^actne nc haa stepped up tion when the officers -walked plac£.______ways a little waiting but thVir drive against narcotics in. °°°Michelle won his house at it was worth while* and in a recent raid on some The SFPD has increased Che the Jumpin' Frog within a “““That doggie place there of the users and pushers came activity against narcotics few seconds after he went at Market and Powell does upon a party where some of and has Increased the number 'on stage'* We have seen a have its troubles* First the participants were wearln'g of officers in Chat depart lot of his shows but this someone vrent off with a drag.~ ment CO such an extent that one had a.new flavor. With table top and now someone Eight were arrested in the a great ^number.^f arre.sts are out his dearly .beloved whip is planning to bring suit raid by the sex detail who *' being Uiaiie dally-* ping boy, Jose of the Cat,he under the new Civil Rights had. information that an orgy The three men who were in gave put with entertainment Bill* It seems that they was in progress at 395 Eddy drag were unemployed female and memories that brought, a insist that they have the Street* One of the accused Impersonators * tear to the eye '•St~ more tKan right to refuse service to is an 18-year-old who was in one and titters and belly- people so they did the laughs for almost two hours* other day and efforts are ATHENEUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. '’““You all know how the edi being made to bring C0H£ tor of this rag likes to A NON PROFIT SOCIETY OEOICATCD TO EDUCATIONAL RC5CAACM and NAACP into the pict^e* manufacture nick-names for “““Late scooptWe get word / POST OFFICE BOX 2278 some of the places hereabout- of & new place that is to miA mT FCóñiB*“33ioi‘ but Jack Gamer the 'gitar' open with a'big attempt to bartender came up'with one be made to capture the old In Miami,Florida the -re the other day. that was - by Jack's Waterfront and BC cently formed Atheneum Soc The society advocates far the tops - "The Toilet Crowd* iety, whose aim is to "bridge adoption of the Model Penal the gap between the homosex Code as drawn up by the Amer ual and the heterosexual soc ican Law Association and has ieties" by collecting inform GET YOUR been adopted in a modified ation on homosexuality and form by the state of Illin containing it, has turned ov ois. It permits homosexual er to the State Attorney's ^relations between consenting office its file on porono- Adults in private* LAVENDER graphy and othai^data* the collection of porono- Richard A* Tnman, the cor graphy* poration's president did so BAEDEKER The,subpoena was Issued in response to a subpoena or after State Attorney Gersten dering him to appear and turn received a letter from Inman A GUIDEBOOK over the membership and mail explaining the Atheneum Soc ing lists of the organiza iety's goals and stating the tion* > TO ALL THE same letter would go to half strait & associates "We refused to comply be the homosexuals in Dade Coun INTERESTING cause we consider it an inva 471 ^minna ty- sion of privacy under Article PLACES Inman explained that the san francisco I of the Constitution," said homosexuals would receive the IN THE U.S.A. Inman, who did refuse to turn letter by distribution in a over the requested-lists al number of hangouts and not though he gladly turned over through any mailing list. $3.50