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More invitations than can be longer be criminal under a pro- ably are today," the A CL U policy The Supreme Court, probably filled easily come from church posed revision of Michigan's crimi- statement said, "in the vast stretch- . unwillingly and through the default groups, radio and television stations nal laws. The revision has been es of government service, men and, of lower courts and society as a and men's fraternal organizations advocated by a 60-memb.er com- women who perform their duties whole, seems to have become the {where' Polak, at least, reports just mittee of judges, lawyers, police competently, and in their private chief source of moral legislation, about the only major resistance to officials and clergymen who had hours engage in different kinds of albeit legislation by court decree, what he has to say. "After all," worked with a jurisprudence com- sexual activity-- without any harm- in America today. That's an un- he explains, "they join the Shriners mittee of the State Bar' of Mich- ful impact on the agency that happy state of affairs, but a state specifically to assert their mascu- igan. According to the chairman of employs them." that those who believe in a measure linity-their fezzes and sequined the committee, Circuit Judge -Special to Drum less of official restraint of matters gowns not withstanding." Horace W. Gilmore, the proposed sexual can profit from. At year's end, the Society's legal revision would represent the first Washington: The Senate has The Court seems to be taking batting average stands one won wholesale change in Michigan's voted to keep the private Iives of the position that something some- (Val's Bar)' one lost (Boutilier's de- criminal laws since pre-Civil War Federal employees private. Legisla- where is probably obscene and that portation case) and one still up for days. A primary aim of his com- tion that would ban requirements they would know it if they saw it, grabs (the test of Miami's antiho- mittee, Judge Gilmore explained, that Government job applicants but they just haven't seen any real mosexual bar ordinance): was to bring the law in tune with submit to questioning about sex, obscenity in a long time. They also If the number of paperbacks and mores and social attitudes in Mich- religion and personal relationships found, in the famous Connecticut magazines (let's not call them "nud- igan today. was passed and sent to the House. birth control decision, that sex, ist") containing photos of male Other laws that would be done Under one exemption to the the hetero kind at least, can be had nudes is any indication of a social away with are those which make privacy measure, the Central In- for pleasure alone. change, the statistics must speak for it a crime to incite Indians to telligence Agency and the Federal Network television discovered themselves: Trojan Book Service re- violate a treaty with the United Bureau of Investigation would be that there is sex in the sixties (the ports no less than 60-and proba- States, using the name of a former permitted to use lie detectors and 1960's, that is) and that there are • bly closer to 75-paperbacks with president to advertise liquor and psychological tests during job in- even homosexuals. Hollywood via primarily or exclusively male homo- dueling. terviews--provided the director or no less a star than Marlon Brando sexual themes were copyright in -The Detroit News, Sept. 7 his aide found the tests were re- also discovered homosexuality- 1967 and, which ever figure be ac- quired to protect national security. almost. There was no prediction as to curate, the total is at least twice New York. City: The American The love that dare not speak its that of 1966. Magazines containing Civil Liberties Union, charging that the bill's possible success in the name spoke it in at least 1,964 male nudes numbered lessthan 100 there is "widespread harassment House. newspaper and magazine articles in 1966 and were so numerous as to and intimidation of homosexuals," -New York Times, Sept. 15 during the 12 months ending No- be uncountable in 1967. has advocated, in a policy state- vember 30, 1967 -an increase of Year's end is traditionally a time ment, that laws penalizing homo- London: Writes Gillian Free- 10% over the previous 12 month's for predictions. Surveying the sure- sexual conduct between consenting man: "I did some research on ho- 1,785-a tabulation of the number fire unpredictability of 1967, how- adults should be abolished. mosexuality and a national news- of clips received through Drum's ever, the only reasonably safe bet The ACLU also rejected .the paper asked me if I would gather clipping service indicates. is to say, like the weather, change is position of the Federal Govern- together a group of homosexuals to Homophile leaders throughout inevitable and we're going to have ment that evidence of homosexual talk uninhibitedly about the (pass- the country report heavy demands plenty of it. conduct was sufficient to class an age of the Wolfenden) Bill. The re- o rn sultant assembly were all agreed a public advisory committee will and high school classes, a group of southeast Alaska coastal city were that it would have little or no hold public hearings on the rec- experts gathered on the North- indicted by a special grand jury on effect on them personally since ommended changes. western University's campus and charges of procuring and operating they had never made love other -San Francisco Chronic/e, Ju- told each other how they were a house of prostitution. The chief than in private and they weren't ly 13 doing with their individual sex .pleaded innocent to the charges. pederasts. What they did feel was classes.Said one: instruction about i-The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, that to a very small degree they GREECE sexual techniques should be strictly Sept. 17 avoided on the ground that "such would be relieved of social stigma The regime which ousted Chry- which would make it easier, not so sostomos during an anti-homosexu- talk implants desires to experi- San Francisco: In response to a much for them, but for their par- al purge (Drum 25) conducted the . ment." growing volume of complaints, po- ents were they to know the truth. purge with little open display of Said another: "You can't in- lice swept through the Tenderloin All felt that whereas their fathers force. It did not go in for mass clude birth control information" district and arrested 23 prostitutes would be shocked and take it, roundups and arrests. Soldiers or and another: "Sex without respon- and 14 male homosexuals "dressed egotistically, as a reflection on their police would merely corner some- sibjlitv is wrong because it leaves as girls." The homosexuals were own virility, mothers would be one alone at night, beat him severe- out the commitment." charged with trespassing-into the more sympathetic and understand- ly in an alley, then let him go. On homosexuality: "All of us lobbies of hotels whose managers ing. One mother who did know Cru ising was stifled with an edict were once homosexual. As we grew had complained. Both homosexual :. had accepted the situation uncriti- forbidding overnight guests with- up we grew away from that. Homo- and heterosexual prostitutes are • cally. She only asked rather wistful- out registering them in advance. sexuals are unlucky individuals who available in such great abundance, ly if he thought he could fall in - The New Leader, Aug. 26 never made that step." police officials claim, that rates love with a white man. " Unlucky, also, might be the have dropped from $100 to $10. -New Statesman, Aug. 25 WASHINGTON, D. C. students presented with such "edu- One homosexual prostitute-not, The third National Planning cation." happily, "dressed as a girl" -ap- Los Angeles: A committee of Conference of Homophile Organ- -Chicago Daily News, July 14 plauded the pol ice action as almost law faculty members at the U- izations was held, in closed.session, as good as a trade union. "After A-~RESTS niversity of California at Los Angel- from Aug. 17 to 19, in the Govern- all," the virile-appearing teenager es and Berkeley, Stanford Univer- ment Building on the George Wash- Tallahassee: The vice-Chancellor commented, "if the rates went of Florida's University system re- sity and the University of Southern ington University campus. Dele- down because there was so much signed his position following his California has recommended drastic gates from some 30 homophile competition, now they're sure to go conviction on a charge of "solicit- changes in California's sex laws and organizations, groups concerned up again." ing to commit a lewd and lascivi- the updating of the State Penal with improving the social, I~gal -San Francisco Examiner, Code. and religious status of homosex- ous act, to wit, fellation." Aug. 19 and other material special "We consider the prevention of uals, met to plan the future of the His attorney said that the man, to Drum .force and other forms of imposi- movement. Its effort is to gain for a 40- year-old father of two sons, tion in securing sexual gratification homosexual American citizens their 12 and 13, pleaded nolo contendre LONDON and the protection of sexual in- proper status as first-class citizens. (no contest) "in order to avoid the A police spokesman announced nocence and immaturity as the The approach of the confer- notoriety of a trial." The lawyer that Scotland Yard and the Army prime values to be served by the ence was not toward the conver- further said that "the ethics of my were investigating allegations of ho- criminal law," the committee stat- sion of homosexuals to hetero- profession prohibit my revealing mosexual orgies between some of ed. Work on the revision of the sexuality, but toward gaining of certain facts which cast grave doubt Queen Elizabeth II's palace guards- on the propriety of the charges." 'Penal Code was authorized by the rights, dignity and acceptance for men and a ring of "prominent 1963 legislature, but it may be an- homosexuals as homosexuals. He called news stories concern- public figures." The probe began ing the arrest and court appearance other two years before an updated -Special to Drum after allegations that young Guards- code will be submitted to thejoint '''a vicious and malicious act of men were being "corrupted" by legislative committee in charge of CHICAGO character assassination." wealthy figures in public, political. -Ocala Star-Banner, Sept. 12 the job. Showing just how advanced they legal and show business spheres. Before the new code is for- ·all were in their new and daring sex They were invited to parties in mally presented to the Legislature education courses for elementary Wrangell, Alaska: The police expensive London apartments and chief and a city councilman of this spacious country houses through rn (] als are at least partially responsible "touts" operating in bars. "It is row, dimly lit hall covered with a "Are homosexuals hanging a- for the increased incidence of vari- most terrifvinq," an army officer thick red carpet. round your bar?" asked a columnist ous venereal diseases. Those who quaked, "young men are being "After undressing and securely in a popular hotel and motel maga- maintain the allegation is true often' demoralized by this kind of thing. wrapping myself in my towel, I zine. If they are he warns: "They use' it as a subtle means of discred- They join the army, are taught to stepped inside a large room with will hurt your bar business faster iting homosexuals and their homo- read and then they get these invi- billowing, vaporous clouds. I could than it takes you to find out why tations." sexual orientation. A new.study by make out about a dozen young sales are falling." The solution? This was the first time in the the Massachusetts Health Depart- mer), and as I sat tensely in the "You must wade in and just put investigation that reading had come ment has found, however, that on- steam, several drifted off, two by them right out on the sidewalk." under direct attack. ly 12% of all VD cases have a ho- two, towards the dressing rooms. -Hospitality Magazine, Feb. Another investigation into "ab- .mosexual base. The 12% statistic Suddenly, as if a signal had been normal practices" was conducted represents a scant 2% above the secretly passed around the room, New York City: An article on among members of a London-based 10% homosexual population. Het- everyone turned to stare at me-or, police payoffs claims: "The biggest .erosexual "free love" accounts for Women's Royal Army Corps unit. rather, at my towel which was still gratu ity giver is a rather shady bar 85%. The other 3% of casescome Psychiatrists were called in and, cinched firmly around my waist. serving homosexuals. One of the from contacts with prostitutes. Of. apparently, ignored. "Having due I felt as gauche as if I had dived owners discussed his dealings with Boston area schools, Harvard has regard to psychiatric reports," a into a swimming pool with my the local police: the highest venereal rate while M. WRAC spokesman said, "the com- shoes on. We waited like that for a " 'I might as well put them on I. T. has the lowest. manding officer will decide wheth- few seconds, and then I bolted for the payroll: he complained. 'Two - Time, Sept. 1 er it is sufficient to post a girl the door, with no pretense of non- of them came in here and told us elsewhere or whether she shouId be chalance. how much they expected us to give discharged." BARS & BATHS "When I stepped out onto the each month! Twelve hundred dol- -The Washington Post, Sept. Seattle: While San Francisco has sidewalk, I was sweating and decid- lars a month! They said there was a 5 and The (Baltimore) News A- 10 places listed as "off limits" to ed to have a beer. After a couple of lot of detectives to take care of, not merican, Sept. 4 servicemen and, unaccountably, blocks I came to one of the taverns to mention the captains, lieutenants Los Angeles has only one, Seattle on my list and walked in. When I Is it true, asked a reader of Par- and sergeants.' r t has a rounding 19. The list, publish- ade, that the late Brian Epstein, reached the dance floor I stopped Needless to say, the "quotes" ed by Sixth Army Headquarters, manager of the Beetles, was queer short. All of the dancers were male, were not attributed. and that there was a physical rela- fell into the hands of an enterpris- and I began to get that gauche -Pageant, August tionship going on between them? ing reporter for Seattle Magazine feeling again. I turned and looked a- and he used it as a "research" guide The reply from the suspiciously- round the room again: all male- Miami: The Homosexual Law for an article he entitled Sin, Seat- all-knowing LWalter Scott of that young boys in their teens and early Reform Society joined with the magazine's rersonality Parade sec- tle Style. twenties, looking more or less or- Florida affiliate of the American "The baths were the most in- tion: "Bria1 Epstein was a self-ad- dinary, cleancut boys except that Civil Liberties Union in preparing trigu ing items on my potential itin- mitted hom"osexual. He enjoyed li- here and there, two of them were and financing a petition to the Uni- erary," Patrick Douglas admitted aisons all over the world, particular- holding hands. Suddenly I was seiz- ted States Supreme Court to review and he decided to visit one "then ly in Spain, with others of that ed roughly by the shoulder and a lower court decision upholding type. There was never any overt, and there." whirled around. A handsome youth a Miami ordinance which prohibits "The entrance of the building physical, homosexual relationship in his twenties, obviously the man- a liquor licensee from "knowingly between him and the Beatles. He looked innocent enough, though ager, was glaring at me. employing a homosexual person, or discovered them in Liverpool, in- the name of the establishment ap- " 'Get out: he said. from knowingly selling to, serving stantly realized their potential, re- peared in letters only an inch high." " 'What for?' or allowing a homosexual person to placed their drummer with Ringo He began to "have suspicions" after "

Numbers, John Hechv, Grove try to ponder his Situation, and it Press, New York, 1967, $5.00 is precisely at these times that he, like his story, becomes a bore. Good men found Social Signifi- Rechy seems to want the Message cance in John Rechy's first book, to be the medium. But there's no City of Night. It was mentioned in message, except the obvious and literary reviews and journals of psy- old- fashioned message-question, chiatry because it explored a cer- Who am I? tain kind of hustler's world and at- Johnny is a former hustler who titudes, a kind of hustler who had no longer takes money but never otherwise been ignored in American misses an opportunity to give it fiction. John Rechv's underground away, and of these opportunities .therne became aboveground and the there are many. And they are as 'book enjoyed considerable success. horny as all get-out. But Johnny is But John Rechy's name does not as two-dimensional as the paper he belong in any discussion of the art appears on, and when, at the book's of the novel, American or other- climax, he is made to cry to the wise. However, City of Night made heavens for self-knowledge it him a pile of money so it would sounds as if this incomplete man, be foolish to tell him how to run made only of paper and ink, were his business. He may very well be- screaming to his creator an anguish- come the Frank Yerby of gay ed plea to somehow make him fiction-and that's not meant as a come alive. knock, Rechy's eagerly awaited second Sheeper, Irving Rosenthal, Grove . book, Numbers,is, if one is talking Press, New York, 1967, $5.00 in terms of literary merit, dreadful. However, it is going to sell like Writers who take James Joyce as crazy. No doubt Social Significance their mentor and imitate the style will rear its chauvinistic head once of his late great novels demonstrate .aqaln, for we can't enjoy a sexy keen awareness of theunconven- potboiler, especially a homosexy tionality of their guru's manner- potboiler, for the sex alone, now isms. They seem to ignore the obvi- can we? Well, the sex is here, and ous fact that both Ulysses and Fin- it is great, wild fun. negan's Wake are constructed from Numbers is the non-story of ten almost fanatically detailed plans. non-days in the non-I ife of its These books were not intended for non-hero, Johnny Rio. When it the edification of other literati, but concerns itself with the sexual e- they do invite the reader to come vents of these days, it has the for- and join the fun. ward thrust of a pile-driver. Un- The current vogue, though, is to fortunately, Johnny, a non-thinking begin one's literary career with all .but gorgeous hunk of stud, is of the surface appearence of forced at times by his creator to Joyce's final labors. Sheeper falls ill] 'into this category and it is a mis- ing a mediocre crisis in wh ich they erable failure. It is still another in make enormous fools of them- the anything- you- can- tell- about- selves, but not one of them is dull, your- sex- life- 1-can- tell- better se- and all of them are so believably ries of books being manufactured at human that it seems difficult to the Grove Press. But, unlike the realize that they are only characters Henry Miller trilogies, it is devoid in a man's imagination. of humor, and, unlike the quasi- Greene is a convert to Cathol- fictional jottings of Burroughs, it icism, and, like Shaw, a bit of a fails to grab the reader by the sermonizer at times, but he is es- throat and push his face into a dish sentially an entertainer, Two of the of something unpleasant. characters in the title story are Irving Rosenthal would have us homosexual interior decorators, believe that he is tell in' it like it is, and they are just about the slimiest man, but don't be fooled. Sheeper and most cunning duo since Cin- is phoney from beginning to end, derella's step-sisters. But Greene except that, in keeping with the isn't concerned with putting down dictates of chic in contemporary homosexuals. No, if there is any fiction, it has no beginning and no scorn in May We Borrow Your end. It is all middle. And this Husband? it is directed at that middle is a muddle. Homosexual part of man's nature which will and pot images that are intended to allow him to lose sight of his create some sort of prose poem commitments and go blithely along don't. They induce. neither nausea in search of the pleasure of the mo- nor disgust, only indifference. ment. How silly we are to become May We Borrow Your Husband? enamoured of the package without and Other Comedies of the Sexual even thinking of examining the Life, Graham Greene, Viking Press contents, says Greene. How silly we New York, 1967, $4.50 are indeed, and will continue to be. Graham Greene knows it and Going from Rechy and Rosen- records it without a lot of non- thal to Graham Greene is spending sense. an afternoon stuffing yourself with The two decorators have set popcorn and cotton candy and their sights on the male half of a coming home to a dinner of caviar pair of vacationing honeymooners, and coq au vin. What pleasure they get him and it turns out that it is to encounter a writer who this is exactly what the young builds sentences out of words, and husband needed all along. The story paragraphs out of sentences, and is from the first-person viewpoint who then proceeds to mold stories of an aging writer who is about to if you've always been a misfit, out of those paragraphs. make an old fool of himself with Greene's stories concern people. the young wife. The wife is a young put yourself in our place. Repeat those two words - "con- fool who mayor may not suspect danby's shirts cern" and "people." And there are what the decorators are up to, but a lot of people to meet in this would be satisfied to have a hus- -Detroit collection of elegantly detailed sto- band in name only. That is exactly Free Press, what she gets. gay moments In advertising ries. Most of them are caught dur- August 30 @ [U) He was standing in front of the I assume that he was pretending-as candy story looking.hungry and a- I stood against the eternal bricks of vallable, Not very well dressed, but the First Something-or-other Bank, nicely dressed, and with pleasant, and I was just about ready to chuck quickly darting eyes that seemed to the whole project and try the next view the whole display of chocolate thoroughfare but there were those

in {j birthday-party way_ delightfully boyish buttocks to con- Oh, so hungry he looked-and tend with.'-AQd, I confess, they o- . oh.iso available. My first inclination verruled. I crossed the street again was to approach him and say some- and followed him into a card shop. thing like: "Looks good enough to There I was immediately con- eat," but all I did was go up to the fronted with a life-sized cardboard store window and proceed to be nebbish exclaiming: "Oh, Boy! Oh, passionately concerned with 1 its en- Boy.I" tire contents. My sentiments indeed. The sight of all of those opened My not- very- well- dressed- but five-pound boxes of chocolates and nicely-dressed prospective conquest all the big and little round plates proceeded down the short aisles of ~ filled to overflowing with gum- the card shop, and I observed those drops and other assorted tecnnicol- quickly-darting eyes as they sur- ored goodies was a bit. too much veyed and rejected the Get Wells, for my stomach. No, I said to my- the Happy Anniversarys, and, also, . self, you will not stoop to be sick the Mother's Days. Until, in a virile on a main thoroughfare. You will burst of ultimate concern, he was merely go to the next window stopped short by Relative's Birth- which, thank heavens, displayed days. He began picking through sporting goods. Then, with one eye Aunts. still firmly directed at my prospec- I pretended to be oblivious to tive conquest and the other silently the fact that he was pretending not drooling over a pair of well-filled to notice me. I perused Uncles. tennis shorts, I allowed myself the And all the time I was thinking double luxury of cruising while at aunts, aunts, what aunt-lines do I the same time letting my delicate know? It didn't occur to me to belly resume its state of qu iescence. come up with something suitable He moved and I had a fleeting to birthdays, although by this time glimpse of khaki-colored buttocks I was aching to seehim in his birth- as he entered the candy store. day suit, but I am getting ahead of My first inclination was to fol- myself here. low him in and say nothing clever He picked a little fifteen-center at all, but I crossed the street and with yellow flowers on it, and my decided to wait for him to come first inclination was to follow him out of the store wh ich, sure e- hurriedly to the cashier's stall, but nough, he finally did. He was I somehow got involved in the carrying what, to me, seemed like message of one of the Uncle's the whole store, gloriously gift, Birthdav cards and by the time last wrapped, but which in reality was I'd finished reading its sticky senti- mv probably just a five-pound box of ments he was leaving the store. And chocolates. I had a fleeting glimpse of khaki- He pretended not to notice me- covered buttocks. inElinatlan @ ~ Dusk was falling as he tripped cision I made up my mind to con- one goes in pursuit of the other- the grinning nebbish in the window and nearly fell into the surpris- tinue the pursuit and before I wise unattainable. You are never now leering like some drunken ingly undirty gutter at the first realized what I was doing-what I going to make the pass,and not be- penitent. There's not enough time, crossing. Then he headed for the was doing was running like an idiot cause you fear being tu rned down, I thought. The bars are closing. park with the fountains. This took to catch the bus! about half an hour and I thought, The bus, Iike the park, was no, it's not that, but because the There's always tomorrow, but for oh, what the hell, you've gone this virtually empty. No laughing family energy requ ired for the conquest tonight it's just a song at twilight. far. afforded even the remotest diver- has just about been used up. It's Oh, hell, my thoughts needed

The park 0 was almost empty. sion. There was only him. And me. time, now, time to get off this bus. violins in the background. Judy Garland won't you please come There were, of course, a few of my The driver, thank God, was old I did get off the bus and my home? Distant Relatives who might have and ugly and therefore no more first inclination was to call a cab, just been out to take the air or to than the spectre of a toothless but as I walked in search of 0 a But the candy store was still walk their dogs. I had considered guardian angel. But whose? His phone booth I decided to con- open. My first inclination was to getting a dog years ago but I didn't or mine? tinue walking until I was home. laugh and go on my, ahem, merry Back again, down unfamiliar because a friend of mine got one Anyway, my first inclination way, but I stopped for a minute streets paying no attention to the which bit him and... but that's the was to sit respectfully away from and thought I saw the reflection of undershirted passers-by, except, of ju ice of another story. Near the the boy until old man opportunity someone nicely dressed in the win-

course, to notice that some of them o fountain a family was frolicking, started knocking. Then I said to dow. Then this image disappeared the young father holding his chub- myself this is not the proper form were undershirted. Eventually I a- and there was no substitute for it by son inches above the water and of communication. For Judas' sake gain came to the park and now the but the vision of all that sweet, the mother cautioning, "Careful, say something. If only, I thought, lights were out on the cascading sweet candy. And since I obviously careful." This radiantly virile pater- if only I were in a bar. On safe waters. I saw a scribbled note had to eat something I went in and floating in a moonlit pool and familias had removed his shirt and I ground. Throw the bait there and bought a five-pound box of choco- thought I heard, oil, so far in the hoped it was the attraction of those if nobody bites go on to the next. lates and took them home and distance, "Careful, careful." bare biceps that prompted my pro- All so safe, all so easy. I'm not ate the entire box. And the next Back down the numbered streets spective conquest to sit down but a even sure if he's gay. I'd rather he morning I called my dentist for an few feet from him. Whereupon I weren't. But then it could go on I walked, passing the stores as appointment. And after the ap-' noticed the boy remove a ball-point for hours, days, weeks... he'd want their neon signs began to go out. pointment I went out and bought a from his cigarette pocket and begin to know my life story, why I never The card shop, dark and sinister, dog. -J. N. Knebels writing, or signing, his aunt's birth- got a dog, and all such histories. day card. I, too, sat down. And Finally he might sob as I did from not-too-distant recessesheard something foolishly brazen like once again the plaintive request, touch the cloth of his sweater. And "Careful, careful." He tucked the then I liad the horribtv-qrotesque o card in its envelope and immediate- and magnificently mediocre vision ly got up and directed himself to that that-the touching of the cloth the nearest park exit. Again, I had of his sweater-would be it. And a fleeting glimpse. what was I doing on this bus, in My first inclination was to run that park and card shop, pursuing directly up behind him and say, the perhaps unpursuable. "Excuse me, but I've been follow- I silt there, as the bus halted at , ing 'you for almost an hour, now numerous intersections, wondering don't pretend you. . ." Wrong at my situation, a situation that approach, I sensed and luckily op- was not unique but that was slowly portunity did not allow me the use becoming tedious, and wondering Issue 1, $5; Issues2,3,4,5 (censored), 6 to 9, $1 each; issues 10 to 17, of it because, at that moment, a bus at my wondering. Finally I said to 60ci each; issues 18-19 to 27, 75ci each. came along and I had to forego my myself there are limits. Limits to Mail your payment to Drum, 34 S. 17th St., Phila., PA 19103. first inclination as I saw him get banality, to superficial sophistica- Each is new until you have read it. onto it. With a split-second de- tion, limits to the extent to which @ COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION NOW! [!lJ PRO_ITITUTION IN ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Greece, for all its sup- One speech that has survived posedly liberal views about sex in the penalties of time and still ex- general and homosexuality in spe- ists almost totally intact describes cific, condemned male prostitution that any boy who was let out for with approximately the fervor we hire as a prostitute was not guilty condemn female prostitution to- of a crime, but his pimp was sub- day. ject to the death penalty. More- @ over, the law freed a son, when he ed Timarchus to come and live He gambles and pays nothing him- virtue rewarded for Lysias relied on had become a man, from all obli- with him because Timarchus was self, but always has someone to pay superior culture, wit, charm and gations to support or to furnish a well developed, young and lewd. off his debts; he keeps the most ex- kindness while Simon, at least as home to a father by whom he had He was just the person for the pensive servants; he enjoys costly Lysias tells it, offered only money. been hired out_ thing that Misgolas wanted to do, suppers. Simon was enraged at his failure The male prostitute was subject and Timarchus was more than will- "Now as for me," Aeschines and broke down the door of Lvsias' to political disabilities. He was not ing to do it for money." explains, "I neither find fault with house in an attempt to take Theod- permitted to be a priest, hold any The problems developed when homosexual love that is honorable, otus by force. He failed again pol itical office or serve as ambas- Misgolas made it clear that, for nor- do I say that all beautiful men and eventually the situation arrived sador, what he was paying Timarchus, are prostitutes. I myself have been in court where Simon complained The rationale behind these re- he felt that Timarchus owed him involved in homosexual affairs and that Theodotus accepted his money strictions, a speech of the orator fidelity-and that philosophy, too, I am presently involved in such an and still refused to bed with him. Aeschines tells us, is that a man worked no better then than it does affair. The distinction I wish to Theopompus, a historian of the who has sold his own body "would today. It was not long before make is this: to be involved with fourth century B.C., disliked King be ready to sell the common inter- friends reported to Misgolas that a beautiful and sincere person is an Philip, the father of Alexander, ests of the state." his very own Timarchus was seen enriching experience, but to hire partly because Philip kept a harem All of these proscriptions, how- talking to a couple of strangers in for money and to indulge in licen- of young male prostitutes. "Philip," ever, seemed to have had as little the market place. tiousness is the act of a man who is said Theopompus, "spends his time negative effect then as today. Male Of course Misgolas investigated wanton and ill-bred. I say that he with men who are really like his prostitutes had as much trouble and he burst in upon Timarchus who has played the prostitute for mistresses and should not be con- fending off competing wealthy suit- while involved in a Grecian three- money is disgraced." - sidered soldiers, but harlots. ors as they had finding them. Mis- some. The foreigners, we are told Despite the strict laws against But prostitutes or not, there is golas' is a case in point. He was an rather cryptically, "were so scared pimps and prostitutes in ancient no questioning the Greek appre- honest and prudent man who was that they dropped everything and Greece, there is little record of ciation of male youth and beauty. not given to a large number of over- ran away as fast as they could go." their being punished. The prevailing Puberty, the records indicate, often indulgences. He confined himself Misgolas soon found Timarchus attitude seemed to accept pros- came to youth at 12 and there is no to the simplicity of filling his home to be too expensive and too dishon- titution as part of the way of the question but that many ancient with as many doll-faced boys and est so Timarchus went off to live world-albeit, in their terms, an strongly handsome men as he could with another millionaire. unfortunate one-but a way that did not lend itself to suppression. afford. Timarchus was a renegade non- It was the playwright Aristoph- Timarchus was a masseur for conformist who might be consider- anes who had a character in Plutus Euthvdicus. He, was also the best ed an early champion of sexual say: "If a poor man approaches a looking boy in all the city, had freedom-in spite of how expensive beautiful boy, he is summarily re- manual dexterity sufficient to so he was. He refused to bow to the jected. But let a rich man come, arouse his clients that they cared Athenian code that attempted to not what he charged and he was, cower him into being ashamed of ' and he will grant him everything for money." This is not to say that from all reports, extraordinarily his profession. He was proud that Aristophanes approved of such go- 'well-endowed. And, too, he was a other men were willing to pay for men agreed with the poet Stratton ings-on for he condemned these male prostitute. his body, but his arrogance in the • of the first centruy A.D.: "The boys as being of "the baser sort" youthful bloom of the 12 year old It was inevitable that Misgolas' face of custom brought him power- and held firmly to the conviction boy gives me joy, but much more and Tirnarchus' paths would cross ful enemies. l that "the noble kind will never ask desirable is that of the 13. He who and when they did-in Euthydicus' "The male whores," Aeschines ,for money." is 14 is still a sweeter flower of the bathhouse-Misgolas was sufficient- railed, "attempt to cover up their Against Simon is another speech Loves, and even more charming is ly generous to lure Timarchus into shame. They shut the doors and that still exists and in it Lysias at- he who is beginning his 15th year. his cornucopia of splendid youth. puII the curtains. Most of them are tacks Simon for his unsuccessful, The 16th is that of the gods, and to "Misqolas," Aeschines summed too embarrassed to show their but violent, attempt to bid for the desire the 17th does not fall to my up with what might appear to some faces, but, Timarchus flaunts his affection of a handsome young boy lot, but only to Zeus." as a tinge of sour ambrosia, "want- profession as if it were honorable. named Theodotus. It was a case of -Anthony J. Papalas @) lW

acted on the "assumption" that the news mere congregation of homosexuals had to be outlawed to achieve ef- fective control. "Now," the Val's Continued from page 9. decision holds, "in the 1960's, the Philadelphia: The Penna. Liquor transitional need as such is long Control Board announced it has re- A limited number of copies of the voked the license of what used to Val's Bar decision and of the petition be=the city's only gay after-hours to the U. S. Supreme Court men- club with dancing, the Uniform So- tioned in the "Miami" news item are available to interested individuals at cial and Athletic Association. The $1.00 each. For copies write: Drum, reasons cited were: falsification of 34S.17thSt.,Phila.PA 19103. application for club liquor license, past and it is certainly and en- unexplained shortages in cash in- tirely appropriate that fu II sweep come and permitting solicitation be given to current understandings for "immoral purposes," among and concepts." ; others. The decision was unanimous but -Phila. Evening Bulletin, un- one unfortunate tone of the Court dated. was underscored by a seperate and concurring opinion that warned ho- Newark: The Homosexual Law mosexuals that as long as they were Reform Society scored a major "well-behaved" the Court had ex- court victory when the Supreme tended them its protection, but Court of the State of New Jersey that "they may not engage in any set aside the license suspension of conduct which would be offensive Val's and two other gay bars. The to public decency. A tavern should Court reversed the longstanding not provide an arena for men kiss- policy of the N. J. Division of Alco- ing eachother on the lips, etc." hol Beverage Control that classified It will remain for future cases the mere presence of "apparent -to establish the homosexual's right homosexuals" as "creating a nuis- to participate in various types of ance." quasi-sexual behavior publicly to The court brought the A.B.C. to the same degree that similar be- task for maintaining antiquated reg- havior is found acceptable among ulations based upon fears that now heterosexuals. "lack sufficient support. In the light of the times," the opinion -Special to Drum reads, "such behavioral character- istics without more, would not REUGrON constitute overt conduct offensive Rotterdam: The Roman Catho- to current standards of morality lic "wedding" between two male and decency." homosexuals (Drum 26) turned out After tracing the history of the to be quite a publicity matter, but division's regulations back to the not much of a wedding. ,1930's, it characterized the A.B.C. Msgr. Martien A. Janssen issued then as "fledgling" and noted that a statement, almost as soon as the at the time, "the interests of the ceremony had been completed, patrons in question were given little condemning it as "not valid." consideration." The A.B.C. then The priests involved claim to @ have been duped and Janssen such a request for he could not school. pose an individual to the suscepti- placed his seal of approval on this have reconciled such an action with Both partners wore business bility to blackmail. It is the Federal version of the story by finding the his conscience. When the two asked suits with white carnations in their government's position-that of sum- two clergymen "had acted in good for two chairs to be placed on the lapels. The ceremony was complete marily firing all known or suspected faith." altar-a sign of a wedding ceremony with two rings and joyfu I tears homosexuals-that creates whatever Father H. M. J. Stoelinga of in Holland-and when he started to from the mother present. After the problem does exist. To the extent the Antonius Abt Church said the receive phone calls asking when the ceremony was completed, everyone that homosexuals are security risks, two men had asked him to cel- "wedding" was to take place, how- hugged and kissed and the "newly- the risk, the movement holds, is'the weds" left for their honeymoon. government's creation. In effect, -The New York Times, July 5 movement leaders have argued, the and Jet, Sept. 21 government cou Id make security risks out of any group of persons South Bend: A national group of by simply defining them "security reformist Roman Catholic priests risks" and making them hide the claim that enforced celibacy ~dds fact under penalty of losing their to "the rising problem of homo- livelihood. sexuality among priests. " To solve the problem, the gov- One priest at the conference ernment need only say that any estimated that between 17 and 25 individual who admits to his homo- percent of the clergy "engage in' sexuality publicly is not subject to some form of homosexual activity. blackmail on this count and, there- Some think that the rule of celi- fore, not a "security risk." Few bacy attracts them to the priest- homosexuals have been so daring hood." Down the aisle and to the altar. and those confronted with the pos- The wedding that taxed the church. -Chicago Daily News, Sept. 8 sibility of the government's mak- and Chicago's American, Sept. 9 ing an issue of their homosexuality have slipped their tails between Amsterdam: Anew, 625-page their legs and cowered away. catechism that has been on the Times have changed. bestseller list since it was published An electronics technician who last October is the work of some admits publicly that he is a homo- 150 experts and is aimed at in- sexual, has issued press statements terpreting church doctrine in the to this effect, whose s1Q[y has now spirit of the recent Vatican Council. been printed by the New York Written for' adults, it breaks with Times and picked up -by countless the simplistic rote question and other newspapers throughout the answer catechism traditionally used world through the facil ities of the for children. It, instead, discusses a Associated Press, is challenging the wide range of subjects including government to prove that his homo- Drink to me only wtth ... The mother cried, the boys had a drink and the clergy cried "foul. " homosexuals whom it describes as sexuality makes him, in fact, a "often hardworking people of high security risk. ebrate a mass for the opening of a ever, he became a bit "anxious." integrity." The technician, Benning Went- new business venture (a bar), for Still, presumably, permitting his - Time, Aug. 18 worth, who lives in northern New the birthday of the mother of one conscience to be his guide, Father Jersey and works 'in a defense plant of them and in honor of their Stoelinga decided that he had bet- FEDERAL in the New York metropolitan area" friendsh ip. ter delegate the responsibility to Homosexuality of itself, the gave this account of the circum- He said that even though he had his assistant, Father J. C. Omtzight, homophile movement has argued stances leading to his confrontation suspected them of being homo- and ordered the mass out of the from its inception, does not ex· with the government on this issue. sexual, he could not have refused church proper and into a nearby ~ ~ In 1964, he said, he entertained homophile organization, enlisted .the courts. ment to that of the danger of inju- at lunch in his apartment an 18- the aid of Barbara Gittings, former -New York Times, Nov. 26, and ry to others." year-old youth and another man. editor of America's only magazine information special to Drum In handing down the decision, "The young man made a passat expressing the lesbian viewpoint, Justice Gerland Fauteux wrote: me," Wentworth said. "I rejected it. The Ladder. The two served asvol- CANADA "With deference, I cannot either When he left the house-he wasn't unteer counsel at the hearing stage Ottawa: The Supreme Court of agree with the view that the intent there more than a half-hour-he of the battle. Canada has upheld a lower court and. object of the provisions deal- said, 'I'll get even with you.''' When the hearings were held in ruling that would make a person ing with dangerous sexual offenders The next he heard of the matter, late November, Wentworth, convicted of committing homo- is solely to protect persons from he said, was in April, 1966, when through his counsel, challenged the sexual acts subject to an indeter- becoming the victims of those an investigator of the U. S. Air, government on two grounds-the minate prison sentence up to life whose failures to control their sex- Force Office of Special Investiga- unsupported testimony of the imprisonment. ual impu Ises render them a source tions visited him to question him youth who accused him of engaging The decision dismissed the ap- of danger." . about his relations with the youth. in the homosexual activity and peal of a convicted homosexual, Chief Justice John R. Cartwright Mr. Wentworth said he learned on the central issue of whether or Everett George Klippert from Pine disagreed with the majority judg- that the youth had entered the Air not homosexuality is sufficient Point, North West Territory, sen- ment. He said if the law is to be Force but found it difficult to grounds for revoking a security tenced to an indefinite period of interpreted by the lower courts: adjust. The youth told a chaplain clearance. detention in 1965 as a dangerous "It means that every man in Can- and, later, a psychiatrist that he was The hearing, which was by gov- sexual offender. ada who indulges in sexual mis- a "practicing" homosexual, Mr. ernment insistence closed to the The court was told Klippert had conduct with another consent- Wentworth said. Air Force invest- press (Wentworth, of course, went admitted being a homosexual for ing male should be sentenced to igators seized the youth's address to great lengths to have it open to 24 years and that his convictions preventive detention, that is, incar- book, and found Mr .. Wentworth's the press), produced some remark- all stemmed from private acts with ceration for life. name in it. ably unusual questions and test- consenting aduIt males. "However loathsome the con- The investigators questioned the imony. Klippert, 40, a mechanic, was duct of the sort mentioned may youth about his relations with According to Kameny, the convicted on four counts of gross appear to all normal persons, I Wentworth and the airman told youth accusing Wentworth of en- indecency involving four homosex- think it improbable Parliament them, according to Wentworth, that gaging in the homosexual activity ual acts between December, 1964, should have intended such a re- he and Wentworth had had sexual was questioned about the size of and August, 1965. sult," he said. relations weekly for a three-month Wentworth's erect penis andwheth- He was originally sentenced to The majority court opinion was period in 1964. The youth sub- er or not he was circumcized=in- three years by Judge J. H. Sissons, not universally popular in Canada. sequently received a general dis- formation he should have if he did now retired, but the judgment was Among others, The Albertan edito- charge from the Air Force. actually participate in sexual act- later replaced by the indefinite rialized: The next Wentworth heard of tivity with Wentworth regularly for detention. "It appears that under the pres- the matter was when he was notifi- some period of' time. The vouth, Defense lawyer for the convic- ent law all practising homosexuals ed that the revocation of his secret Kameny reported, was evasive in his ted mechanic, Brian Crane of Otta- in Canada are liable to imprison- security clearance, which he has replies. wa, centered his argument around ment for life. On the whole to- held for the past seven years, had No decision will be handed the Canadian criminal code defini- day's society is becoming more and been proposed. down in the case for several yveeks tion of a dangerous sexual of- more permissive. It is true that He was told that he could have a and perhaps several months. l't can fender. there can be a danger involved in closed hearing and he applied to the be expected, however, that the Crane said the code definition allowing a sweeping permissiveness Mattachine Society of Washington government wi II appeai if it loses was solely aimed at persons who to go to extremes. Yet there can for aid and that organization, in and Wentworth will appeal if he constituted a danger to others and be as much harm done with respect turn, referred him to America's loses, but win, lose, or draw a that it cou Id not apply to homosex- to justice if the law lags too far .Ieading authority on such matters, dramatic test case which may have ual activity carried out privately behind social thinking. Dr. Franklin E. Kameny. far-reaching influence in the and with mutual consent. "With respect to non-violent ho- Kamenv, the founder and quickly emerging fight for homo- In a 3 to 2 vote, the court said mosexual, practices conducted in former president of the Washington sexual liberties is heading toward the code's reference to further sex- private between consenting aduIts ual offenses is an "alternative ele- there is something to be said for ~ [llJ the British law which puts such acts "There is no truth to the re- "Ronnie" counter-charged that considering the homosexuality of outside the sphere of illegal activ- port," replied the ex-actor with Drew should have his typewriter his employees a substantive criter- ities. The spectre of a possible what Newsweek termed "a per- taken away from him so that he ion for terminating their employ- life sentence seems to us to be a formance worthy of his days on might better pencil on "out- ment. "The only authentic issue little severe, to say the least, to the movie set." Then his voice building walls." And why would is: Why should homosexuals be hang over the head of anyone rose to shout: "He (Pearson) is Pearson say such awful things a- excluded from the governor's staff merely because his natural sexual lying! And if you don't believe bout him? "Oh, I don't know," at all?" the Post quoted homo- inclinations lie outside the social me," Reagan cried, "then you can norm." ask my press secretary himself. - The Albertan, Nov. 8 and II He's here. I'm prepared to say that nothing like that ever hap- The brawny, battered players of pened," and then turninq to his the Rugby League-who take part secretarial subordinate, he asked: in the world's toughest sport-have "Want to confirm it?" been told to stop kissing each other Standing coatless, at a side of on the field. the press-conference room, the sec- "When you score you can con- retary repl ied with the single word: gratulate a teammate by patting "Confirmed. " him on the back or shaking his Pearson replied by suggesting hand," says a directive from head- that the governor sue him for libel. quarters to the 30 leading teams on Pearson then made sure that, the professional league, "but kiss- should Reagan decide to do so, ing and hugging are out." he would have all the "evidence" -Peterborough (Ontario, Can- he could need by repeating the ada) Examiner, Aug. 30 charge, and repeating the charge and repeating the charge. PEARSONfR EAGAN Pearson even remembered that Scarcely a man is now alive who Reagan-who is sometimes referred does not know that Drew Pearson to as "Ronnie", though Pearson "Ronnie" waded in. caught California's Governor Rea- is not known to be referred to as "Drewsie" celebrated Halloween in season. gan with his pants down-figura- "Drewsie" -had been critical of replied Reagan, "it's Halloween. phile leader Franklin E. Kameny. tively speaking, of course. Lyndon Johnson when his former Maybe that's why he chose to "The only valid basis for the The smoke had not even cleared aid, Walter Jenkins, was caught come out from under his rock ernplovrnent- of a man is his com- when Reagan waded into Pearson making it with a 60-some-year-old petence at the job and his on- and denied that he had fired two man in one of Washington's YMCA this way." the-job conduct. There not only staff members because they were men's rooms. And one columnist insists he saw a bumper sticker proclaiming: is no reason -for the exclusion of found to be part of a "homosexual Pearson charged that Reagan homosexual citizens from govern- ring" engaging in Lake Tahoe "or- had been "posing as Mr. Clean" "Ronald Reagan's Bumper Sticker mental employment-federal, state gies" . while "tolerating homosexuals." Says 'Drew Pearson is a Lesbian!' " or local -there is every reason During a history-making press Other columnists referred to If any part of the press took why they should be employed," conference, Reagan turned to his Reagan in equally endearing terms. the position that Reagan should Kameny's Post letter insisted. travel secretary and asked if the Rowland Evans and Robert Novack not have fired the men simply James A. Wechsler, writing in rumors of firings were true. claimed Reagan's "Mr. Integrity" because they were homosexual, it the New York Post, called the "Complete fiction," the secre- image "just went down the .drain." has not come to the attention argument that homosexuals were tary agreed, A New York Post columnist called of Drum. "peculiarly vulnerable to black- And what about the Pearson him a "Boy Scout leader" type, Two papers and one magazine mail" as merely "convenient," and report that the governor's press sec- and Newsweek likened Reagan to a came close. The Washington Post he wondered "whether there will retary had given reporters the in- "White Knight and Captain Nice published the only known letter to come a day when any leading po- side story during a recent "cruise"? rolled into one." the editor lashing into Reagan. for ®J ~ litical figure will openly challenge out of the kitchen." twice Keynes won out-a fact that 20. the dogma that only men=or wom- -New York Post, Oct. 31, Nov. would not be surprising to most A reform of the law, which en-whose fidel ity to inter-sexual 2 and 6; San Francisco Examiner, who compared Keynes' photograph dates from 1864, is under study-by relations is -beyond dispute are Oct. 31; New York Times, Nov. 1, with Strachey's. a royal commission appointed -by eligible for important government 5 and 15; Newsweek, Nov. 6, 13 One such incident detailed in Kling with instructions to take a service." and 27; Washington Post, Dec. 6 a new book on the pair told how liberal view. He believes the out- These two positions are not Strachey it:lJ:roduced his cousin, come may be the lifting of all curbs without precedent. At one time, STRACHEV7KEYNES who happened also to be his cur- on pornograph ic picture magazines the late Franklin D. Roosevelt was A long, and sometimes tempes- rent- amour, to Keynes and the provided that the publ ications are confronted with reports that one tuous, and sometimes loving, ho- economist lured the boy away- not displayed in shop windows and of his high diplomatic officials was mosexual relationship has been re- probably with his own particular are not sent to anyone not wanting being charged with homosexuality vealed between Lytton Strachey type of pump priming. them. by bureaucratic rivals. and John Maynard Keynes. Stra- No problem actually, governor, Kling said he had received five "Well, he may be," FD R is chey became famous during 1917 at least if we are to believe the or six complaints from persons in said to have replied quietly, "but with the publication of his book, British reviewers of the biography- the United States over the bro- he doesn't do it on the govern- Eminent Victorians, which humor- and we will have to for the time chures sent their sons by Swedish ment's time." ously debunked prominent figures being as the volume will not be pornographers. Kling's reply was Newsweek-which has 13 long of the 1800's. Keynes is sometimes released in this country until late that, in general, Swedes have a tradition of alrrtostdiberalisrn where described as the century's most spring of 1968 - for the reviewers more tolerant attitude toward por- homosexuals are concerned-com- influential economist and Keynes- claim that there appeared to be so nographic material than Americans. mented wryly that "there was ian economics - albeit with typi- many homosexuals at Cambridge The justice minister said he had scarcely an observer around who cally American modifications- shortly before the turn of the cen- decided a couple of years ago on "a professed to De genuinely aston- is the basis of the United States' tury that they "would have pro- policy to give maximum freedom in ished that there could be a homo- economic policies. voked curiosity in Gomorrah and this field" in view of the develop- sexual or two still left in the polit- (Reports that the Secretary of caused the inhabitants of Sodom to ment of Swedish attitudes. ical world." the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon, sit up and take notice." Asked whether he thought por- The homosexuals involved are has been pressured to shift Amer- Upon hearing that information nography should be kept out of the reported to have been among the ica's economic posture because of more than one homosexual won- hands of the young he replied: most competent on Reagan's staff. the revelation have proved ground- dered how some people had all the "With the freedom existing be- That they were willing to sit back less. Sources close to the adminis- luck. tween boys and girls in Sweden while they were dubbed "poor tration also denied that serious -Chicago Tribune, Oct. 8 and they have no need for pornography. unfortunates" by the press and attention was being paid to the material special to Drum They look upon sex as a natural others who sought to be "kind," rumor that one of. Keynes' unpub- thing." speaks little for their own sense lished letters suggested that the OBSCENITY -The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, of self-respect. American dollar should be changed Stockholm: "If people want to Nov. 6 It would be unreasonable to from green to puce. "The idea of a buy pornography," Justice Minister hold that they got no better than 'puce-back," Drum's informant said, Herman Kling said, "why should Washington: A House bill would they deserved, but since they ap- "would conflict with basic Ameri- they not have the possibility? Why permit homeowners to claim that parently failed to see the wisdom can interests and the latest fashions should I be the one to decide what they found certain mail "sexually of holding their own ground and which .tend more toward psyche- they are permitted to have?" provocative" and then the Post facing this kind of prejudice di- delic combinations.") But, he added in an interview, Office would be forbidden to de- rectly-unlike an ever-growing num- Strachey and Keynes met as there has been such a wave 'this liver it. Rep. Jerome R. Waldie (D ber of other homosexuals (see students at Cambridge University year of a new type of pornographic Celii.}, who sponsored the bill, Federal)-it might not be too where they became lovers for a picture magazine showing two or agreed "cheerfully" thet seed cat- unkind to remind them, as Reagan time, though they eventually be- more persons together in nude alogues, soap advertisements, in- himself was reminded early in the came what is known in less ex- poses that he has reluctantly been come tax forms, bills from cred- "scandal," of former President aulted circles as "sisters." They forced by law to take action in 32 itors and letters from Congressmen Harry S. Truman's warning: "If also became competitors for some cases. 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'rJ§) statement on the contents page a simplicity disclosing life's com- reading-"Drum is published plexity, and above all solidly sym- dear drum monthly by male homosexuals for pathetic, this is a "must" film in the entertainment and information any catalogue with gay themes. of other male homosexuals" to -J. M. H., San Francisco "Drum is published monthly by When I was about twelve it male homosexuals for the enter- The letter in from S. D., a a threat to the human race. seemed to me that I'd be happier as tainment and information of oth- minister from New York City, In my own mind I feel that a girl than a boy (which biology er male homosexuals and their (Drum 27) brought to mind many homosexual relations are not im- claimed I was) and I experimented friends"? I, for one, would feel problems in my own life. I am one moral. I pray that the Church will with the notion. These experiments more at home and not feel that I of a large number of Catholic eventually accept us in the same more or less confirmed my urges. I am snooping into something that I Priests who are homosexuals. I am way that Christ accepted the sotial think I'd have been a quite success- also a trained social worker and .outcasts of his day. In the mean- am not entitled to know. ful girl (in many ways) if my spend most of my time doing this time I have the difficu It task of -W. N. W., Augusta mother hadn't 'caught me dressed kind of work, On a number of decidinq whether to leave the like one frequently and discouraged occasions I have lectured on Cath- priesthood or not. While continuing Please remove our school from the whole thing. olic sexual mores-taking a rather as a priest I sometimes feel like a your mailing list. These moments of exposure ~ liberal view. hypocrite, but at other times there -The Librarian" Matignon High were only mildly traumatic. While I As an adolescent I became aware is a tremendous amount of self- School Library, Cambridge, Mass. probably secretly hoped that she of my homosexual orientation and fillment in helping others. I would could be induced to assist in the was probably attracted to the be interested in learninq the feel- Are the classified ads in Drum conversion she never did. She'd priesthood because of the imposed ings of other clergymen who are for real or are they just for fun? make me change back to bOY'S celibacy that I hoped would shield caught in this dilemma. I wonder if - T. W., EI Reno, Oklahoma clothes, become very stern about my homosexuality. Before ordina- bornosexuat laymen might have an the whole bit, and suggest, as I re- tion I only had one overt sexual answer? In reply to R. J. O. (Drum 26), call, that my father who entertain- experience and at the time I felt -Identification withheld by re-I if heterosexuality is not a sickness, ed rather futile hopes that I'd be- that I was "seduced" although I quest. then what makes so many hetero- come the fullback on some engi- now realize that I really desired it. sexuals sick? neering school's football team one Since my ordination fou r years ago You really have more friends in -J. C. H., Greensboro, N. C. day would take an even dimmer the problem is gradually becoming this country than you seem to viev/ of my aspirations should he more pronounced, although very think you have. My particular in- Winston Reynold's survey of be advised of them. few people know of my orienta- terest stems from a brother and his homosexuality in the movies roam- I compromised. After I left tion. friend of some 20-years standing ed around the world but by-passed home I became an engineer-so the Because of increased knowledge {who is also now one of my clos- Japan. A film excellent in everv ticket says, anyway-but I didn't about sexuality and because of the est friends). I am married with way is Ryo Kinoshita's 1966 pro- ever become no fullback on no changing world situation, the four teen-age children, and have duction of Erotikon 70 - which .footba!l team. About the only col- Church's sexual mores are also un- never thought of sex except with also played as School of Love. 'Iegiate activity I dabbled in was dergoing a transformation. Who a female, but I did spend six Kyoko Kishida is a woman in a gay playing cello in a campus string would have believed ten years ago years in the U. S. Navy, and I do bar and falls for the intriguingf)ood quartet. As I've said-I compromis- that many of the Cathol ic theo- believe I have at least a rudimen- looks of Tsutomu Yamazaki, a male ed. logians would approve of birth tary knowledge of the American prostitute who swings both ways. Now, you see, here we run into control? homosexual's life, joys and prob- Both mincing and rugged gays are image trouble. Here in our happy Birth control, pre-marital and lems. seen in the Tokyo bar which ap- society you have to have an image extra-marital sex, and homosex- Today I am one of the so-called pears more a sanctuary than a and if your image isn't compatible ual ity were condemned because "straight" individuals who avidly sinister sin den. This is a sensual, with the slot society says you're 'they threatened the existence of read your publication and I hope erotically beautiful film with dis- supposed to be in, you're in big 'the human race. I believe that the that you will not moodily reject tinctive Japanese subtlety in graph- trouble. Naturally, once I went to opposite is now true, i. e., irre- a suggestion that I would like to ics, story, and characterization. work I had to subscribe to group sponsible heterosexual relations are make: Why don't you change your Brutal and tender, cruel and gentle, practice. I therefore wound up in @ID [}ID one of suburbia's tract houses near times associated with coming out. other engineers and dutifully took There is only one organization in my wife to dinner once a week. America concerned with the prob- classified: I ~egan to think I was homo- lems of tv's, and they among other sexual on account of I'd heard things, publish the magazine Trans- about these things. The notion per- vestia. If you seek additional infor- DIRECTIONS really needs a friend. I like boating, fish- sisted after I'd become divorced ing, theatre and music. New Orleans. mation, write the Foundation for To answer an ad: If the ad con- and I experimented-without too Personality Expression, Box 36091, Box 991. tains a Drum box number, be sure WHITE MALE" WISHES TO HE:AR much success. Pretty ordinary. Em- Los Angeles CA 90036 to include the box number in the from Drum readers in Richmond, Char- barrassment and shame. All that. Incidentally, this group tends upper right corner of your reply lottesville, Va. area Box 992. So what about homosexuals? I to be highly suspicious-as well and place the reply in an unsealed YOUNG MAN (18) WISHES TO find that most homosexuals attract meet new friends in Phila., Miami, Day- they might be considering the dam- envelope. The envelope should have ton: Photo appreciated, but will answer each other "as is"-that is, one man age public knowledge might cause nothing written on it except the all. Box 993. attracts another man. As simple as them-and don't be put off by box number to which you are re- WHEN SKIING AT SNOW RIDGE plying. If you are sending a photo, in Upstate N.Y., stay at the Apres Ski that. But not for me. However, difficulties you might encounter be sure to place your name and the Chalet, 23 N. State St., Turin, N.Y. dressed as a girl (and it is true by Write for reservations. in your early dealings with them. box number to which you are re- experiment that I'm qu ite convinc- -Ed. VIRILE MATURE MAN WOULD plying on the back of the photo. ing as one), I can go for a man with like to meet Drum readers in Newark Place the envelope containing area. Box 995. all stops pulled out. Experiment has I had occasion to visit the Drum your reply and a $1.00 forwarding YOUNG MAN WANTS TO MEET proved that this is a mutually satis- office one day not too long ago. I fee for each reply in a second envel- sensitive men, :21 to 34, in Detroit. Must like arts. Photo please. Box 996. fying affair. Nothing silly about it, revealed some personal things con- ope which should be sealed and ad- VACATION AT GUEST HOUSE DI- actually. cerning my brother and I when I dressed to: Drum Classifieds, 34 S. rectly on ocean, close to all activities. However, I notice that the run- was a teenager. I've asked God to 17th St., Phila. PA 19103. Complimentary cocktail hour. Limit of of-the-mill fairy among homosex- forgive me for committing such an Drum will assign box numbers 12 guests. Write: George Koch, 1609 N. Atlantic Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33305 uals dresses up mainly to attract abominable sin and also for reveal- to all individuals advertising, but STUDIOUS MAN, 39, WANTS COR- homosexuals who' get a kick out of ing it. That sin was cleansed from business advertising can contain the respondence from men 40 years to much a made-over male. Usually she's my Iife by the precious blood of Je- address of the business establish- older. Photos appreciated. Box 998. YOUNG MAN, 29, HANDSOME not very convincing. Whatever she sus, and I had no right to dig it up. ment. Replies to ads with addresses personable, athletic; desires correspon- feels is probably reflected in the I have repented of this deed and, included should be sent directly to dence with rugged, masculine males who way she dresses wh ich is often the business address and no for- identify themselves with that conception consequently, wish to confess this of life·that fires the imagination. Box 999 slipshod, exaggerated, careless of wrong-doing. In the Old Testament warding fee is requ ired. HEY HANDSOME! HOW'D YOU details, etc. Her speech and manner- we read: "Thou shalt not lie with To place an ad: Enclose 60d for like to make $40 an hour in New York isms are usually affected. What- each word of the ad, counting the as a male fashion model? Find out what mankind as with womankind: it is it takes. Send photo to Lew Williams, ever she has that somebody wants- an abomination" (Leviticus~:22). Drum box number as two words. 240 E. 46th St.,New 'tork NY 10017 Minimum ad is 16 words. it's not being a gal. Jesus Christ, not religion, can YOUNG COMPANY PRESIDENT Drum considers it the moral re- desires to hear from young men, early My point is that I bel ieve that deliver the homosexual from his a- sponsibility of all advertisers to re- 20's. Photo a must. Box 101. transvestites are not part of the bominable sins against' God. Jesus spond to all replies received from YOUNG BUSINESSMAN WOUCD minority your book reviews de- like to make new friends in the York, Pa. Christ can wash away. every sin their Drum ad, but we cannot as- scribe. for whom femininity is a area. Enclose photo. Box 102 with His Blood. Only He can satisfy sume Iiabil ity in th is direction. HAIRY CHESTED ATHLETE, 31, first, temporary phase. So what the longing of the soul. "In his COLLEGE PROF. Ph. D., STILL exchanges letters and photos with same. about us sexy transvestites? presence is fulness of joy" (Psalm young, multi-lingual, musician, seeks pa- Box 117 HAIRY, 6', 190 LB., OPEN MIND- -H. M. H., California 16: 11). Every prophecy concerning cer, someone creative and intelligent, Object: relationship. Looks not impor- ed college grad, masculine, in 30's, seeks the coming wrath of God upon a tant. 25 to 45. Please,no bar types. Pho- pals, Phila. Send photo. Box 116 Well, sexy transvestite, you are sinfu I and lustfu I world is going to to. Will respond. Box 115. MODELS WANTED. MUST BE A- ble to pose in Phila.Send photo and per-· right-our book reviews are not come to pass. Be on the safe side; WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM directed to you and your trans- Drum readers 20 to 40 years of age. sonal data, including phone number to: come to Christ. This is the only Preferably from Omaha to Denver area. Neil Edwards, Box 12852, Phila. PA vestism is far different from that life worth living. It is a joy to tell Will answer all. Box 990 19108. of the semi-transvestistic exhibi- others that Christ is the answer to WOULD LIKE TO MEET SINCERE IT'S A MUST TO STOP AT ED- 25 to 35 year old masculine type who ward's Book Store where you are always tionistic behavior that is some- sin. He gives real life. "-J. M., Phila. @ rTIJ treated warmly. 1212 Filbert, Phila., Pa. BUSINESS ASSISTANT, PERSON· THREE MODELS,c3PHOTOS, oN-" al aide, houseman, vardbov , diet and ex- Iy $1. 10 Models, 10 new photos, $3. -0 ercise watcher, companion, man friday, Catalogue only 501t.Send to MNC, Box for 45·year·old managerof small store in 3750, Chicago, 111.60654. D. C. suburbs. Send qualifications, inter- ROCHESTER, SYRACUSE AMA· ests, requirements and photo. Box 103 teur photographer wants very well built COLLEGE GRADUATE, 24, MAS· models for own collection. Box 114. culine, interested in bodybuilding, travel, MAN, 37, WOULD LI KE TO HEAl1 photography, chess, swimming, Camden from Drum reader, 25·37, San Gabriel, N. J. area. Box 104 Calif. area, or interesting pen pal. Photo PERMANENT RELATIONSHIP please. Honesty is essential. Box 118 wanted. Nice apartment in quiet North '. YOUNG MALE DESI RES YOUNG Dakota town. Be honest and send photo. man as companion in February. Phoenix, Box 105 .Las Vegas or Calif. Expenses plus salary. IF YOU WILL HAVE A BOY OR Photo or resume. Box 119 girl friend? It is easy: Write a note to YOUNG PROFESSIONAL DESIRES "Flamingo Brevklubb, Box 1213, emotionally mature and sensitive corn- Bromma 12, Sweden. .panion, 22·35, or pen pal. Photo, please, HANDSOME COLLEGE STUDENT, with replies. Box 120 20, with private income, desires interes- COI\JGENIAL MAL~ WOULD LIKE ting young pen pals. $1 refunded to first to hear from Drum readers in St. Louis 20 guys under 19 whorespond with a area, any age, race, religion. I seek corn- photo and a letter. Box 106 panionship; state interests. Box 121 Photo by - VERY LONELY MAN, 22, INTER· SPECIAL OFFER TO DRUM Athletic Model Guild ested in hearing from other males. Photo readers. For a limited time we will send preferred. Box 107 you 10 physique photos for the low LONELY, NEED BUDDY AND PAL price of only $4.00. You will receive 10 Readers 20 to late 30's, Fla.. S.E. different photos of at least 5 different coast. Photo please. B.ox 108. • ~ models. Act now, supply is limited. Send WISH TO CONTACT MALE IOWA to Jay Mitchell Studios, Box 22230, or Illinois of- age university students Philadelp.hiaPA 19103 or H.S. teachers who might find corres- I AM 26 AND NEED A PERSON pondence and meeting with sophistica- with whom I may be sincere. Send ted 57·year·old gentleman to be interes- photo. Correspondents welcome. Desir- ting. Box 109 ing permanent relationship. Decatur, III. YOUNG MAN, 26, DETROIT AREA Box 997. wishes to meet and correspond with o- YOUNG MAN, 30, WOULD LIKE ther males 21 to 30. Box 110 to hear from Drum reader under 30. UNUSUAL PICTURES OF MALES Photo please. Box 122 for adults only. A.C. Soflkiancs, Box COMPANION AND CHAUFFEUR 6981, Chicago I L 60680. available. Intelligent, personable young WHEN IN PHILADELPHIA, VISIT man available for position of companion the Trojan Book Store, Room 206, 34 S. and chauffeur. Urbanity, culture and a 17th St., for a complete display of male keen wit are just a few of the attributes homosexual theme fiction, non-fiction offered by this unique individual: A 28 and nudist magazines. year young, 170 pound, 5'.11", brown- CONGENIAL, MASCULINE WRIT .. haired, qreen-evsd, rather well-developed er, 31, bodybuilder, nudist interested all caucasian bachelor. Free to Travel-no arts, wants to hear from guys 25 to 55. encumbrances. Box 123 N.Y.C. area, West Coast. Photo Box 111 ACTORS WANTED FOR NEW MID· INDIAN LORE ENTHUSIAST west summer theatre. Send photo and would like to form club in Balt.Wash. a· resume. Box 126 rea. Dancing, etc. Box 112. YOUNG MAN SEEKS MANLY AND 42·YEAR·OLD MAN WOULD LI KE artistic-minded pen pals (18·29) in Chi- to meet sincere men around my own age cago, Indianapolis, Cleveland, and Mil- in Mississippi area. Perm.rela. Box 113. waukee. Photo please. Box 125 INKED ORIGINAL MALE NUDE YOUNG COLLEGE MALES WISH sketches $2 to $3. Male nudes in oil to to make friends or correspondents. Bos- order. High quality. Low prices. Details: ~onarea. Box_1_2_4 _ Rumbarger Studio, 1835 N. Penn. l ndi- anapolis, Indiana 46202. @Z)