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William Way LGBT Community Center Periodicals Collection Coll.37 John F William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection Coll.37 John F. Anderies, based on Periodical Holdings index created by Bob Skiba, and appended by George C. Dube.. Last updated on March 08, 2019. John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection Table of Contents Summary Information....................................................................................................................................4 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4 Administrative Information........................................................................................................................... 5 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6 #................................................................................................................................................................6 A...............................................................................................................................................................7 B............................................................................................................................................................. 19 C............................................................................................................................................................. 31 D.............................................................................................................................................................48 E............................................................................................................................................................. 56 F..............................................................................................................................................................60 G.............................................................................................................................................................68 H.............................................................................................................................................................90 I...............................................................................................................................................................98 J............................................................................................................................................................ 105 K...........................................................................................................................................................108 L........................................................................................................................................................... 109 M.......................................................................................................................................................... 121 N...........................................................................................................................................................135 O...........................................................................................................................................................149 P............................................................................................................................................................158 Q...........................................................................................................................................................171 R........................................................................................................................................................... 174 - Page 2 - William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection S............................................................................................................................................................179 T........................................................................................................................................................... 193 U...........................................................................................................................................................202 V...........................................................................................................................................................204 W.......................................................................................................................................................... 208 X...........................................................................................................................................................215 Y...........................................................................................................................................................215 Z........................................................................................................................................................... 216 - Page 3 - William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection Summary Information Repository John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center Title William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection Call number Coll.37 Date 1940-Present Extent 350 linear feet Language English Scope and Contents The periodicals collection includes LGBT-related newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, reviews, comics and other serially-published texts from 1940-present. The collection strives to be comprehensive in coverage of the Philadelphia-area, but includes publications from across the United States and abroad. Subjects covered include activism, athletics, culture, entertainment, gender, health, history, law, literature, news, recreation, religion, politics, pornography, race, sexuality, social services, student life, and more. Arrangement Periodicals are arranged alphabetically on this finding aid. Physically, they are divided by format and filed alphabetically by title, with the exception of newsletters, which are filed alphabetically mainly by parent organization. Not included in this finding aid are the archives' serial travel guides. - Page 4 - William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection Administrative Information John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center John F. Anderies, based on Periodical Holdings index created by Bob Skiba, and appended by George C. Dube.. - Page 5 - William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection # Collection Inventory #. 'N Touch News: Your LGBT News Authority (Phoenix, AZ) [magazine]: no. 58 (May 2009); no. 59 (June 2009). The "TEK"-IE (Gaytek Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA) [newsletter]: v. 1, no. 1 (June 9, 1987); v. 1, no. 2 (August 15, 1987). [2] Hot Male Couples (Los Angeles, CA) [magazine]: May/June 2001 - May/June 2002, incomplete. 10 Percent (San Francisco, CA) [magazine]: v. 1, no. 1 (Winter 1992) - v. 3, no. 14 (May/June 1995), incomplete. 100 Numbers (Miami, FL) [magazine]: v. 1, no. 1 (1979); v. 1, no. 3 (Fall 1980). 100 Percent Beef (Palm Springs, CA) [magazine]: no. 3 (September 2002); no. 5 (January 2003). 13th Moon (Cathedral Station, NY) [magazine]: v. 1, no. 2 (1973/1974) - v. 8, no. 1/2 (1984), incomplete. 18 Wheeler: A Private Newsletter for the American Truckhawk and Gay Trucker (East Rutherford, NJ) [newsletter]: v. 1, no. 3 (March 1976) - no. 50 (1981), complete. See also T.R.A.S.H.. 2002 (Seattle, WA) [magazine]: no. 2.1 (July 1996). 41 sonar fantasmas: Informacion gay/lesbica (Apartado, Mexico) [magazine]: no. 1 (1992); no. 2 (1992); no. 3 (February 1993). 50/50 Magazine (San Francisco, CA) [magazine]: Premiere Issue no. 1 (1995); Issue no. 2 (1995). 5th Freedom (Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier, Buffalo, NY) [newsletter, newspaper]: v. 4, no. 3 (April 14, 1974) - v. 13, no. 3 (March 1983), incomplete. - Page 6 - William Way LGBT Community Center periodicals collection A 9-PM (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) [newspaper]: v. 1, no. 6 (April 21, 1983). 98 Summerzine (Crescent City Club, New Orleans, LA) [newsletter/magazine]: 1998. A. AAC Update (Boston, MA) [newsletter]: v. 1, no. 10 (November 1986) - v. 2, no. 6 (June 1987), incomplete. AAPHR Reporter (American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, San Francisco, CA) [newsletter]: Spring 1994; Summer 1994. Above Ground (Allentown, PA) [magazine]: v. 2, no. 6 (June 1995) - v. 5, no. 4 (April 1998), incomplete. Access Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) [newspaper]: July 2000. ACLU News (American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY) [newsletter]: May 1986 - July 1987, incomplete. Act Up Reports (New York, NY) [newspaper]: v. 1, no. 4 (June 1989) - v. 1, no. 5 (September/October 1989), incomplete. Action AIDS Insider (Philadelphia, PA) [newsletter]: November 1992. See Action AIDS Newsletter. Action AIDS Newsletter (Philadelphia, PA) [newsletter]: June 1988 - Winter 1991/1992, incomplete. Action Alert (Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, Cambridge, MA) [newsletter]: v. 4, no. 1 (Spring 1992).
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