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NATIONAL OFFICERS, , INC. ^ WOMEN’S ORCANIZATION FOR THE th e in t e c r a t /on o f th e h om osexval in to s o c ie t y b y . President—^-^\eo Glenn Recording Secrelary— Margaret Heinz Corresponding Secretary— Barbara (littings Public Relations Director—Meredith Grey Treasurer— Ev Howe

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Ht/itor— Barbara Gidings Ficiion and Poetry Editor— Agatha Maihys © ’Education of the variant, with particular emphasis on ‘^e psyc - Art Editor— Kathy Rogers -ôlogical, physiological and sociological aspects, to enable her 1,05 Angeles Reporter—Sten Russell Reporter— Jean Sand to understand herself and make her adjustment to society in all Production—Joan Oliver, V« Pigrom its social, civic and economic implications— this to be accomp­ Circulation Manager— Cleo Glenn lished by establishing and maintaining as complete a library as possible of both fiction and non-fiction literature on the sex de­ THE LADDER is regarded as a sounding board for various points of view on the homophile and related sub|ects and viant theme; by sponsoring public discussions on pertinent sub­ does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the organization. jects to be conducted by leading members of the legal, psychiat­ ric, religious and other professions; by advocating a mode of be­ havior and dress acceptable to society. © Education of the public at large through acceptance first of the co n te n ts

individual, leading to an eventual breakdown of erroneous taboos Sa y ! uho w ere You Nam ed Af t e r ? - b y Ir e n e F i s k e ...... i and prejudices; through public discussion meetings aforemen­ Se x a n d F a m i l y in t h e B i b l e - by Ra p h a e l Pa t a i - tioned; through dissemination of educational literature on the Re v ie w e d by Re v . Ro b e r t W. wood...... 6 homosexual theme. Op t i c a l Il l u s i o n - a s t o r y by Pa u l a Ch r i s t i a n ...... 9 L e s b i a n L it e r a t u r e in 1963 - A comprehensive l i s t b y

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sible psychologists, sociologists and other such experts directed l i v i n g Pr o pa g a n d a - b y Ma r i l y n Barrow ...... 2 1

towards further knowledge of the homosexual. St r a n g e a s It Se e m s ...... 22 O Investigation of the penal code as it pertains to the homosexual, Re p o r t b y dr. Ho o k er - b y Re n e e Du b o i s ...... 2 3 proposal of changes to provide an equitable handling of cases R e a d e r s Re s p o n d ...... involving this minority group, and promotion of these changes through due process of law in the state legislatures. Co v e r b y a n unidentified a r t i s t

Co p y r i g h t 1964 b y d a u g h t e r s o f B I L i t i s , In c . , Sa n Fr a n c is c o , Ca l . about what she w ill do when she Is old. She in sists she will not live to be old. There is some validity in this Say! W it Were Y ii outlook, since the alcohol she consumes and her lack of care beyond food and clothing may shorten her life. Her lack of compunction about "converts" adds up to an Saied liter? entirely amoral outlook. Usually she lives in a boarding house where young unmarried g irls liv e. These are gener­ ally heterosexual households, and Tennessee's lack of by Irene FlsKe inhibition about seduction has gotten her into trouble a time or two. She cannot be described as Immoral, since Probably you were named a fte r one of the yo“ ’ ^e she doesn't understand the concept and can hardly be held never met. Or, If you've met one of them, you d rather accountable for some of the things she doesn't comprehend. forget the fact. And from her and all the others very like her, you get Tn mv cltY there Is a famous gay nightclub; It is almost your name and I get mine. wholly patronized by women, although some male cro there There are often sightseers, and these tourists There are dozens of respectable homosexual women for each let a bitter stereotyped picture flamboyant. Irresponsible one. But to the rest of the Is. The habitues of the club are usually young and fra^ work-a-day world this Is largely unknown. We'll alviays Iv (painfully) dumb. Sure, some are cute, some are sharp, have the Tennessees, but someday we may be able to dissem­ s L e w ill climb out of the hole a fte r a few years and Join inate Information that is more equitable and that will re­ the human race, but most of them won t make duce the stereotype picture to more deserving proportions. Let's follow one of these girls for a while. Her name Is Tennessee (after her home state); her ® rasslngly feminine and she w ill not t e ll I t to casual a EACH CELL GLITTERING □ u a i n S e r She Is t a l l , with short auburn hair, hazel eyes and ligh tly freckled skin. Undeniably she Is hand- I f I had tiptoed to your bed lithe! sJong, and attractive In her way Back home to wish you good morning there were too many children and she le ft at U to take a we should have clung together cle ric a l Job in the city . For social lif e , she turned to while the disregarded sun rose to zenith. her one s k ill, so ftb all. She did not then know she was Kav Surely the team she Joined knew i t , since they were We must compose our faces a l l ’ gay. Donnie (Donna) the captain and walk among others - see would explain In a red-faced I at least In the daytime. know, she taught me things, and we re still friends. I still see her now and then travelling around. I put on my office dress and turned the key in the front door. Donnie and Tennessee were a 5-month couple until Donnie saw a new g irl and Tennessee didn t mind much ^he de­ The air smelled of spring. cided that "I wanted a girl of my own. It s a lot better The sidewalks and trees and houses had a ll to have a g ir l than be one." This attitude p e rsists de- been laundered and starched. sDlte the ratio of 10 "butches" to every " usually found in such groups. Tennessee moved from town to town Sittin g at the lunch counter "fooling around here and there," through nine while my coifee grew cold like the traditional sailor, found a girl in every port. I looked back at myself from the placarded mirror. Tennessee has little personal philosophy. She wants to be free, completely free, to have The others were sleepy any relationship. She wants to be the boss, and feels and did not see that this is her "right" since she is the butch. She your face reflected to me, likes a job Just difficult enough to earn money to live drowsy and proud, sL hL no ambition. She likes to play softball and from each of my pupils. basketball and w ill move to a new town to join a new Ste l“ ghs, or looks pozsled, at torlout questions Valerie Taylor Dr , Pa t a i b e g in s h i s 8- p a g e s e c t io n on Homosexuality b y s t a t in g Sex and Family WHY t h e r e is no MENTION OF FEMALE HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE B IB LE : THE MEN WERE NOT CONCERNED WITH WHAT THE WOMEN WERE DOING AND THE WOMEN DIDN'T AMOUNT TO ANYTHING ANYWAY, WHILE AGREEING WITH THESE REASONS, 1 DISAGREE WITH HIS STATEMENT " ...N O REFERENCE AT ALL IS in the Bible MADE TO FEMALE HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE LEVITICAL LAW, NOR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE B IB L E ." FOR THERE ARE TWO REFERENCES TO FEMALE HOMO­ K»vi»w by »«v- Hob0rt W. Wood SEXUAL EXPRESSION, FOUND IN DEUTERONOMY 2 2 :J ANO ROMANS 1:26, AND

Pr o f e s s o r Pa t a i h a s w eakened a n o t h e r w is e e x c e l l e n t presentation BY FAILING TO NOTE THESE, SEX ANO Fa m i l y in t h e b i ^ - b y Ra p h a e l Pa t a i . m o b l e d a y , 1959

THIS MIDDLE Ea s t s c h o la r h a s an interesting p a r a g r a p h on t h e co n­

t e m po r a r y s i t u a t io n " . . . among t h e widows AND SEXUALLY STARVED APPEARING THE SAME YEAR AS COLE*S "SEX AND LOVE IN THE B IS LE .", WOMEN..." IN Ku w a it . Me c c a and some Sy r ia n towns a r e a l s o s u g g e s ­ THIS BOOK BY ANTHROPOLOGIST RAPHAEL PATAl RECEIVED MUCH LESS .T- t e d AS h a v in g L e s b i a n a c t i v i t y t o d a y . He a l s o m e n t io n s t h e m a l e - TENTION THAT ITS COUNTERPART. FIVE YEARS AFTER PUBLICATION IT IS o r ie n t e d WOMEN WHO s u p e r v i s e d THE HAREMS, ANO RECOUNTS ONE SUCH b e i n g " d is c o v e r e d " w h er e a s t h e Co l e bo o k is s e l l i n g on c u t r a t e SITUATION IN Af g h a n is t a n , Pa t a i c o n c lu d e s h i s s e c t io n on h o m o sex­ b o o k c o u n t e r s . u a l i t y w it h : "T h e traditional Mid d l e Ea s t f o l k m o r es countenance

h o m o s e x u a l l o v e , a s lo n g a s it i s p r a c t ic e d in s e c r e t w ith no w it ­ DR. PATAI IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S ANTHROPOLOGISTS FOR THE NEAR EAST, n e s s e s p r e s e n t . . . On l y in a few o u t l y in g an d m a r g in a l l y l o c a t e d h a v in g s e r v e d t h e governments OF SYRIA, JORDAN, LEBANON AND ISRAEL PLACES, LIKE S|W»H AND OTHER OASES IN THE SAHARA, HAVE SUCH AGE- a n d h a v in g t a u g h t IN num erous universities h e r e an d a b r o a d , IN OLD r e l i g io u s r i t e s a s PUBLIC ORGIES SURVIVED, REINFORCED AS THEY a d d it io n t o b e i n g a c o n s u lt a n t f o r t h e u n i t e d Na t io n s on m id d l e WERE BY Af r i c a n in f l u e n c e s fro m t h e s o u t h ." EASTERN AFFAIRS. HE NOT ONLY DISPLAYS A KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT SEX a n d f a m i l y CUSTOMS IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD, BUT SHOWS HE IS Th e b e a u t i f u l s t o r y o f Ruth i s c o n s id e r e d b y t h e au th o r un d er h i s RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH REFERENCES TO MODERN PRACTICES. H iS TECH- SECTION ON Th e l e v i r a t e , o r FAMILY OBLIGATIONS. WHILE I WOULD NK}UE IS TO USE PATTERNS OF LIVING STILL FOUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST CLASSIFY THIS STORY AS A BORDER LINE CASE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO THROW LIGHT ON THE WORLD OF THE B IB L E . ,i THERE IS HOMOSEXUAL EXPRESSION PRESENT, OR, PATAI DOES NOT CON­ SIDER IT IN THAT LIGHT, THE AUTHOR HAS THE ADVANTAGE CF NOT WRITING AS A CLERGYMAN, MORAL­ IST, THEOLOGIAN, OR BIBLE HISTORIAN. AS AN OBJECTIVE SCIENTIST HE HiS FINAL CHAPTER, THE RELEVANCE OF IT A L L , SUGGESTS A RETURN TO REPORTS HIS FINDINGS ANO LETS THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. HE FAMILY LIFE PATTERNS OF B IBLICAL DAYS. "|N THE MIDDLE EASTERN MAKES NO JUDGEMENT ON THE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF THE PEOPLE UNDER WORLD, WHERE THIS TRADITIONAL FAMILY STILL SURVIVES, JUVENILE OE- STUDY. ^ LIN ^ E N C Y , OLD AGE, LONELINESS, AND MANY OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS INCIDENTAL TO WESTERN FAMILY LIFE ARE PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN." THERE In h i s examination o f s e x and f a m i l y a c t i v i t y in B IBLE LANDS PAST a r e 14 PAGES OF FOOTNOTES, AND INDEXED REFERENCES FROM 4 1 OF THE a n d p r e s e n t , HE CONSIDERS SUCH MATTERS AS POLYGAMY ANO CONCUBINAGE, B IB L E 'S 66 BOOKS, PLUS THE APOCRYPHA AND THE KORAN , THIS BOOK CO-WIVES' RIGHTS, THE BRIDE PRICE, ADULTERY AM) STERILITY, SEXUAL OUGHT TO BE IN EVERY OCB CHAPTER'S LIBRARY AND IN THE LIBRARY OF HOSPITALITY, SACRED PROSTITUTION, SIBLING RIVALRY, AND A DOZEN an yo ne CONCERNED WITH WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT SEX. OTHER AREAS WHICH ARE MENTIONED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE. OF SPECIAL IN­ TEREST HERE IS HIS SECTION ON HOMOSEXUALITY--THOUGH READERS OF THE ladder MAY ALSO WANT TO READ WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ON REVENGE OF RAPE, (Re v e r e n d wood i s t h e au th o r o f "Ch r i s t and t h e HawosExuAL") Sa n c t i t y a n d Mo r a l i t y , an d Th e L e v i r a t e . VALENTINE For One Called Helen Optical Illusion (In Sapphics) by Paula Christian Long ago I t must be she knew Athene, Wandered Grecian h ills, heard the Lesbian singer For so gravely straight is she made and lovely. Oh God'. I hate these parties. They all try so hard to Walking like music. be sophisticated and swinging and they're a ll such duds. This week at George's, last week at Mary's, next week at Bronze for hair, a coronal proudly lying Jim and Elaine's. . . The same group, basically, and then Smooth as folded wings across brow and,temple; a few new shining, eager faces to season the stew. And Ivory her flesh like the cool of peonies George, really George should know better than to have a Opened in April. mixed group like th is. The gay kids should stick to the gay kids and the straights to the straights. It never Wind-clear eyes that suddenly warm to amber. works. Everyone always feels so uncomfortable. Gay boys Measured voice, with pulsing of prisoned fire , always think they're going to get their rough trade lumps All of her an echo from halcyon hillsides and a ll the straights swear they're going to be fe lt up in Anciently vanished. the kitchen. I t 's a ll very well to think that we mix but really , what does i t prove? Like that lit t le faggot over - Abigail Sanford there comparing make-up v/ith that dumpy lit t le woman. Really'. I f he v;ants tips on make-up he should ask someone who knows, someone like me, for Instance, There really is n 't any competition here at a l l '. I simply cannot under­ stand how women can let themselves go like that. Just MILLENIUM look at her'. And that hat'. Really, vjho viears hats any­ more? Terribly passe. As I lie Next to you, I can brush — V/hat dear? No, darling, i t 's new. Bonwlt T eller, where My fingertips against the else? Ho, darling, I didn't wear it at Freddie's party Blue of the sky and find la st year. . , but I have always adored that dress on you, In the line of your cheek every time you wear It I think of what a nice color it The sweeping slant of. a is . . . Cormorant as i t scores the heavens with a perfect arc. Frump. Beastly creature. I loathe those frilly lesbians trying so hard to remember not to let a cigarette hang out As I stroke your hair of their mouths. I t never matters what they wear, they A new life is conceived always look like sacks. Encased in a gleaming Placenta of golden reverie. — Marvelous canapes, George. Simply marvelous. My caterer? Which caterer, George? Oh, him'. Darling, I've Down the shaded hollows a new one now and ever so clever. Simply an artist, Of the years w ill I follow George, a real artist. Remember Mary's buffet last week? you How a ll the food looked white and runny? This caterer, Ever so gently, softly George, even takes the trouble to add coloring to the Lest my silent tears canapes for eye-appeal. Vihat's that? Oh, she used your Bathe with an acid bath caterer? Vfell, i t must have been an o ff day, George dar­ The fibers of your heart. ling, i t 's a simply wonderful buffet. . , Forgive me for words Some men have absolutely no imagination. I'd no more keep Yet unspoken on the same caterer than I'd vacation at the same place Tonight is tomorrow's mlllenlum. - Jann M iller every year, and "to even think oi* using someone else s course I'm not married. Well, since you put It that way, caterer is ludicrous. No originality, some men. Just perhaps we could steal off to my place. You might enjoy none. You'd think that at le a st Alan would have more seeing my color slides of Europe, Daddy always said I was sense, she's such a lovely boy, Don't know what Alan can quite talented, and of course, I could mix us some mar­ see in George, he's such a truck driver type. Not at all tin is. . , suave. Oh dear, there's that nasty little Glnny coming over. Such a foul mouth that girl has. Just look at her waddling over here, Just like a drunken seaman. I do hate George. . . these dykes. Y es. Alan love? — Glnny, darling'. Ju st the person I've been thinking of. Of course I don't think you look mannish In that sult,^ Where did Joe disappear to? And that Smithy? That. I t 's very becoming. Meet who? Oh. really Glnny, I d love friend of Glnny's. .I- . to but I've the teeniest wee headache coming on and I d hate to, well, oh, all right if you Insist. How good a friend is he? Well, two weeks Isn't very long is You're so sweet, Glnny, to worry about my love li f e , out BLIND MAN'S BUFF re a lly , I'm not exactly an old maid. . . That nameless force that some call Nature, My God', but he's marvelous'. Those slender hips, that An inconsistent constancy we must rely upon sensuous mouth'. And I do adore blond men with dark tans, Or else confront chaos. never have been able to r e sist them, , • The very vicissitudes are caught up in form, A form as fixed as a matrix — Smithy, you say? What a divine name. Surely it's not Wherein the le tte rs sh ift and vary your real first name? It Is? How odd, but very nice, you Within a geometry of lin es. understand. Why yes, I'd love another glass of champagne, th a t's so kind of you. . . i We fancy we can work the crostlc. We fuss with a minutla of alphabet. Just look at his manly walk'. Sex Just oozes out of every Absorbed In tiny puzzles, pore'. I must have him, I really must. That lean ath letic Myopic in bagatelles, torso, why he makes all the other straight men look like We solve the inner triv ia and rejoice queers, and he's interested in me too, I can tell. I saw In our mastery of the paltry. the way his eyes took in my b reasts, you can t fool me Purblind of that dense black boundary. about those things, but he was so sweet about it, so shy, not like those nasty uncouth things who Just, well, Just Are we no bigger than the ant for their own satisfaction, no consideration, no finesse. That dully grasps its crumb. Reward for bumbling through — Thank you. Smithy. Uram, I love champagne. Now, you A laboratory labyrinth? musn't le t me have too much or I might get s illy . I At le ast the ant does not grin In satisfaction don't believe I've seen you at any of the other parties. At Its stupid achievement. Oh, Chicago? No, I've never been there. Daddy always felt it was better for us if we went abroad, more cultur­ - Carol Orr a l , y'know. Have you been abroad? My, what a funny Joke, I 'd never thought of how alike they sound. I t 's so rare to find a man with a sense of humor these days. . . Of a ll the luck'. And that something like Glnny should A RAINDROP introduce usl He Just sends tingles a ll through me, I ve A raindrop loosened from God's sky. got to get him off for myself, I've Just got to. Uncharted in Its stratospheric fligh t. — You don't like parties either? Isn't that grand, Was part of many t i l l i t found the sea. neither do I . So smoky and crowded, aren't they? I do too. Smithy, I always have said that small, quiet groups And there buoyed by likeness, were ever so much nicer. Why, no, I don't live very far away. Ohh'. You're so forward. Smithy, naughty thing, of Pound peace. - J . Lorna Strayer Instead of a hot-house g ir ls' school, for a change) and Doris Grumbach's THE SPOIL OP THE FLOWERS. Sonya Arcone's J2esiiün JLÎterature in ’63 book THE GOLDEN HAMMER Is gripping, but the theme of mis­ A Comprehensive List by Gene Demon understood child has been done to death before. THE UNICORN by I r is Murdoch; THE GROUP by Mary McCarthy; the short'Story "Jurge Dulrumple" by John O'Hara; and Prom the standpoint of the authors of today, homosexuality Thomas Pynchon's allego rical novel V, must a ll be recom­ i s an accepted part of lif e . A complete Integration has mended for literary quality. been achieved from a literary viewpoint and almost no genre of writing fa lls to offer examples of the existence The sensational and overdone ALL THE GODS AND GODDESSES of an accepted homosexuality. by Kay Martin contains well-drawn characters, and this author Is to be watched. History buffs may enjoy Henry Pew stereotypes appear outside the 'deliberately slanted Treece's latest rewriting of mythology in THE AMBER PRIN­ literatu re of the . Authors who have for years CESS. The AUNTIE MAME fans w ill be pleased with MISS lent "suspicious" characteristics to their protagonists BANNISTER'S GIRLS by Louise Tanner. now openly write of homosexuals. An example of this can be found in John O'Hara who has been p ro lific for years— Humorous novels had a field day in 1963, Robert Cover's but only in his la te st books have male and female homo­ ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR MISUNDERSTANDING Is very minor but very sexuals appeared. Surely he was not middle-aged before funny. One of the very best novels of the year was an discovering the existence of such people. hilarious satire, THE NO-ROAD by Jessamy Morrison. This Integration is welcome In general. It Is to be 1am- Brlgld Brophy has two good title s this year, the subtle ented, though,vllvi' Wq! »1 that ^ wV/l/QA to tal Integration w»V ill* end the "roman- and minor but interesting FLESH, and a satiric master­ tic " Lesbian novel which was so beautifully a part of the piece that should delight everyone, THE FINISHING TOUCH. literary 1930's. Only In the current paperbacks are there The young Marianne Sin clair shows promise in PARADOX LOST'; samples of the romantic type, and most have li t t l e merit. her husband Andrew's la te st novel THE PARADISE BUM should be read for the light It throws on her own book. The following pages are Intended to be a comprehensive list of fiction and biographical materials containing a Two old friends have been discussed In books this year. Lesbian element which were published in 1963. The list C olette's lif e and loves have been recreated In "BY appears annually In THE LADDER, covering titles published CECILE" by Tereska Torres, and Radclyffe Hall is discussed the previous year. This 1963 list includes a few 1962 from a 'different angle by her friend Naomi Jacob In ME AND items published too late for Inclusion last year. I again THE SWANS; thank T. R. H. for help In locating t it le s . From an emotional standpoint, the best title in the hard­ Many of the items listed are trash. A quick glance at the back books this year is THE BITTER FRIENDSHIP by Rosemary titles will usually warn readers away from the undesirable Tlmperley. In a better year this might not be itrue. ones. My Intention Is to provide each year a complete record of all fictional and biographical works relating to high points Include;: THE IMITATION LO'VERS and Lesbianism, for the benefit of future researchers. THE HEAT OF DAY, both by March Hastings- A MARTINI ON THE OTHER TABLE by Joyce Elbert; THIS SIDE OP LOVE by Paula Last year's list contained 203 titles and this year's Is Christian; the short stories "Always a Gathering" by far longer. But It Is not nearly so large a Jump as each Albert Waller and "Goldfish and Olives" by E. Valentine previous year had seen. Some of the newsstand trash may White;, THE SEX BETlffiEN and HONEYSUCKLE, both by Randy be lessening. S t i l l , the sheer weight of title s does make Salem; SOFT IN THE SHADOWS by John Turner; and WE TWO I t possible for a few worthwhile t it le s to get Into print W0N'T*LAST by Ann Aldrich. (The la st named is much less that might not make I t I f the subject did not have sensa­ vituperative than the earlier Aldrich t it le s .) tion value. Unfortunately "though, there are few titles th is year with the subjective beauty that makes one re­ Special mention goes to MY SISTER, MY LOVE by Miriam read them Just to meet old friends. Gardner, who Is fast Joining that high company of writers universally appreciated. One of this special group, Hardback highlights Include two "school" novels; Robert Valerie Taylor, produced the year's best (or close to It) Walter's STACY TOl'/ER (set In a mld-westem university Lesbian title with her novel UNLIKE OTHERS.

12 Omissions from this list will appear In next year's. Brlgld Brophy The Finishing Touch +London, Seeker LESBIAN literature IN 1953 and Warburg 1963 196 1962 Brigid Brophy Flesh +World L ist of titles Including those I and t it le s Monarch discovered too late to Include in last year's list. An Wenzell Brown Women of Evil asterisk (+) indicates a hardcover book. Copyright 1963 Anthony Burgess The Wanting Seed +Norton is understood unless otherwise indicated. Greg Caldwell Suburban Sex Bedside Tony Calvano Skid Row Sinners Nlghtstand Jay Carr The Love Seekers Beacon Beacon TITLE PUBLISHER John Carver The Shame of Jenny AUTHOR Noel Chandler Satan In High Heels Belmont Avon Twisted Love Brandon House Paula Christian This Side of Love E lsie Abel Stacey Clubb The Middle Sex Beacon Kay Addams My Wild Night with Novel Raven 9 Nudists Marcia Howard Lesbo Beach Novel Coleman Kay Addams Cherry Gary Corbin Ringside Tarts Pillow, ' 62 Kay Addams Lucy Beacon, ’ 62 Chariot Novel, ' 62 D, W. Craig Kiss Like a Nymph Kay Addams (as My Secret Perversions Suddenly I t 's Sin Raven, ' 62 told to Orrle D. W. Craig D. W, Craig The Dike Twins New Chariot Hitt) Private Editions My 2 Strangest Lovers Novel D, w. Craig Sins of Summer Kay Addams ( to D. W, Craig Take Me Raven Orrle Hitt) Saxon Craig College Sex Queens Private Editions Arthur Adlon Lesbos Is for Lonnie Beacon Brandon Strange Seduction Beacon, ' 62 Stanley Curson Lesbian Alley Arthur Adlon Stanley Curson Lesbian Sin Song Brandon Arthur Adlon Office Tramp Chariot, ' 62 All Star, '62 The One Between Beacon, ' 62 Shirley Dare So Hot the Sun Arthur Adlon Stephanie Davis Lust Is No Lady Lancer Arthur Adlon She Who Strays Beacon Lesbian Llrobo Private Editions Arthur Adlon Strange Nurse Beacon, '62 Rita Dean P illa r Books M. D. Deer Flames of Desire Prance Bart Alden Sin S ell Tana de Gamez Like a River of Lions +Graphlc Soci­ Ann Aldrich We Two Won' t Last Fawcett Gold ety, '62 and Medal Paperback Roger Allen August Heat Midwood, '62 Library, ' 63 Anonymous Warped Passions Tuxedo, ' 62 Midwood Strange Lust Private Richard Donalds Not Since Eve Anonymous Richard Donalds Sign Here for Sin Midwood Editions Midwood The Golden Hammer +Atheneiun, Jess Draper One Step More Sonya Arcone Je ssie Dumont Made In Hell Lancer, '62 '62 and '63 Monarch Harry Barstead Love Me Private Edi­ Je ssie Dumont I Prefer Girls Ronnie Edmunds I t 's a Gay, Gay World Raven tions, '62 Prance Harry Barstead Passionate Amazons All Star, ’ 52 Nell Egal Lesbos In Panama Joyce Elbert A Martini on the Bantam Harry Barstead Lesbo Lodge Private Editions Other Table John Baxter Sin Inn Evening Reader Max Elgun , Nylon Jungle New Chariot Loren Beauchamp Wayward Widow Midwood, '62 Evening Reader Fletcher Bennett Jaded Sex Original Play­ Dan E liot Sin Doll Dan E liot Dial Orgy Ember Books time Midnight Reader Charlotte Coronet Among the +Random Don Elliott Sin Crazed Don Elliott Passion Patsy Midnight Reader Bingham Weeds Midwood Brian Black The Strangest Marriage Beacon Joan E llis Forbidden Sex Arthur Farmer Odd Girl Out All Star Roger Blade Sins of Cheryl Prance Raven Raven Adam Fenton Desire on Top Robert Bledsoe Deviate Wife Naked Lesbo Private Editions Robert Bledsoe Licence for Lust Raven Jeremy Flagg Tom Poran The Twisted Ones Beacon Robert Bledsoe Sex Sorority Raven Brandon Roger Bordier The Golden Plain +Houghton J . D. Ford L, Is for Lesbian Stuart Friedman Nikki Revisited Monarch Matt Bradley Lesbian Lane Jade Books Irina Monarch King Brady Vegas Vice Queen Jade Books Stuart Friedman Jay Pulton Perverted Urge Novel, ' 62 Harley Brlsson Passion Merchant Prance My S iste r, My Love Monarch Barbara Brooks Shadow Dance Hldwood Tower Miriam Gardner Pauline Garvey Lure of Burlesque Paragon, ' 61 Patterns of Passion Tropic Prance Leonard Jackson Richard E. Gels Glrlsville Naomi Jacob Me—And the Swans +London, William B. A. Glover Orgy at Sea Raven Klmber Jerry M. Goff, Jr. Overwhelming Desires Merit G irls and Gangs Monarch Novel, '62 Don James Jerry M. Goff, Jr, T hrill Crazy Jack James Wild Flesh Private Editions R, C Gold Man Hater France Jerry Jason Country Club Lesbian Brandon Anthony Gordon Doctor of Lesbos Beacon Colin Johns Rendezvous In Lesbos Beacon Robert Gover $100 Misunder­ +Grove Press, G irls on the Wing Monarch, ’ 62 ' 61-62 and Viilllam Johnston standing Holly Jordan Imprisoned Passions Novel Ballantlne, Prank Kane Ring a Ding Ding Dell ' 63 William Kane Lust Web Midnight Reader Paul Gregory The Price Was Beacon, ' 62 Kimberley Kemp A Bit of Fluff Midwood Perversity Kimberley Kemp Illicit Interlude Midwood Doris Grumbach The Spoil of the +Doubleday, Kimberley Kemp Nothing to Lose Midwood Flowers ' 62 Kimberley Kemp Pampered Midwood Rod Harding Vacation for Sex Prance William King Strumpet Ember Tom Harland The Torrid Widow Beacon william King Sex Sea P illar Books Jim Harmon The Celluloid Scandal Epic, '61 Lester Lake T. V. 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Stonebraker 1 i i From "The Star, and the Pit" (Unpublished) by Jerl Collins Living LXXIII Dream, then, sweet Sappho, In your satlent bliss. Propaganda Beside this flowing stream Of Soul's contentment That we know, so w ell... Ah, that I should dare Disturb thy dreaming. py Marilyn narrow That might again be loosed Those Jackals of desire To fair consume their willing prey. A fter reading my article "Living Propaganda" In the Novem­ This warm, soft yielding flesh, ber 1963 LADDER, a friend wrote to me generally admiring Tuned but to sing in this exotic key KtLle ««t'polnung .»t that i ^ Such music, as but souls In love can know', clear Just HOW my co-workers know that I am a Lesbian. I love you, with this patient love. That waits until your lashes l i f t Knowing that my physical appearance Is considerably more To bring awareness to your coursing mind. masculine than her own, she went on to say : i t s o. k . And In those glowing eyes, to see fo^you since yoxx look butchy, but I don^ and never tove The hungry wildness —how would anyone have known I was gay? How could I have That your own sh all see In mine... been Living Propaganda?" And while I wait. My soul sings love songs This In one sense, was an erroneous conception on her To your drowsy heart. Jart.’ It Is true that my appearance would make me ^ sp e ct To while this languorous time to some oeoDle. But It Is, I am certain, my deliberate As both our bees store honey lack of subterfuge—constantly practiced—that made my co- In their soft and hungry combs... lo lle r l awairin^the first place. Curiosity leads to con­ firmation • and I f you work with twenty people and two or Dream, then, sweet Sappho, »111 And may thine every dream S e of ¿»rkpow you are gay. the others soon Kno., Be of the sweetness too, That our sou ls. In waking, sh are'.... Bv deliberate lack of subterfuge, I mean ttet 1 never niaftice these deceptions, so commonly used; 1) The im- LXXV pucftlon ihal I ^ v ra biy friend; 2] Extreme reticence Fair Stars, you smile, perhaps. aio^t iy time away from work; 3) Slanted or ^tm e refer­ At s illy things we mortals do. ences to my friend—the kind that would deliberately And even laugh at we who love, S L L ? in their eyes to the status of roommate. And wish upon your distant glow For dreams to be. 0„ the other hard. I do drop the «««“ i X m " And for a million hopes "our" in my conversation. Of course, all this Is a lora That spring from hearts In love, of ground work. After a few months people simply begin to No less than Heaven's Best, thl^ of you as gay or queer or !^°“°=®^'^J;g°''aisrbIgin to And for so long a time ieSrdlou anffoulffrlenfara'c^uple-a married couple Eternity seems sm a ll... But would you not Exchange your godly place With we, who dare to dream. a t woik is much more pleasant than It^would be I f I had to Forsaking Heaven be always wondering I f '*someone knows . For a dream that's real. Though It may never be It is true that this could not be done If your status as a But like those other stars, wUer n poor If you are a slob at work, or a But Hang out of reach. if iou hLLtly carry your weight, and If your home life Forever?.... i s exempi^ry with tta t one big exception, you have no problem. There are several co-workers who would be quite Report by Dr. Hooker as dismayed to think of my "divorcing” my friend as they would be over a heterosexual divorce involving one of the office personnel. Dr Evelyn Hooker presented her paper on "Mai® One of the factors that harm homosexual marriages is the a lity l Empirical Studies" at the New England lack of continuity between office, home, relatives, cal Association's convention In Boston on ^ovembe 9i friends. The more links you build In your life. In lieu 1953! Sr: SSker is a psychologist affiliated with the of those acquired automatically by heterosexual union, the stronger your own marriage! University of at , Dr Hooker's paper described her Intensive le s of 30 male homosexuals - studies begun In 195 carried through until 1962. These males Strange as it Seems slve homosexuals and were considered comparable to the 30 men were gainfully employed, were J ls - It Is easier to get money than to give It away! Or so has been the experience of the Daughters of B lllt ls In admin­ ilth another man. The age range of ^^ese homosexual istering the Blanche M, Baker Memorial Scholarship Fund, Treasurer Ev Howe announces that $270,00 w ill be available in her sample and their social and professional lives. from the fund for the 196M--65 school year. This amount will be divided Into $90.00 scholarships to be of­ nr Hooker's more detailed analysis of their fered by each of the DOB chapters. terns revealed that 8i!Si of the group practiced a ll foras S n S e SexSa! a ct. Including mutual fe lla tio , Inter­ However, Del Martin, chairman of the scholarship commit­ course and other variations, ^"terestlngly, mo tee, has expressed her concern that aspiring students be L l f her subjects achieved orgasm In only 5 t ^neii made aware of the DOB scholarships and get their applica­ T e Z l e n c o u L rs. One explanation offered w,as that^^^_ tions In. Only one application was received by the San Francisco Chapter last year, she pointed out. Jef^mar^e'^Srimarll? Interested In having the partner achieve orgasm. There are two types of scholarships which may be awarded. Group I is for any woman over 21 years of age who Is at­ tending or planning to attend an accredited college or sp..kln| J'; university as either an undergraduate or graduate student. It Is necessary that the applicant be a full-time student H ' f I having a B average and majoring in one of the following fields: anthropology, education. Journalism, law, medi­ cine, political science, psychology, social welfare or sociology. Group II is for a Lesbian who wishes to better her earning power. This would Include any type of trade or vocational school (art school, business school, etc.). the subject matter. Awards will be based on consideration of scholastic at- talament, financial need, ability and promise. T-h ua«! a strikingly attentive audience that heard Dr. Applications may be obtained from the following chapters L e ly n Hooker -d^PJ--J,^^j 3^ a b ir r o S^iftaln^V^bJect- of the Daughters of B l llt ls : San Francisco - 1232 Market Uve'^attltude while being warm and empathetlc with her S t ., Suite 108; - 30 Charlton S t. ; Chicago - subjects. i ‘ U09 Armltage Ave, Please specify group cla ssific a tio n . Applications will, of course, be kept confidential. - Renee DuBols «1 m u st s a y I PREFER THIS TO LIVING AS AN OUTUW FORCED TOWARD 1NTE»»'ERANCE a n d UMJERWORLD V IC E. I'M HERE PARTLY BECAUSE OF AN ANTHONY WEST SERIES OF ARTICLES IN THE NOV YORKER SOME 5 OR MORE YEARS AGO, WHEREIN HE HAZARDED A GUESS THAT HOMOSEXUALS WOULD

"SORRY TO HEAR THAT O.O.B. IS IN SUCH ROUGH SHAPE FINANCIALLY. p r o b a b l y LIVE MORE COMFORTABLY IN JAPAN THAN ANYWHERE ELSE hC It n e v e r f a i l s t o a m a z e me t h a t t h i s s o r t o f ORGANIZATION MUST COULD T » m OF.. IT SEEMS TRUE! AND ONE'S WORK EFFICIENCY IS

ALWAYS ENDURE THIS PRECARIOUS BALANCING FROM MONTH TO MONTH AND accordingly IMPROVED TOO." YEAR TO YEAR. ESPECIALLY V«EN EVERYONE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE SO I WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RED CROSS, COMMUNITY CHEST, ETC.— - c. L . , J a p a n AMO HOW MANY EVER DERIVE ACTUAL BENEFIT FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS? * * * * *

"1 AM QUITE IMPRESSED WITH WHAT A FEW PEOPLE ARE DOING SO WELL. I HAD ALWAYS HAD THE NOTION THAT YOUR GROUP WAS MUCH LARGER AND YOU'VE NO IDEA WHAT A DREADFUL BORE IT IS TO RECEIVE THE VARIOUS NOT IN MUCH NEED OF— OUTSIDERS, YOU MIGHT S A Y ." HOMOPHILE MAGAZINES AND TO HEAR THE SAME OLD STRINGS BEING PLUCKED IX*IELOOIOUSLYI THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH MATERIAL TOWING TO BEAR - J. P,, CALIFORNIA ON SUCH A SPECIALIZED SUBJECT. THE SOO^£R THIS LIMITATION IS MET

and DIVERSIFICATION SETS IN , THE BETTER. OF COURSE I WOULDN'T ED. NOTE: "OUTSIDERS" ARE OFTEN OUR BEST FRIENOSI PLEASE HELP! WITHDRAW MY SUPPORT, BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT WE'RE JUST TOO

damn in s u l a r in OUR APPROACH." ¡^ * * * * - 0. Y ., NBV YORK

" I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE INTERPLAY OF ALCOHOLISM AND HOMOSEXUALITY. RESEARCHERS LIKE THE U TE DR. BENJAMIN KARPMAN HOLD ***** THAT THE CORREUTION IS lOO^, THAT EVERY ALCOHOLIC HAS LATENT OR OVERT HOMOSEXUAL TENDENCIES. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE CONFIRWS THIS "BLESS YOUR HEARTS, YOU WHO DO SUCH MARVELOUS WORK GETTING THAT IS TRUE OF MEN, THOUGH I DON'T KNOW IF THIS |S NECESSARILY TRUE UN-REPLACEABLE MAGAZINE OUT E^CH MONTH." OF WOMEN ALCOHOLICS, - F . M ., WYOMING

"Now IN J a p a n t h e r e i s much d r i n k i n g . It h a s n ' t h o w ev er t h e m o r a l STIGMA IT HAS IN THE U. S. WHERE PROHIBITION WAS ONCE TRIED. IN J a p a n d r i n k i n g i s ritualistic , c u s t o m a r y , b u t in J a p a n e s e g a y

BARS YOU j u s t DON'T SEE DRUNKS. NOR AMONG JAPANESE HOMOSEXUALS DO "I t 'S TIME WE TRIED TO CLEAN UP THE FILTH IN LESBIANA, THERE IS YOU FIND THE UNHAPPY DRINKING WE SEE IN OUR FRIENDS AT HOME FAR NO POINT IN TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND A CAUSE WHEN 'T IS TOO OFTEN. THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE PERMISSIVENESS OF JAPANESE LAW PRESENTED AS A SPECIAL FORM OF DEGRADATION. AT THIS MOMENT THERE RE HOMOSEXUAL ACTIV ITY. THERE IS NONE OF THE IDENTIFICATION OF a r e 5 l e s b i a n PAPERBACKS ON THE SHELVES OF MY CORNER DRUG STORE. SEX WITH SIN THAT CHARACTERIZES THE BIG SEMITIC RELIGIONS OF A U - FIV E HAVE THE PICTURE OF 2 WOMEN IN SCANTY LINGERIE OR LESS,

Is l a m , J u d a is m , a n d Christianity . Ma n y c u s t o m e r s t a k e s o f t d r in k s WITH CAPTIONS THAT IMPLY THE WORST POSSIBLE INDULGENCE. NORMAL

TO a n o t h e r d r in k o r a n o t h e r b e e r AS AT h o m e . So EVEN f o r e ig n e r s PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO READ THESE BOOKS TO GET AN IDEA OF PERVER­ HERE HAVE FRUIT JJICE OR SOMETHING ELSE NON-ALCOHOLIC. BEHAVIOR SION-PICTURES TELL A VOLUME'S WORTH. PERTAPS IT IS ONE REASON AND ATMOSPHERE ARE PLEASANT AND RELAXED, WITHOUT FEARS OF THE WHY THIS MINORITY GROUP DOESN'T FIGHT FOR ITS RIGHTS. THEY ARE EXPLOSIVE BELLIGERENCE OF A LOT OF DRUNKS, a s h a m ed OF HOW THEIR CASE IS PRESENTED IN LITERATURE...AND HERE WE CAN INCLUDE NEWSPAPERS ANO MAGAZINES ALSO. BUT PERHAPS THE REAL REASON IS THAT THIS MINORITY GROUP IS SO SCATTERED THAT IT HAS NO EFFECTIVENESS, FOR EVERY |00 HOMOSEXUALS WHO HAUNT THE BILITIS GAY SPOTS ANO LIVE THEIR LIVES OPENLY, THERE ARE THOUSANDS WHO INCORPORATED LIVE IN SECLUSION FROM THEIR OWN DESIRES— MOSTLY IN FEAR OF BEING EXPOSED ANO HURTING IMMEDIATE FA M ILIES, ETC. IT IS IRONICAL THAT NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ind Stn Fraodsco Chapter 1232 Market St., n e a r l y a l l ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS DEPICT THE HOMO­ SEXUAL AS A FRUSTRATED BAR FLY WHO LIVES FOR SEX ALONE AND SPENDS Suite 106, Sen Ftandsco 2, California ALL H IS TIME IN GAY BARS FOR SUCH A PURPOSE. AND BECAUSE OF THIS New Yotk Ckeptct: 30 Chacltoa, Apt. BNl, New Yotk, N. Y. Phoae: ORckeid 3-6940. LITTLE MINORITY WITHIN A MINORITY, THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF HOMOSEXU­ Cklcege ChipteTt 409 Aflaitage, Chicago. , 60614. ALISM IS A NASTY WORD, THEREFORE IF THE SUBJECT IS EVER TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED BY SOCIETY IT W ILL HAVE TO BE CLEANED UP MEMBERSHIP in the DauRfatera of Bilitia ia Uaritrd to wogpcn 21 yemts WHERE THE WRITTEN WORD IS CONCEDED, ONE FILTHY BOOK, BY ONE of age or older. If in S«n Ftanciaco, New York or Chicago area, GREEDY AUTHOR, CAN DESTROY THE UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION BY A direct intpiiiy to chapter concerned; otherwise write to National Office FEW THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR A FEW THOUSAND HOMOSEXUALS. UNTIL DECENT in San Frnncisco. ARTICLES ARE WRITTEN ABOUT THE DECENT AND DEDICATED HOMOSEXUALS, THE MORE CAPABLE AND INTELLIGENT ONES WILL NOT CARE TO ASSOCIATE XHE LADDER: a mondiljr publicadoo by the DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS,

THEMSELVES WITH THE SUBJECT. VIHO CAN ELí ME THEM? A SUCCESSFUL WC., mailed in n plain sealed envelope for 14.00 per yenr. HETEROSEXUAL BUSINESSMAN WON'T ASSOCIATE WITH SKID-ROW DERELICTS. CONTRIBUTIONS are giatefnliy accepted frcan anyone who wishes to a ssist US in our work. We are a noo-profit corporatlon worlaog entirely on "PERHAPS SOME DAY THE SAY BAR CROWD WILL LOSE ITS SELF-PITY AND donated labor. Our fees are not of such amounts as to allow foe much CHILDISHNESS AND FACE L IF E AS USEFUL AND WORTHWHILE INDIVIDUALS— expansion of the puhlicadon. While men miy not become members of the INDIVIDUALS WHO STOP BEING LONELY BY GIVING THEMSELVES TO SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, INC., many have expressed interest in out ef­ IN SOME CHARITABLE PROJECT THAT MAKES THEM FORGET SELF, SACRI­ forts and our publication and have made cootribudons to further our work. FICING FOR OTHERS IS THE ONLY CURE FOR FRUSTRATION, FOR HOMOSEXUAL Of course, anyone over 21 years of age may subscribe to THE LADDER. OR HETEROSEXUAL. IN THE MEANTIME WE SHOULD APPEAL TO AUTHORS TO TONE DOWN THE SEX ANGLE AND APPEAL TO PUBLISHERS TO FORSAKE THE GAUDY BOOK COVERS. EVENTUALLY THESE BOOKS WILL NOT SELL AT A L L. PEOPLE GROW TIRED CF TOO MUCH. BUT THE DAMAGE IS BEING DONE NOW. DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, INC

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