The Advocate (Issue No. 407, November 13, 1984): The National Gay Newsmagazine (formerly "America's Leading") (Newsprint Magazine) (Formerly, The Los Angeles Advocate)

Malibu, CA: Liberation Publications, Inc.. Offered is Issue No. 407 of The Advocate (November 13, 1984): The National Gay Newsmagazine edited by Robert I. McQueen and now published by David B. Goodstein and Liberation Publications out of Malibu, California. A large, left-stapled newsprint newsmagazine now with glossy covers containing 104 pages including front and rear covers and classified ads. Packed with articles, news items, columns, editorials, letters, vintage ads, photographs and illustrations. Highlights include: one-page news item San Francisco Judge Closes 10 Gay Baths, Sex Clubs; near-one page news item Palm Springs Mayor [Frank Bogert] Protests 'AIDS Hotel'; Profile - John Brown: New Director of Los Angeles' Gay and Lesbian Center (article with interview quotes); Cover Story - The Variety & Vitality of Relationships (One Couple, One Love by Phil Nash [about he and his lover Bob Janowski]; A Starr and Her Son: Founder of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays [article with interview quotes from Adele and Larry Starr]; Holy Union: A Celebration of Gay Love by Jim Marks; Signs of Friendship: Deaf Gays and Their Hearing Friends [group discussion]; UNMonogmany: Loving Tricks and Tricking Lovers by Pat Califia; A Tale of Two Attitudes: 'Lobbying' at the Met by Stephen Greco); Country Dance: Grab Your Partner & Connect! - The Gay Country Dance Movement Is in Full Swing by Mark Rhynsburger; Visionary Video: Merce Cunningham's Strange New Lands (article with interview quotes). In lightly worn outer covers showing periodic small edge chips and short closed edge tears. . Very Good. Magazine. 1st Edition. 1984.