MAGAZINE GOLDMINE: “RUN AN ARTICLE ON QUEERS!” PLS ees TWENTY-FIVE CENTSEveryday come orders for those two historic issues, ONE’ first and second, January and February 1953. Everyday we regret we had only enough cash to print five hundred copies each. * Everyday we say, “The minute we get a little ahead, lets reprint those two.” ‘Then the printer, paper supplier, binder and plate-maker all gleam with high-priced delight * he So it comes to this: ONE is reprinting the January and February 1953 issues at fifty cents a copy. The whole ‘works will go to press as soon as we receive five hundred orders. We estimate a sixty-day wait after this announce- ment before receiving your copies. Ship your cash by freight in crates or bring it in person and we'll put you to ‘work on the magazine. (Or mail it.)facsimile "a mystic bond of, brother- hood makes all men one.” Carlyle Volume One Number Six June 1953 CONTENTS, Magazine Goldmine Jeff Winters David L. Freeman page 2 To Bill Soul K. page 15 ‘Modern Literatu: Donald Webster Cory page 16 Poem . RS. poge 18 Books page 19 News poge 19 Letters Oy page 20 NS lepers, ctor Board Martin Sack, Oe Jeorvge, Don sate. Contributing, Eo Conls Sie try enc anager, CaSO" Mate ste Ashe aly 2B iyey fos cor ut coy nu er us nn the Ug ves Cincy Ta Sole Segue 3, Csi Famsonbe for uutehoa mariners ons aroes ba ieases stat ‘isenclosed.' Copyright 1953 by ONE, Incerporeted, Los Angeles, Cait 7 meiMAGAZINE GOLDMINE: “RUN AN ARTICLE ON QUEERS!” You anda Wile voit magaine have machin common. Far tr being something you just pass the tne with waiting for a hatrewe the popular mags are potent opiniondormers from way back, “Nome of them merely yee sent news as news any more than the general press doce All of them Reve their special slant; they only vary in the subtlety with, which they preson Je For inwance, Life is highly circunapec in iw proathole sutiee eek hats over backward trying to appear undised on tke subject. Actutly apology Is necesary yet Lifer a do, most magazines, wishes to atain a epeoeten objectivity and disclaims all religious and politcal Bias, “This ‘Stiaediy poe sible and their editors are naive\to either wish for itor hope to appese bee Biased. "Their contents strip them bare. ONE, on the other sang, Poke he to concede its own arenes. It hat plenty of bones to pick: "Many ot there cneera other monthly magazines On the following’ pages are summarics of articles on deviation ax printed in representative magesines. “The selection is in. cosescetion, ranging, (rst the quality mag down to the flthy cheapy all of which wield great nalucnce with their many readers. Ie is interesting’ to note that ble Sf conten ane encrally quite consistent: the magatine which expresses prejudice in one dee ton will be found to be prejudiced tn other % well Ie aden ees a appeal are strietly adhered to: every article wil be equally bright ot min formed within cerain surprisingly confined Limits, Seldom do-yoes find ¢ bel, Tiant article in an ate’ containing foolishness chewhere, sor ametanding ssupidity amid wisdom. Where ONE fits into this analysis i up co is Tenders cre poor 8facsimile oF p CURE, aug tn eo WHY js a bimonthly with a surprisingly authoritative approach 10 most of the subjects ic treats in its pages. Naturally it is always glad to sell a copy with things like “The Cause and Cure of Homosexuality” blazing on the cover (Issue No. 7) However, the author, Villiers Gerson, was in no mood to join the Iynchers when he set about gathering data for the article. In fact, the au- thor ended up uncertain as to the cause and unwilling co state a positive cure for the “condition.” There is a section which refutes the concept that homo- sexuals always look and act like the opposite sex. There is another on th geniuses who have been great “because of or in spite of” their deviate ji linations. The latter part of the article falls into another attempt to ¢3 ertain types" of homosexuals and we are told of fathers who “rejected’ child and mothers who coddled too much as if mo heterosexual was ever re- jected as a child or coddled — or any of the other things that are supposed (o wvarlably make a deviate ont of a “normal” person. However Gerson, in spite of his blanket statements on the causes, states that these guesses don’t ‘cover all cases and there is much research to be done. One statement (page 87) seems out of place in an otherwise conscientiously objective sketch: “Overt homo- sexuals also have psychological troubles.” ‘The stat hot given. We are to assume its true and to assume that if evo omen together have no psychological troubles they're not homosexuals no matter what goes on after curfew. In dealing with the social and legal status of the homosexual, Gerson is again sane and revealing. He describes entrapment and brutality, the pressures of prejudiced sociviy and the isolation stemming therefrom. This is no news to readers of ONE. ‘The readers of WHY, on the other hand, must have finished the article with a distinct sense of having heard real news. E Wo Tuwe 1953 page 8SORner pole ac Sa cA vs hon Boers iced ae eee wai Sas prep peo Pre ge fm SRET-H Memos oo Yuu op elite worl car ae {ts homosexual readers. It is possible that CORONET lost more subscribers Seah in race deny cal wae in pe hy Sea ee ee ee ee Sree Se ee eres ree ce ee oe ae ee to forge they happened. The FBI is slantingly accused of lumping all sie acl ogtlocr oo tnt poe od CORONET wil nevec nt Lou way limes per year are committed by homosexuals alone! Next we hear that "t ominant cause is the fast-paced, 20ch Century economie struggle” CORONET didn't really stres sufficiently how powerful a cause that is, for this insidiously fast pace of the 20th Century has been potent enough to reach back many centuries and pervert Greeks, Romans, Druids and an appreciable follow Of the late Genghis Khan. Plato's complaints about iaflaion and reckless ax drivers have not come down to us so. we Will have to trust to CORONET'S authorities. The scientific litle magazine concludes with a calltoarms: parents ‘ust fight off the impending disaster of pervert in every homel Ie demands the public educate itself without specifying exactly how; earlier in the ‘even admitted that ‘the AMA Journal stated, “surprisingly litle lab work has been reported on the subject of homosexuality” In ‘absence of such, CORONET has kindly dreamed up some of its own. cor moefacsimile STRENGTH ano HEALTH the self-improvement magazine TH following letter was written to the editors of STRENGTH AND HEALTH; the writer describes himself sufficiently to enable an understanding petson to recognize the agony in which he has lived. But the heartwrenching (ouch is not in what he writes but in the answer of the editors which is printed immediately after. Tam a boy 16 years old and in the eleventh grade in high school, I like sports and am normal in every respect except that I have homosexual tendencies, Ever since I can remember I have been this way. T have wanted to write to you for some time but I could never get up the courage to tell anyone, even mun parents. I dont mean this letter to be ¢ display of ‘exhibitionism but I feel that I can't keep this to myself any longer; I just have to tell someone. T have not the slightest interest in the opposite sex, but the attraction of other fellows is as strong as any normal boy could have toward a girl Thave always kept my desires in check but sometimes it seems as if it will be ‘almost impossible to control them. It's so hard especially in the gym classes at school when we take showers and other places where there is so much temptation. T hace hardly any feminine characteristics and I must have a normal atirac- tiveness jor the opposite sex for I never tant opportunities for dates, but I have no interest in girls whatsoever. ‘While I admit I have a morbid interest in the pictures in Strength and Health Lalso have a definite desire to build my own body. Of course I don't want you to publish this letter but #f possible I would like the following question answered in the Ask the Doctor column. ‘What causes homosexuatism and how can it be cured? que 1953 page 5