GLFF RESOURCE LIBRARY
Gay Flames #1
SEPT. 1, 1970: “We’re Fighting Back!” gives an eyewitness account of an NYC demonstration with landmark streets and locations, interactions with police, chants shouted, and more. NYU Weinstein hall demonstrations. Pamphlet’s mission.
Gay Flames #1 Alternate
SEPT 1970: “Gay is Good.” This issue of the Gay Flames pamphlet includes an article titled “Gay is Good” by GLF member Martha Shelley, which is reprinted from Rat. It is numbered #1, but is considered an alternate to issue #1.
Gay Flames #3
SEPT. 1970: “An Open Letter to Jerry Rubin Which May Fix His Bad Mouth.” This issue of the Gay Flames pamphlet includes a piece by Step May of Chicago Gay Liberation, addressing Jerry Rubin for his anti-gay, hetero-chauvinist book, “DO IT!”
Gay Flames #4
SEPT. 1970: “Battles Go On.” This issue covers demonstrations to hold a gay dance at NYU’s Weinstein Hall. Also: a GLF Bail Fund, a letter from an incarcerated gay man, and penal laws on sodomy. Includes a calendar of gay NYC gatherings.
Gay Flames #4 Alternate
FALL 1970: “Gay Consciousness.” This alternate #4 issue includes, “Born to Love: A Freaking Fag Revolutionary Speaks Out,” by Stevens McClave of San Francisco, and, “My Gay Soul,” by Gary Alinder of San Francisco.
Gay Flames #6
FALL 1970: “Gay Liberation Meets the Shrinks” covers activist actions at the National Convention of the American Psychiatric Association, which were influential in the APA’s 1973 decision to stop classifying homosexuality as a mental disorder. Includes San Francisco coverage by Gary Alinder, Chicago coverage by Step May, and a leaflet.
Gay Flames #7
FALL 1970: “Third World Gay Revolution” addresses the need to overcome prejudices and build solidarity between movements of advocacy. Includes: A Letter from Huey P. Newton, Black Panther Party; and “The Oppressed Shall Not Become the Oppressor,” in English and Spanish.
Gay Flames #8
FALL 1970: This issue includes two articles on masculinity: “Hey Man” by Steven Dansky on male supremacy in the larger culture and within the Gay Liberation movement; and “Games Male Chauvinists Play” by Perry Brass on the topic of cruising.
Gay Flames #9
FALL 1970: This issue includes Carl Wittman’s “A Gay Manifesto,” with sections on: Orientation, Women, Roles, Oppression, Sex, Our Ghetto, Coalition. Plus a foldout photo poster for the GLF.
Gay Flames #10
FALL 1970: “My Soul Vanished from Sight - A California Saga of Gay Liberation,” a 16-page, first-person piece by gay liberation activist and journalist Konstantin Berlandt, describing: childhood, adolescence, UC Berkeley, the closet and the gay bar, sexuality, love, heartbreak, protests, confrontations, and monumental thoughts.
Gay Flames #11
FALL 1970: “Revolutionary Love” issue includes two articles offering critical lenses on societal structures, and suggesting collective alternatives: “An Introduction to Gay Liberation,” by Guy Nassberg; and “On Sex Roles,” by A.N. Diaman.
Gay Flames #12
FALL 1970: This issue includes three poems. “The Flaming Faggots,” by a NYC gay male collective who were the first open homosexuals to participate in the Venceremos Brigade in Cuba in 1970. “Phoenix of New Youth,” by Bob Bland. “Bring the Beautiful Boys Home,” by Konstantin Berlandt.
Gay Flames #13
FALL 1970: “Working Paper for the Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention by Chicago Gay Liberation” includes a clearly outlined statement on “Grievances Common to All Homosexuals,” including: Economic, Political, Social Institutions, Law and the State, Housing, Education, Medical Care, Culture, Class Status, Sexual Capitalism, Social Attitudes, Psychological Attitudes.