GLFF RESOURCE LIBRARY
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.
Gay Flames: Packet Cover & Poster
Gay Flames was a weekly pamphlet series written by a group of gay men in GLF. A packet compiling 15 articles was available for sale. Here is the packet cover and the poster included with that packet. This download does not include the 15 articles themselves.
Come Out! Vol. 1, #1
NOV 14, 1969: The first issue of the GLF newspaper includes: "To the Gay Liberation Front” by Ron Ballard and Bob Fontanella, "Stepin Fetchit Woman" by Martha Shelley, "BITCH: Summer’s Not Forever" by "butch drag" lesbian Marty Stephen, Village Voice Protest, and more.
Come Out! Vol. 1, #2
JAN 10, 1970: This issue announced "Christopher Street Liberation Day, Saturday, June 29, 1970." Includes: "More Radical Than Thou" by Martha Shelley, “Cuba: The Sexual Revolution, a Beginning” photo essay by Ellen Bedoz, "Word Thoughts" by Jim Fouratt, "GLF News" by Lois Hart, and more.
Come Out! Vol. 1, #3
APR-MAY 1970: This issue reported the violent death of Diego Viñales, in “Gays Protest Police Raid on Bar After Young Man is Impaled on Fence.” Other pieces include: “Right On!!" by Bob Kohler, and “The Young Lords Go to Church” by Martha Shelley, "Homosexuals In The Movement" by Pat Maxwell, and more.
Come Out! Vol. 1, #4
JUNE-JULY 1970: This issue includes two manifestos: “Hey Man” by Steve Dansky, for men opposing sexism of all kinds, and “The Woman-Identified Woman” by Radicalesbians. Also: “The Transvestite in America” by Laura McAlister, a piece by Ellen Broidy on the Kent State massacre, and more.
Come Out! Vol. 1, #5
SEPT-OCT 1970: This issue covers the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march with personal accounts and photos. It includes a statement from the newly formed Third World Gay Revolution in English and Spanish, updates on Black Panther Party organizing, and more
Come Out! Vol. 1, #7
DEC 1970–JAN 1971: This issue includes: a list of Gay & Women’s periodicals and organizations; announcements from groups Gay Youth, Red Butterfly, GLF Women, Radicalesbians; an emerging Community Center in the West Village, and more.
Come Out! Vol. 2, #7b
SPRING–SUMMER 1971: This issue includes an event calendar for “Gay Pride Week” June 18–27, 1971. It has a front and back cover – one gay, one lesbian. It includes many coming out stories, boycott and support of local businesses, a crossword puzzle, and more.
Come Out! Vol. 2, #8
WINTER 1972: This issue is the last in the Come Out! series. It includes many thoughts on the gay movement, book reviews, and coverage of new community spaces such as Liberation House Collective and an emerging Gay Switchboard, and more.
The Red Butterfly Cell Gay Manifesto
Red Butterfly was a cell within GLF that focused on a Marxist analysis of LGBT oppression and linked it to other movements for social change. This manifesto written by Carl Wittman is one of 4 mimeographed pamphlets they printed.