first edition Newspaper
1980 · San Francisco
by Hardman, Paul D., editor, E. Lee Clifton, Quentin Kopp, Donald McLean, et al.
San Francisco: Paul D. Hardman Associates, 1980. Newspaper. 48p., tabloid newspaper, 10.5x14 inches, news, reviews, columns, events, large gay business directory at rear, photos, art, editorials, lightly worn stapled newsprint. The bi-weekly became "The California Voice" in the mid-1980s and included a column reporting on Dianne Feinstein's activities as mayor of SF. Mostly an entertainment paper The Voice balanced bar and bath house coverage with political columns and news relating to Gay Liberation. This issue includes an LA section with a review of Ross MacLean's "Sluts" at Deja Vu Coffeehouse (for which this bibliographer was deemed too old at 26 to play a slut so designed and built the set instead!). (Inventory #: 208397)