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Los Angeles: ONE, Inc, 1958. Wraps. Fair. Cover photo by Don Slater. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" stapled photographic wraps printed in black and white, [32] pages. 2 chips and and a tear at the spine on the upper wrap, the lower wrap with a diagonal chunk out at the upper edge, chipping at the spine foot, and an institutional stamp in pale purple ink. Still, a sound copy. ONE Magazine was the first U.S. pro-gay publication, issued by ONE, Inc., an early gay-rights organization (itself an offshoot of the Mattachine Society), notable for admitting women as well as men into its ranks. The cover story for this issue was an anonymous interview conducted by Chuck Taylor entitled "The Successful Homosexual," projected to be the first in a series.

Los Angeles: One, Inc, 1958. Magazine. 32p., including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story is an interview with a gay policeman. Plus a Uranian poem "He Was a Young Boy and Frail" One, Inc., which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one," was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind, it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene, leading to a four-year legal battle (chronicled in its pages) that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security, One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors.