Heys John Ed (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First three issues (Vol. 1, Nos. 1, 2, and 3) of Gay Power, "New York's first homosexual newspaper" plus one later, racier issue (Vol.3, #42). Covers are all bright, most have little chips missing around the edges or closed tears. Most internal pages are yellowed to some extent.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 22pp; b&w illus. Unbound newsprint tabloid. 2" closed tear to front cover fore-edge, with shorter tears to underlying leaves; wear and pinpoint flaking to spine; toning to newsprint; flattened horizontal crease; very good. Single issue of this seminal gay periodical, first published in the immediate aftermath of the Stonewall uprising, and billing itself as "New York's First Homosexual Newspaper." Contents include a column by writer and Warhol-associate Taylor Mead; a column by Mon Martin, Youth Committee Chairman for the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations; a report by Don Jackson of West Coast gay rights movements; "Gay Liberation News" by Ralph Hall; an article on activist group Homosexuals Intransigent! by L. Craig Schoonmaker; David Walley on rock band The Doors; a report from Mattachine Midwest; reader letters; book reviews; classifieds; etc. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white, with several nudes, including centerfold. Edited by now Berlin-based filmmaker and actor John Heys (b. 1954), a close friend and frequent subject of photographer Peter Hujar. Publisher Joel Fabricant also notable as publisher of the East Village Other and Kiss.…