Buying Gay

The business of producing and disseminating homoerotic images helped forge a movement. Case well made.

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David K. Johnson

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David K. Johnson tells the story of the physique magazine produced by and for gay men to show how gay commerce was not a byproduct of the gay-rights movement but an important catalyst for it. He offers a vivid look into the lives of physique entrepreneurs and their customers, presenting a wealth of illustrations.

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Preface
List of Illustrations
Introduction

1. Emerging from the Muscle Magazines: Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild
2. Selling Gay Books: Donald Webster Cory's "Business with a Conscience"
3. The Grecian Guild: Imagining a Gay Past, and Future
4. "I Want a Pen Pal!": Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and the Adonis Male Club
5. Defending a Naked Boy: Lynn Womack at the Supreme Court
6. Consolidating the Market: DSI of Minneapolis
7. The Physique Legacy
   Acknowledgments
   Abbreviations
   Notes
   Index