Annotated Bibliography
The following annotated bibliography, organized chronologically, includes the primary sources collected for this project. To view scans of the primary sources, click on the relevant highlighted (colored) words. Some items do not have linked scans because we have not secured permission to include them here.
January-June 1969
Jeff Clark, “Act’s ‘Little Murders’ A Stirring Seasonal Beginning,” Daily Gater, 17 Jan. 1969, 6. [review of American Conservatory Theatre play, with passing reference to lesbian character]
Jon Jacobson, “Women in Jail: Damped But Not Downed,” Berkeley Barb, 31 Jan. 1969, 9. [article about jail experiences, including sexual abuse and harassment, of SFSC women arrested at SFSC protest]
Morgan Pinney, “State College from A Homosexual Perspective,” Vector, Jan. 1969, 5-6, 29. [article by SFSC professor Morgan Pinney about reasons for gay people to support SFS strike]
Sandra Shevey, “‘I Think It’s Just Beginning’: Gore Vidal’s Reflections on Changes and Upheavals on the American Scene,” After Dark, Jan. 1969, 53-54. [interview with gay writer Gore Vidal, with a question about black activism at SFSC]
“Homos Back Strike,” Berkeley Barb, 7 Feb. 1969, 9. [article on gay support for SFSC strike; SFSC faculty member Morgan Pinney quoted]
Jeff Clark, “ACT’s ‘Staircase’ Too Autobiographical,” Daily Gater, 13 Feb. 1969, 5, 7. [review of American Conservatory Theatre production of gay-themed play]
“AFT Pickets for Pinney,” Daily Gater, 27 Mar. 1969, 4. [article describing support of American Federation of Teachers Local 1352 for Morgan Pinney, who was “removed in violation of the agreement ending the AFT strike” at SF State; mentions that Pinney “sports Edwardian dress, longish hair, and a beard” and “was the only striking teacher in the business school”]
“Homo Revolt: ‘Don’t Hide It,’” Berkeley Barb, 28 Mar. 1969, 5, 23. [passing comment comparing SF gay movement to SFSC black movement]
“‘Support S.F. State Strike,’ Rev. Broshears Tells Gays,” The Advocate, Mar. 1969, 3. [article on gay support for SF State strike, with reference to Ad Hoc Homophile Committee for the Student Strike]
“Gay Rebel Gets Shafted by Uptight Boss,” Berkeley Barb, 4 Apr. 1969, 11. [passing comment comparing SF gay activist to SFSC black activist]
Classified advertisement, “Hear Willie Brown,” Berkeley Barb, 4 Apr. 1969, 28. [announcement about SFSC professor Sherri Cavan’s upcoming presentation on “The Black and the Gay” to SF gay rights group Society for Individual Rights]
Calendar listing, “Scenedrome,” Berkeley Barb, 11 Apr. 1969, 24. [announcement about SFSC professor Sherri Cavan’s upcoming presentation on “The Black and the Gay” to SF gay rights group Society for Individual Rights]
Classified advertisement, “Hear Willie Brown,” Berkeley Barb, 11 Apr. 1969, 24. [announcement about SFSC professor Sherri Cavan’s upcoming presentation on “The Black and the Gay” to SF gay rights group Society for Individual Rights]
“Gays Flex Muscles,” Berkeley Barb, 18 Apr. 1969, 21. [report on SFSC professor Sherri Cavan’s presentation on gay militancy to SF gay rights group Society for Individual Rights]
“Newsletter,” Committee for Homosexual Freedom Newsletter, 22 Apr. 1969, 1. [short announcement seeking help with newsletter; references SF State faculty member Morgan Pinney]
“Fired AFTers Are Still Out,” Daily Gater, 23 Apr. 1969, 1. [article about termination of SFS faculty member Morgan Pinney]
“Gay Strike Turns Grim,” Berkeley Barb, 25 Apr. 1969, 7. [article on Committee for Homosexual Freedom protests, with passing comment about involvement of SFSC activists and quotations by SFSC gay leader Charles Thorpe]
“Why Gays?” The Advocate, Apr. 1969, 18. [critical editorial about call by Ray Broshears for gay support of SF State student strike]
John Davidson, “Pinney Fights for His Job,” Phoenix, 8 May 1969, 1, 10. [article on termination of gay faculty member Morgan Pinney for reasons related to SF State strike]
Map, AFT Local 1928 Newsletter, 31 May 1969, 17. [campus map with renamed buildings and spaces, including “hetero” and “homo” dorms]
Raymond Broshers, letter to the editor, The Advocate, May 1969, 24. [response to critical editorial about gay support for SF State strike]
July-December 1969
“The Movement Grows,” Committee for Homosexual Freedom Newsletter, 8 July 1969, 2. [passing reference to “Homo Dorm and “Hetero Dorm” at SFSC]
Leonis, “‘The Queen’ Asks Questions,” Daily Gater (Alt), 8 Aug. 1969, 3, 4. [film review of The Queen, described as “straightforward, warm documentary of the human desire to feel individual, special, talented, and glamorous” as seen during the “1967 Drag Queens Nationals (beauty contest) in New York City”]
Zede Avi, “What’s in Store for State,” Berkeley Barb, 15 Aug. 1969, 6. [update on SF State strike developments, with passing reference to SF State professor Morgan Pinney]
Konstantin Berlandt, “Samurai Knifes Ethnic Studies,” Berkeley Tribe, 22 Aug. 1969, 11, 22. [passing comment about wanting gay liberation course in article about fight for black studies department at SFSC]
Advertisement, Justine (dir. Lawrence Durrell), Daily Gater (Alt), 22 Aug. 1969, 10. [film described as “having everything in the way of love--adultery, homosexuality, incest” and “heavily spiced with erotic adventure,” including “adolescent prostitution”]
Thorp[e], “Go to Christopher Street,” Committee for Homosexual Freedom Newsletter, 25 Aug. 1969, 3. [poem about Stonewall riots in New York by SFSC gay activist Charles Thorpe]
Classified advertisement, Berkeley Barb, 12 Sept. 1969, 15. [gay student looking for roommate]
Cliff Geitz, “Far-out Cowboy Flick,” Daily Gater (Alt), 29 Sept. 1969, 2. [review of film Midnight Cowboy; mentions that reviewer once thought “it would really be a groove to be a gigolo,” “a cat who sells his body for money--mostly old ladies and maybe faggots”]
Jeff Clark, “‘Geese’ Not Gritty,” Daily Gater (Alt), 1 Oct. 1969, 3. [review of “two one-act plays by Gus Weill” described as concerning themselves with “homosexuality”; mentions that plays “have a bunch of platitudes derived from the gay world”]
Dale Sprouse, “Lone Fired Prof Still Wants Job,” Phoenix, 9 Oct. 1969, 1, 8. [article on Morgan Pinney, gay faculty member terminated after participating in SFSC strike]
Advertisement, “The Boys in the Band,” Daily Gater (Alt), 24 Oct. 1969, 3. [advertisement for The Boys in the Band, new play by Matt Crowley about several gay men in New York City who come together for a birthday party]
“San Francisco Journal,” The Ladder, Oct. 1969, 18-23. [lengthy article about visit by New York student to San Francisco, including passing reference on p. 21 to meeting two older lesbians who had marched with Black Students Union at SFSC]
“Homosexual Power,” The Ladder, Oct. 1969, 31-32. [article about speech by SFSC sociology professor Sherri Cavan; addresses use of militant strategies to challenge antigay discrimination by Pacific Telephone Company]
“Homosexual Freedom Proclaimed,” Daily Gater (Alt), 6 Nov. 1969, 2. [article about picketing of San Francisco Examiner to “protest its policy of degrading homosexuals”; article requests "Bail and Defense Funds” from readers on behalf of fifteen persons arrested during protest]
Jeff Clark, “Gay Life: ‘The Boys in the Band,’” Daily Gater (Alt), 21 Nov. 1969, 2, 8. [review of play The Boys in the Band, described as “the best piece to be written to date about gay life”]
Jeff Clark, “‘Hair’ Staid,” Daily Gater (Alt), 26 Nov. 1969, 3. [review of musical Hair; mentions scene in which character “admits he’s in love with Mick Jagger and wants to go to bed with him” but is also “quick to deny any homosexual tendencies”]
Leo Laurence, “Instead of Turkey, Tender Loins,” Berkeley Tribe, 27 Nov. 1969, 9. [article on planned Thanksgiving Day gay liberation rally in Union Square and march to antigay businesses, including Delta Airlines, accused of discriminating against SFSC gay student Gary Weinberg]
Leo E. Laurence, “Gays Get Rise out of Delta,” Berkeley Tribe, 27 Nov. 1969, 11, 27. [news report on SFSC student Gary Weinberg, who was refused permission to board Delta Airlines flight, allegedly for wearing a “Homosexuals for Peace” button]
Charles P. Thorp[e], letter to the editor, Los Angeles Advocate, Nov. 1969, 20. [criticisms of the Advocate’s coverage of Stonewall riots by SFSC student Charles Thorp and a poem]
Don Jackson, “Gays Not Thankful,” Berkeley Barb, 5 Dec. 1969, 5. [article on Thanksgiving Day gay liberation rally in Union Square and march to antigay businesses, including Delta Airlines]
Leo E. Laurence, “Making Tracks Through San Fran,” Berkeley Tribe, 5 Dec. 1969, 24. [article on Thanksgiving Day gay liberation rally in Union Square and march to antigay businesses, including Delta Airlines]
Michael Francis Itkin, “Sexual Fascism at Delta Airlines,” Berkeley Barb, 5 Dec. 1969, 19. [more on Gary Weinberg, SF State student who experienced antigay discrimination by Delta Airlines]
Francis Itkin, “Delta Sexual Fascism,” San Francisco Free Press, 7 Dec. 1969, 2. [more on Gary Weinberg, SF State student who experienced antigay discrimination by Delta Airlines]
“Anti-Thanksgiving March Stuns Exploiters,” San Francisco Free Press, 7 Dec. 1969, 2. [article on Thanksgiving Day gay liberation rally in Union Square and march to antigay businesses, including Delta Airlines]
January-June 1970
Len Sellers, “A ‘Beautiful, Crazy’ Teacher,” Phoenix, 15 Jan. 1970, 10. [feature on Bernard Goldstein, professor who teaches human sexuality classes]
“Not A Quiet Affair,” Berkeley Barb, 30 Jan. 1970, 9. [article on California Federation of Teachers gay rights resolution proposed by SFSC faculty member and gay activist Morgan Pinney]
Gale Whittington, “Gay Labor Pain,” Berkeley Tribe, 30 Jan. 1970, 11. [article on conflict at AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, where firefighters complained about gay visibility during recent picketing by SFSC’s AFT Local 1928 at KGO-ABC]
Gale Whittington, “Union Backs Gaylib,” Berkeley Barb, 30 Jan. 1970, 5. [article on conflict at AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, where firefighters complained about gay visibility during recent picketing by SFSC’s AFT Local 1928 at KGO-ABC]
“California Teachers Union Adopts Homosexual Resolution,” Gay Power (1.9), c. Jan. 1970, 16, 22. [article on California Federation of Teachers gay rights resolution proposed by SFSC faculty member and gay activist Morgan Pinney]
“Feet First: Berkeley Tribe,” The Ladder, Feb. 1970, 37. [summary of Nov. Berkeley Tribe article about SFSC student Gary Weinberg]
“Homophile News Fronts,” Vector, Feb. 1970, 6. [news item about California Federation of Teachers gay resolution, with reference to SF State faculty member Morgan Pinney]
Classified advertisement, “Gay Liberation Meets,” Phoenix, 5 Mar. 1970, 8. [classified advertisement for Gay Liberation Front meeting on campus in BSS building]
Announcement, “Today At State,” Daily Gater (Alt), 10 Mar. 1970, 1. [listing of campus activities, including meeting of Gay Liberation Front on 13 Mar.]
Charles P. Thorp, “An Army of Lovers,” Daily Gater (Alt), 13 Mar. 1970, 1. [article by Charles P. Thorp announcing first Gay Liberation Front meeting at SF State, scheduled for 13 Mar.; “San Francisco State can not sit on the chests of Gay students anymore unless it wants its balls bitten off”; “AN ARMY OF LOVERS CAN NOT LOSE. Show your love and be there. Seize the time!”]
Announcement, “Today At State,” Daily Gater (Alt), 13 Mar. 1970, 1. [listing of campus activities, including meeting of “Gay Liberation Front” on 13 Mar.]
“Gay Liberation Front Formed,” Phoenix, 19 Mar. 1970, 10. [new Gay Liberation Front group at SF State wants official Associated Students recognition, even though “recognition of a GLF chapter at San Jose State College was denied last semester”; Charles Thorp identified as “chief organizer”]
Konstantin Berlandt, “Cheek to Cheek,” Berkeley Tribe, 27 Mar. 1970, 10. [article on arrests of gay men at Berkeley, with comments by SF State student Charles Thorp]
F. [Carole Friedman], “California Teachers Union Adopts Homosexual Resolution,” Homophile Action League Newsletter, Mar. 1970, 4-5. [article on California Federation of Teachers gay rights resolution proposed by SFSC faculty member and gay activist Morgan Pinney]
“Firemen vs. Gays,” Gay Power (1.12), c. Mar. 1970, 21. [article about American Federation of Teachers local at SFSC and conflict about its participation in gay liberation protest]
“Teachers Favor Freedom for Gays,” The Advocate, Mar. 1970, 10. [article on California Federation of Teachers adoption of gay rights resolution, with references to SF State professor Morgan Pinney and SF State AFT Local 1352]
“SIR Picks New Chairmen,” The Advocate, Mar. 1970, 12. [article on new officers for SF-based Society for Individual Rights, including SF State faculty member Lois Flynn]
“‘Loon’ to Premiere,” The Advocate, Mar. 1970, 13. [article on film premier of Song of the Loon, based on novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
“Loon to Arrive,” The Advocate, Apr. 1970, 15. [photographs and caption about upcoming premier of Song of the Loon, based on novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
Advertisement, Song of the Loon, The Advocate, Apr. 1970, 20. [advertisement for world premier of Song of the Loon, film based on novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
Lyn Pederson, “Books: Amory’s Latest,” The Advocate, Apr. 1970, 32. [review of new novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
Don Jackson, “Sieze [sic] the Cans!!” Berkeley Barb, 3 Apr. 1970, 5. [article on struggle for official recognition of SFSC’s Gay Liberation Front]
Arthur Kaput, “The Closet in the Classroom,” GAY, 13 Apr. 1970, 7, 20. [article with a few paragraphs on California Federation of Teachers gay rights resolution proposed by SFSC faculty member and gay activist Morgan Pinney]
Advertisement, El Rey Theater movie showings, Phoenix, 17 Apr. 1970, 8. [screening of X-rated Academy Award-winning Midnight Cowboy, film depicting sex, rape, homosexuality, and gay prostitution]
“Perspectives,” Phoenix, 23 Apr. 1970, 10. [state news briefs, reporting that Student Health Center at California State University, Fullerton, was “instructed to stop handling birth control problems”; San Francisco City Assemblyman Willie Brown gave speech in Sacramento and was quoted as saying, “outdated laws regarding sexual behavior must be changed”; women’s liberation group disrupted “shortest skirt on campus” contest at San Diego State College]
“L.A. Times Gives In; ‘Homosexual’ in Ads,” The Advocate, 29 Apr. 1970, 5. [article about LA Times’sapparent abandonment of policy against printing the word “homosexual” with publication of advertisement for Song of the Loon, based on novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
“‘Loon Fails to Fly in Tame Film Version,” The Advocate, 29 Apr. 1970, 19, 20. [critical review of film version of Song of the Loon, based on novel by SF State alum]
Advertisement, Satyricon (dir. Fellini), Phoenix, 30 Apr. 1970, 10. [advertisement for Federico Fellini’s Satyricon, identified elsewhere as film based on classical Roman text by Petronius which depicts same-sex sex in ancient Rome, including a tryst involving a catamite named Giton]
“California Teachers’ Union Adopts Homosexual Resolution,” The Ladder, Apr. 1970, 31-32. [article on California Federation of Teachers gay rights resolution proposed by SFSC faculty member and gay activist Morgan Pinney]
“Teachers Back Homosexual Freedom,” ONE Letter, Apr. 1970, 8. [article on California Federation of Teachers gay rights resolution proposed by SFSC faculty member and gay activist Morgan Pinney]
Don Jackson, “National Student Conference,” Gay Power (1.16), c. Apr. 1970, 8. [article about SFSC Gay Liberation Front, Charles Thorpe, and call for national gay liberation student conference]
Don Jackson, “Camp-In Progress Report,” Gay Power (1.16), c. Apr. 1970, 8. [article about SFSC Gay Liberation Front support for gay “camp-in”]
“Gays Threaten S. F. State,” Gay Power (1.19), c. Apr. 1970, 20. [article about SFSC Gay Liberation Front, Charles Thorpe, and efforts to win recognition as student group]
“Homosexual Authors To Speak,” Phoenix, 11 May 1970, 6. [notice that “two prominent authors of fiction in the homosexual world,” Richard Amory and Dirk Vanden, will speak on campus about exploitation of homosexual authors by straight publishers]
"Correction," Phoenix, 14 May 1970, 2. [correction of 11 May announcement of campus lecture by two “authors of homosexual fiction”]
“Midnight Films,” Daily Gater (Alt), 13 May 1970, 7. [announcement of “Midnight Films” showings of Noviciat, described as “a Noel Burch peep at a women’s karate school – very lesbo,” and Voodoo, described as a documentation of “a bizarre love ritual” by Kevin Duffy]
Advertisement, Song of the Loon, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 May 1970, 46. [advertisement for film based on homoerotic novel by Richard Amory, elsewhere described as SFSC alum]
Advertisement, Song of the Loon, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 1970, 51. [advertisement for film based on homoerotic novel by Richard Amory, elsewhere described as SFSC alum]
“Midnight Films,” Daily Gater (Alt), 27 May 1970, 6. [announcement of “Midnight Films” showing of Bessie Smith, described as “Chas. Levine’s autopsy of sinner’s tragic death”]
“Books or Pygmalian Tails,” Daily Gater (Alt), 27 May 1970, 7. [review of several books, including “coffee table” book version of Fellini film Satyricon, and review of Groupie by Johnny Byrne and Jenny Fabian, described as “sex-rock odyssey of all the bed scenes Katie’s made with all the rock men” and a “teeny bopper’s horny tale”]
Advertisement, Song of the Loon, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 1970, 44. [advertisement for film based on homoerotic novel by Richard Amory, elsewhere described as SFSC alum]
Advertisement, Song of the Loon, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 1970, 53. [advertisement for film based on homoerotic novel by Richard Amory, elsewhere described as SFSC alum]
Advertisement, Song of the Loon, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 1970, 51. [advertisement for film based on homoerotic novel by Richard Amory, elsewhere described as SFSC alum]
Advertisement, Song of the Loon, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 June 1970, 50. [advertisement for film based on homoerotic novel by Richard Amory, elsewhere described as SFSC alum]
“Come Out!” Berkeley Tribe, 19 June 1970, 27. [announcement of gay liberation camp-in at Sequoia National Park, with reference to SF State student Charles Thorpe]
“Gay Lib Takes Hold in San Jose,” Vector, June 1970, 11. [article about gay liberation in San Jose, with reference to recent Gay Liberation Front workshop at SFSC ecology fair]
“Richard Amory Interview,” Vector, June 1970, 28-33. [article about SFSC alum and gay novelist Richard Amory, author of Song of the Loon, homoerotic novel featuring white and Native American characters]
“S.F. State Group Gets Official Approval,” Vector, June 1970, 35. [article about official recognition of Continuum, group for gay people and people of “all sexual persuasions”]
July-December 1970
Charles P. Thorp, letter to the editor, The Advocate, 8 July 1970, 19. [response to previous Advocate editorial by chairman of Gay Liberation Front at SF State]
“Midnight Films,” Daily Gater (Alt), 23 July 1970, 4. [announcement of “Midnight Films” showings of Hot Voodoo and Tropical Heatwave, described as productions “by the Cockettes on stage”]
Dirk Vanden, “Now Is the Time, the Walrus Said, to Speak of Many Things,” Vector, July 1970, 10-11, 40. [reponse to interview with SFSC alum and gay novelist Richard Amory]
Richard Amory, “Song of the Loon Becomes a ‘Looney Tune,’” Vector, July 1970, 29, 26. [article by SF State alum and gay novelist Richard Amory, featuring criticisms of film based on his novel]
“July Calendar,” Vector, July 1970, 44. [short calendar listing about public forum on “The Gay Novel” with SF State alum and gay novelist Richard Amory]
Advertisement, “Hollywood Babylon,” Daily Gater (Alt), 12 Aug. 1970, 2. [advertisement for Hollywood Babylon, described as “stage and screen extravaganza at the Palace Theater” starring the Cockettes]
“Gay Student Confab Called,” Los Angeles Advocate, 19 Aug. 1970, 12. [article on upcoming National Student Gay Liberation Front conference, organized by SFSC GLF and its founder Charles P. Thorpe]
Larry Townsend, “Plight of Gay Novelists: Who Gauges Market Correctly, Publishers or Writers?” Los Angeles Advocate, 19 Aug. 1970, 19. [article on Society for Individual Rights symposium on gay novels, with SF State alum Richard Amory as panelist]
“Homosexual Call for Militancy,” San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Aug. 1970, 5. [article on National Student Gay Liberation Front conference and speech by SFSC student Charles P. Thorpe]
Leo Laurence, “Strait Gays Badrap Blacks,” Berkeley Barb, 28 Aug. 1970, 9. [passing reference to SFSC Gay Liberation Front chairman Charles Thorp/Thorpe and his effort to organize gay students nationally]
“National News Shorts,” Gay Liberator, Aug. 1970, 3. [brief reference to GLF at SFSC]
“Around the Movement,” New York Mattachine Times, Aug. 1970, 11. [brief reference to SF State alum and gay novelist Richard Amory]
“Gay Lib.: Proposed Conference Schedule,” Vector, Aug. 1970, 41. [schedule for and article on SFSC and National Students Gay Liberation Front conference]
Charles P. Thorp, letter to the editor, Vector, Aug. 1970, 9. [letter by SFSC activist Charles Thorp about coverage of Continuum v. GLF at SFSC]
“No Support for Thorpe ‘Violence’ Speech, Kight Says,” Los Angeles Advocate, 16 Sept. 1970, 2. [article on responses to speech by SFSC student Charles Thorpe at National Student Gay Liberation Conference]
“Larry Schramm Wins!” Los Angeles Advocate, 16 Sept. 1970, 1, 2, 3. [article on Groovy Guy competition, with brief references to gay novelist Richard Amory]
Rob Cole, “Radicals’ Dilemma: The Leftists They Woo Call Them ‘Faggots,’” Los Angeles Advocate, 16 Sept. 1970, 12. [article on anti-gay comments by leftists, with references to Charles Thorpe, founder of Gay Liberation Front at SF State]
Richard Amory, “Poems,” Vector, Sept. 1970, 34. [poems by SFSC alum Richard Amory]
Tom Kaufman, letter to the editor, Vector, Sept. 1970, 9, 45. [letter about SF State alum and gay novelist Richard Amory]
“Around the Movement,” Gay Scene, Sept. 1970, 19. [brief reference to SF State alum and gay novelist Richard Amory]
Charles P. Thorp, “I. D., Leadership and Violence,” San Francisco Gay Free Press (2.11), c. Sept. 1970, 4, 5, 12. [speech by Thorp at national gay student liberation conference]
Selzer, “Hardhat Haikus,” Phoenix, 8 Oct. 1970, 3. [satirical poem written from point of view of conservative parent of son whose “hair is long”; references “queer commie hippies”]
Loretta Manill, “Women’s Liberation: Human Image Wanted,” Phoenix, 8 Oct. 1970, 3,8. [article about women’s liberation at SF State, including interview with Debbie Chlosta, Nina Hamburg, and Maria von Bolschwing; mentions straight male pushback, with one man quoted as saying that women’s liberationists are all “repressed females…, dykes who can’t make it with a MAN”]
“Activities Fair Brightens Campus for Three Days,” Phoenix, 22 Oct. 1970, 1. [article mentions SF State Gay Liberation Front at Activities Fair alongside Students for a Democratic Society and Progressive Labor Party]
“HELLO…,” Phoenix, 22 Oct. 1970, 1. [listing of article about SF State Gay Liberation Front titled “Members of SF State’s Gay Liberation have announced their new get-tough attitude, See Page 8”]
“Gay Liberation Front State," Phoenix, 22 Oct. 1970, 7. [Charles Thorp is identified as chairman]
Loretta Manill, “Gays to Grow Muscles,” Phoenix, 22 Oct. 1970, 8. [article on Charles Thorp and Betty Kaplowitz, cochairs of the Gay Liberation Front at SFSC]
Dirk Vanden, “Richard Amory Talks to GAY,” GAY, 26 Oct. 1970, 4-5. [article on gay novelist and SFSC alum Richard Amory]
“SMC Halloween Anti-War March,” Phoenix, 29 Oct. 1970, 1. [article announcing 31 Oct. protest march that will rally in downtown San Francisco, involve “Gay, labor, and women’s groups”]
Dennis Altman, “A Young Australian Speaks His Mind about Gay Liberation,” Vector, Oct. 1970, 38-39. [article about National Student Gay Liberation Conference, SFSC, and Charles Thorp]
Charles P. Thorp, “Gay Community House,” Berkeley Tribe, 6 Nov. 1970, 9. [article on efforts to create gay community center, with references to SF State students Charles Thorp and Betty Kaplowitz]
Tony Rogers, “UP FRONT: The Sensuous Woman,” Phoenix, 12 Nov. 1970, 2. [column in which Rogers reviews The Sensuous Woman by “J.," described as “how-to book for female who yearns to be all woman"; book is said to discuss masturbation, orgasm, and use of vibrators but Rogers points out that there is “no mention of lesbian love”]
Advertisement, “Appearing Productions Presents A Headvertisement Job ‘A Mind Healing Event,’” Phoenix, 12 Nov. 1970, 4. [announcement of show at Berkeley Community Theater featuring Captain Beefheart and the Cockettes]
“Gay Groups Come Together, Sort Of…,” Sisters, Nov. 1970, 7. [article referencing meeting of Bay Area LGBT groups, including GLF at SFSC]
Tom Baldwin, “Separating,” Vector, Nov. 1970, 4, 50. [article by SFSC graduate psychology student about relationship breakups]
“A Teenager Talks about Being Young and Gay,” Vector, Nov. 1970, 39, 43-44. [article on SF State gay student leader Charles Thorp]
Beth, “Letter from a Trans-sexual??” and “Our Response,” It Ain’t Me Babe, 1 Dec. 1970, 14. [letter by trans woman Beth Elliot and response by It Ain’t Me Babe; article describes Beth as SFSC student, but Elliot elsewhere indicates that she went to University of San Francisco, not SFSC]
Classified advertisements, Berkeley Barb, 4 Dec. 1970, 16. [multiple references to homosexuality, bisexuality, and heterosexuality in roommate ads]
“San Francisco GLF Affirms Alpine Support,” The Advocate, 9 Dec. 1970, 3. [article on Alpine County Project, with comments by SF State gay liberationist Charles Thorpe]
“Students and Sex,” Phoenix, 10 Dec. 1970, 12. [announcement from Student Health Center of four upcoming “rap sessions a week dealing with human sexuality”]
Classified advertisements, Berkeley Barb, 11 Dec. 1970, 19. [multiple references to homosexuality, bisexuality, and heterosexuality in roommate ads]
“Gay Bar Ruckus, Suspect Is Shot,” San Francisco Examiner, 13 Dec. 1970, B11. [SFSC student Charles Christman shot by police outside the Stud, SF gay bar]
“Pigs Shoot Gay Brother,” Berkeley Tribe, 18 Dec. 1970, 7. [Bay Area gays meeting to discuss responses to police shooting of SFSC student Charles Christman outside the Stud, SF gay bar.]
Nick Benton, “Gay Shooting War Council,” Berkeley Barb, 18 Dec. 1970, 3. [Bay Area gays meeting to discuss responses to police shooting of SFSC student Charles Christman outside the Stud, SF gay bar.]
Nick Benton, “SF Gays Rally Round Wounded Leader,” Berkeley Barb, 25 Dec. 1970, 5. [report on SFS Gay Liberation leader Charles Christman, shot by police and facing multiple counts of assault on police officer for incident outside Folsom Street gay bar]
“Resolution on Homosexuals by Teachers,” San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 1970, 4. [reference to SFSC accounting professor Morgan Pinney in article reporting on State Teachers’ Union convention debate about producing a booklet on counselling homosexuals]
Alan Jacobs, “Calif. Sex Law Test—Three Judges to Rule,” Vector, Dec. 1970, 28. [article on challenge to California sex laws, with brief reference to Modern Sex Institute, staffed by SFSC students]
Sally Gearhart, “Lesbianism as a Political Statement,” Sisters, Dec. 1970, 2-5. [article by SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart on radical lesbian politics]
“Brief Report on the Glide Symposium on the Homosexual,” Sisters, Dec. 1970, 22-23. [report on SF symposium organized by Council on Religion and the Homosexual, with brief reference to SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
Dennis Altman, “One Man’s Gay Liberation,” Come Out, Dec. 1970, 20. [article on National Student Gay Liberation Conference, including references to SFSC and SFSC student Charles Thorpe]
Don Collins, “Vector Visits Alpine County,” Vector, Dec. 1970, 18-19. [article on proposal for gay takeover of California’s Alpine County; SF State student Charles Thorp mentioned as an organizer]
January-June 1971
“SF Gays Protest Shooting by Cops,” The Advocate, 6 Jan. 1971, 1. [article on police shooting of SF State student Charles Christman at SF gay bar, with brief reference to SF State student Charles Thorp]
“Family Service Agency to Name Gays to Board,” The Advocate, 6 Jan. 1971, 1, 7. [article on plans to add a lesbian and a gay man to the SF Family Service Agency, with comments by Gay Women’s Liberation leader Sally Gearhart, elsewhere identified as SF State faculty member]
“Mental Health Group Appoints Two Gays,” The Advocate, 6 Jan. 1971, 6. [article on San Francisco Mental Health Association’s plans to name gay people to committee posts, with comments by SF State alum David Kleinberg and SF State faculty member John Newmeyer]
Romero Cuadra, “Students Study Sexology,” Phoenix, 14 Jan. 1971, 8. [article about “Human Sexology” biology class taught by Bernard Goldstein]
“Shooting Protests Apparently Getting No Response in S.F.,” The Advocate, 20 Jan. 1971, 1, 9. [update on SF State student Charles Christman, accused of assaulting police outside SF gay bar]
Jim Kepner, “Angles on the News: From Hot-Shots to Self-Knowledge,” The Advocate, 20 Jan. 1971, 2, 13. [brief reference to police shooting of SF State student Charles Christman]
“‘Radio Rodeo’—Cockettes Crusade,” Berkeley Barb, 22 Jan. 1971, 11. [article on upcoming dance featuring gay drag performance troupe, fundraiser for SF State student Charles Christman]
“Homosexuals Elected by S.F. Family Service,” San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 1971, 23. [Sally Gearhart, elsewhere identified as SF State faculty member, elected to board of directors of SF Family Service Agency]
Don Collins, “Police Shooting—A Folsom Uproar,” Vector, Jan. 1971, 18-19. [article on police shooting of SF State student Charles Christman outside the Stud, SF gay bar]
“Gays Go Radical,” Sisters, Jan. 1971, 5, reprinted from Christianity Today, Dec. 1970. [article on SF symposium organized by Council on Religion and the Homosexual, with brief reference to Sally Gearhart, elsewhere referenced as SF State faculty member]
“Dean’s Latest Is Incisive Novel of Conflicts,” The Advocate, 3 Feb. 1971, 26. [book review, with passing reference to Richard Amory, elsewhere identified as SF State alum]
“Christman's Trial Slated; Funds Raised,” The Advocate, 17 Feb. 1971, 2. [update on trial of SFSC student Charles Christman, accused of assaulting police outside the Stud, SF gay bar]
“Teachers OK Aid to Gays,” The Advocate, 17 Feb. 1971, 6. [reference to former SF State faculty member Morgan Pinney and SF State]
Ben Lush, “Folk Festival Tops Planned Events,” Phoenix, 18 Feb. 1971, 4. [article about upcoming Folk Festival; Ken Malley, student director of Performing Arts and Activities, quoted as saying, “We are hoping to get the Cockettes for Gay Information Day.”]
“Looking at Students: ‘Sex Does Not Matter,’” Phoenix, 25 Feb. 1971, 6. [profile of Gerald Jacks, president of SF State Gay Liberation Front (and graduate history student), with comments about bisexuality, sexual revolution, organizational recognition, discussions with health center about setting up counseling service]
“Gay Liberation Headlines,” Sisters, Feb. 1971, 15. [brief note about election of SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart to Board of Directors of SF Family Service]
Cheri Abot, "Poetry," The Ladder, Feb. 1971, p. 34-35. [poems by SF State alum Cheri Abot]
Elroy Messner, letter to the editor, Vector, Feb. 1971, 9. [query about SF State alum and gay novelist Richard Amory]
Richard A. Turner, letter to the editor, Vector, Feb. 1971, 9. [critical response to article by SF State alum and gay novelist Richard Amory]
“Gays Named to Board of S.F. Family Agency,” The Advocate, 3 Mar. 1971, 1, 14. [article on election of SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart to Board of Directors of Family Service of San Francisco]
“Christman Trial Delayed in S.F.,” The Advocate, 3 Mar. 1971, 19. [update on trial of SF State student Charles Christman, accused of assaulting police outside the Stud, SF gay bar]
“Students Rally Round Gay Hayward Prof,” Berkeley Barb, 5 Mar. 1971, 6. [SF State faculty member Morgan Pinney appeared at Cal State Hayward campus rally to protest firing of gay professor]
“New Trial Planned in Car vs. Police Case,” San Francisco Examiner, 7 Mar. 1971, 15. [hung jury for trial of SFSC student Charles Christman, arrested after conflict with police at SF gay bar]
Curran Jensen, “Women’s Lib Has Arrived,” Phoenix, 11 Mar. 1971, 1, 6. [article on Women’s Day rally at SF State, with comments by student Betty Kaplowitz of Gay Women’s Lib]
Jack Tipple, “The Human Mushroom Presents Nick and Betty Jo in ‘Friday After School!’," Phoenix, 11 Mar. 1971, 2. [comic strip in which character says one could “play gay” to avoid being drafted]
Jack Tipple cartoon, Phoenix, 17 Mar. 1971, 2. [cartoon displaying shift from man shooting “frustrated lesbian communistic women’s lib freak” to woman bashing man over head with feminist sign]
Nick Benton, “‘Be Kind to the Homo’ Shuck,” Berkeley Barb, 19 Mar. 1971, 4. [critical article on Council on Religion and the Homosexual, with favorable comments on SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
“Retrial for Bluequeers’ Gay Target,” Berkeley Barb, 26 Mar. 1971, 6. [article on retrial of SF State student Charles Christman, accusing of assaulting police outside SF gay bar]
Don Collins, “Christman Assault Trial Winds Up with Hung Jury,” The Advocate, 31 Mar. 1971, 2, 13. [hung jury for trial of SFSC student Charles Christman, arrested after conflict with police at SF gay bar]
“Two Papers,” Homosexuals Intransigent!, Mar. 1971, 6. [critical article about Charles Thorp and his editorship of San Francisco Gay Free Press]
Enrico Di Telm, letter to the editor, Vector, Mar. 1971, 9. [critical response to gay novelist and SF State alum Richard Amory]
“Symposium Schedule Given,” The Advocate, 14 Apr. 1971, 2. [schedule for “The Gay Scene” symposium at Sacramento State, with references to SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart and SF State alum David Kleinberg]
“Gay Liberation Dance Time,” Berkeley Barb, 15 Apr. 1971, 12. [SF State gay dance to celebrate official recognition of Gay Lib as campus organization]
Calendar listing for Gay Liberation Dance at SF State, Berkeley Tribe, 17 Apr. 1971, 16.
Advertisement, Zachariah (dir. George Englund), Phoenix, 22 Apr. 1971, 5A. [film with relatively positive depictions of same-sex love]
“Christman Retrial May Be Apr. 26,” The Advocate, 28 Apr. 1971, 23. [update on trial of SFSC student Charles Christman, accused of assaulting police outside SF gay bar]
Nick Benton, “His-Story of the Gay Lib Movement,” Berkeley Barb, 30 Apr. 1971, 8. [review of The Gay Militants by Donn Teal, with paragraph on SF State student Charles Thorp]
Lawrence Spears, “The Charles Christman Trial,” Vector, Apr. 1971, 30-31. [lengthy article on Charles Christman trial, with reference to Christman as SF State ecology student]
Craig Rodwell, “Hanging in Together,” Queen's Quarterly, Apr. 1971, 5, 45. [editorial on diversity within gay liberation movement, covering radical, militant, and social service organizations. Gay Liberation at SF State included in discussion of radical groups]
Alan Jacobs, “Family Agency includes Gays,” Vector, Apr. 1971, 45. [article on appointment of SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart to Board of Directors of SF Family Service]
“San Francisco,” Vector, Apr. 1971, 32. [brief reference to fundraising campaign for SF State student Charles Christman]
Richard Amory, letter to the editor, Vector, Apr. 1971, 9. [response to critical letter by gay novelist and SF State alum]
Linda Yee, “Teach-In Recalls War Horrors,” Phoenix, 6 May 1971, 1,14. [article on SF State teach-in about Vietnam War; mentions incident in which “two GI’s” were “caught together in bed”]
Duncan E. Gordon, “Now That It’s Over,” Phoenix, 6 May 1971, 2. [article reflecting on 24 Apr. mass antiwar demonstrations; announcement of “Socialist Educational Weekend in the SF State Commons” featuring discussion on “nature of and strategies for the major radicalizing movements of today—Women’s Liberation, National Liberation, the Anti-war Movement, Gay Liberation”]
Annie Pong, “Polk Gala: Something for Everyone,” Phoenix, 6 May 1971, 7. [article about Polk Street Spring Festival, which featured “tiny stage jammed with drag queens, half-naked girls, and men mimicking Broadway productions” where “bright-eyed gay lovers openly caressed and kissed”]
Bill Grote, “It Was Quite a Show,” Phoenix, 6 May 1971, 10. [review of Spring Faire show inside video trailer featuring Cockettes and “she-hes”]
“What Is the CRH?” Bay Area Reporter, 15 May 1971, 16, 17. [article on Council on Religion and the Homosexual, with concluding paragraph about election of SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart as president]
“Christman Accepts Lesser Assault-on-Officer Charge,” The Advocate, 26 May 1971, 2. [update on trial of SF State student Charles Christman, accused of assaulting police outside SF gay bar]
“Christman New Trial Date,” Vector, May 1971, 25. [update on trial of SF State student Charles Christman, accused of assaulting police outside SF gay bar]
“Urbi Et Orbi,” Vector, May 1971, 7. [short report on conflicts between Gay Defense Committee and SF State student Charles Christman]
“SF Pig Victim ‘Free,’” Berkeley Barb, 18 June 1971, 8. [update on trial of SF State student Charles Christman, accused of assaulting police outside SF gay bar]
“A Class for Teachers,” Mother, June 1971, 1, 3. [article on “Coming Out—the Gay Teenager,” panel connected to “Homosexuality and Gayness” course offered by SF State Sociology Department, coordinated by sociology professor John Irwin]
Karen, “Some Observations Upon Co-operating with Men,” Sisters, June 1971, 17. [article about sexism and anti-lesbianism at SF State panel on “The Liberation Movement,” which included Sally Gearhart]
“Christman Guilty—Misdemeanors,” Vector, June 1971, 28. [article on resolution of Christman trial, with reference to Christman as studying for B.A. in outdoor recreation at SF State]
“San Francisco,” Vector, June 1971, 22. [short reference to gay dance sponsored by Gay Lib at SF State]
“Urbi et Orbi,” Vector, June 1971, 7. [short reference to resolution of Christman case]
July-December 1971
Advertisement, Drive, He Said (dir. Jack Nicholson), Phoenix, 1 July 1971, 5. [mentions that “some Critics Can’t Tell Sodomy from a Hole in the Ground"; film sets “new standard of sexual frankness," with “explicit orgasm scene”]
Douglas Dean, “San Francisco Rap-Up: Hate-Trip at S.F. State,” The Advocate, 7 July 1971, 9. [critical report on SF State symposium panel on homosexuality, accused of excessive militancy and hostility toward straights]
Ben Lush, “Newhall Runs for Mayor,” Phoenix, 29 July 1971, 1,8. [article about upcoming election for SF mayor, with statement from mayoral candidate Scott Newhall on gay rights: “Newhall said, ‘The only power I have over law-enforcement regarding homosexuals is persuasive. The laws must be changed.”]
Jim Kepner, “Angles on the News: Tired But Proud,” The Advocate, 4 Aug. 1971, 8. [article on gay rights rally in Sacramento, with brief reference to reading by SF State student Charles Thorpe]
William E. Beardemphl, “William Edward Beardemphl Comments,” Bay Area Reporter, 15 Aug. 1971, 18, 19. [survey of San Francisco voters conducted by SF State faculty member Lois Flynne, showing that most voters would not support openly gay candidates]
Jim Kepner, “Richard Amory’s ‘Frost’ Is A Search on Many Levels—Plus Sex,” The Advocate, 18 Aug. 1971, 25, 26. [review of new novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
Maitland Zane, “Anti-Sex Bias Law Is Urged,” San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Aug. 1971, 2. [comment by lesbian Sally Gearhart, elsewhere identified as SF State faculty member, at Board of Supervisors Social Service Committee]
“The Supervisors,” Vector, Aug. 1971, 18. [photograph caption referencing SF State student Charles Christman and voter registration drive by Society for Individual Rights]
David Kleinberg, “‘Secret Cinema’ Where Comfort Viewing Is a Real Trip,” San Francisco Examiner, 5 Sept. 1971, 162. [article by SF State alum about unconventional movie theater, including references to Nocturnal Dream Show, Cockettes (in drag), and Sylvester]
“Gay, Straight Leaders Push S.F. Hiring Law,” The Advocate, 15 Sept. 1971, 14. [article on proposed anti-discrimination law, with brief reference to SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
Beverly Stephen, “Sex Education: Just Call it a “Family Life’ Course,” San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sept. 1971, 24. [comments by SF State professor Bernard Goldstein on sex education and his course “Human Sexuality”]
Beverly Stephen, “Sex Education: A Framework of Responsibility,” San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sept. 1971, 38. [article on sex education, including brief comments by SF State Professor Bernard Goldstein, described as teaching Human Sexuality to 700 students]
Douglas Dean, “San Francisco Rap-Up: Sex Has Nothing to Do With It,” The Advocate, 29 Sept. 1971, 26. [AFL-CIO convention in SF declined to support gay rights resolution proposed by United Professors of California at SF State, Local 1352]
Joe Konte, “Goldstein on Sex—A Crowd Pleaser,” Phoenix, 30 Sept. 1971, 1, 8. [article on popular 700-student course on Human Sexuality, taught by biology professor Bernie Goldstein]
Advertisement, Some of My Best Friends Are… (dir. Mervyn Nelson), Phoenix, 7 Oct. 1971, 5. [film identified on gays and lesbians in Greenwich Village, starring Candy Darling, trans actress and Warhol superstar]
“‘Night of the Sadist’ Is Excellent Mystery,” The Advocate, 13 Oct. 1971, 33. [review of new novel by Paul Laurie, with passing reference to gay novelist and SF State alum Richard Amory]
Donovan Bess, “Sex Education Grows Up: Joys of Zoology 101,” San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 1971, 6. [article on popular SF State zoology course on human sexuality, taught by biology professor Bernie/Bernard Goldstein, with comments by several students, including Judy Hollywood, Doriet Papelbaum, and Dina Steinberg]
Ray Broshears, letter to the editor, The Advocate, 27 Oct. 1971, 25. [letter about recent Society for Individual Rights conflict, with passing reference to Advocate’s coverage of SF State strike]
David Perlman, “Faire Booths: From Balls to Souls,” Phoenix, 28 Oct. 1971, 8. [article describing recent campus fair; mentions woman at fair named “Sue” and her desire for “one foxy guy down at the Gay Lib booth” who she “wishes…wasn’t gay”]
Advertisement, Sunday, Bloody Sunday (dir. John Schlesinger), Phoenix, 28 Oct. 1971, 10. [film with positive depiction of homosexuality and plot that involves bisexual man having affair with gay Jewish doctor in London]
“Gays to March,” Berkeley Barb, 29 Oct. 1971, 4. [SF State Gay Liberation Front sponsoring gay dance in advance of National Peace Action Coalition March on 6 Nov.]
“Jeanne Barney,” Homosexuals Intransigent!, Oct. 1971, 24-25. [critical article about straight advice columnist in The Advocate, with brief mention of asking for support from Charles Thorp and SF State GLF]
“Cross Currents,” The Ladder, Oct. 1971, 48. [article on Gay Women’s West Coast Conference in Los Angeles in June, including panel featuring Sally Gearhart of GLF San Francisco and debate about whether lesbians should work with gay men and participate in pride march]
Chuck Hardy, “Gay Dance Turns Sour; New Actions Planned,” Phoenix, 4 Nov. 1971, 3. [SF State Gay Liberation Front dance, with conflicts between performance group Angels of Light and gay women; comments by GLF leaders Frank Melleno and Jim Williford; comments about creating gay studies program]
“Some Gays Going, Others Hang Tuff,” Berkeley Barb, 5 Nov. 1971, 2. [SF State Gay Liberation Front sponsoring gay dance in advance of SF peace march on 6 Nov.]
David Perlman, “‘Peace March Syndrome’ … ‘Like a Rock Concert,’” Phoenix, 11 Nov. 1971, 8. [article reviewing recent SF antiwar march sponsored by Student Mobilization Committee; mentions that many marchers were delighted by “joyous manner of the gays"]
Advertisement, “The Olympia Press,” The Advocate, 24 Nov. 1971, 15. [advertisement for book publisher, with reference to novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
"Nov. Events," Sisters, Nov. 1971, 10. [brief note about disruption at SF State gay dance by drag troupe and conflict with lesbian folk singers]
“Women Join Men to Lead Discussion on Homosexuality,” Mother, Nov. 1971, 5. [SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart will speak on panel on homosexuality sponsored by San Francisco Association for Mental Health]
“Lesbian Mothers Win Support from F.S.A.,” Sisters, Nov. 1971, 27. [SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart mentioned in article about Lesbian Mothers Union effort to reform SF Family Service Agency]
Donovan Bess, “The S.F. Gay Bar Route—Looking for the Leathers,” San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Dec. 1971, 4. [article on SF gay bars, with brief comment on leather bars by SF State psychology instructor John Newmeyer]
Carl Driver, “Started with ‘Loon’: Gay Fiction May Be Growing Up,” The Advocate, 8 Dec. 1971, 33. [article on rise of gay literature, with attention to influence of novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
Advertisement, “Le Salon,” The Advocate, 8 Dec. 1971, 36. [advertisement for San Francisco bookstore, with reference to novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
Ben Lush, “El Topo: Mystic Bloodbath,” Phoenix, 9 Dec. 1971, 7. [review of Alejandro Jodorowsky film El Topo; mentions scene of “sado-masochistic homosexual ecstasy” provoked by mysterious “woman with a masculine voice”]
Joann S. Lublin, “Student Homosexual Movement Gains, But Groups Fragmented by Dissension,” Wall Street Journal, 16 Dec. 1971, 22. [overview of LGBT student organizing, with focus on SF State, Charles Thorpe, and conflict at campus dance]
“Gays, Psychiatrists Rap at VA Hospital Meeting,” The Advocate, 22 Dec. 1971, 5. [article on discussion on homosexuality at Fort Miley Veterans Administration Hospital, with comments by SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart, co-chair of Council on Religion and the Homosexual]
"San Francisco," Vector, Dec. 1971, 39. [brief note about SF State GLF member proposing to creating gay studies department]
January-June 1972
Gerald Jacks and Dorothy Dillon, letter to the editor, The Advocate, 5 Jan. 1972, 32. [letter coauthored by SF State GLF President Jerald Jacks contesting The Advocate’s coverage of antiwar march, at which GLF member Jim Willeford was one of two LGBT speakers]
Donna Horowitz, “She Won’t Return, Will She?,” Phoenix, 10 Jan. 1972, 8. [article featuring interview with Susan Rucker, ex-convict just released from jail; Rucker “walked the streets” as prostitute and claims that “matrons are fair” inside women’s jail, with some being “dykes”]
Allester Gray, “Satanic Society Savors Some Seven Sins,” Phoenix, 14 Jan. 1972, 6. [article about San Francisco’s “Satan Church,” whose leader was worried about Glide Memorial Church, which “exhibits girls in miniskirts and uses members of the Gay community”]
Sharon Crase, letter to the editor, The Advocate, 19 Jan. 1972, 24, 25. [critical letter from Daughters of Bilitis leader about SF State GLF dance, which featured gay/lesbian conflicts and accusations of sexism against Angels of Light; references also to Oct. symposium at SF State]
Beth Elliott, letter to the editor, Bay Area Reporter, 15 Feb. 1972, 7. [critical letter about gay activist, with brief reference to efforts underway to support gay studies at SF State]
Don Jackson, “Gay Consortium Zaps United Crusade,” Bay Area Reporter, 15 Feb. 1972, 9, 10. [report on recent demonstration at United Bay Area Crusade annual meeting by Gay Consortium, collection of LGBT groups that included SF State Gay Liberation Front]
“S.F. State Schedules Gay Course,” Bay Area Reporter, 15 Feb. 1972, 10. [SF State Social Science Department offering first full-credit gay studies course, “Homosexuality as a Social Issue,” taught by Lois Flynne, with comments on importance of not neglecting lesbians]
Rainbow, letter to the editor, The Advocate, 16 Feb. 1972, 26. [response by Angel of Light to letter about conflict at SF State dance]
Eric Berg, “Campus Film Fad: A Reel Thrill,” Phoenix, 24 Feb. 1972, 6. [article about new campus film screenings; “most expensive film shown” was Women in Love, to which “340 people showed up"; also, upcoming showing of Midnight Cowboy]
Advertisement for Changing Homosexuality in the Male, Phoenix, 24 Feb. 1972, 6. [advertisement for Delta book by Lawrence Hatterer on “treatment for men troubled by homosexuality”]
“Purged Profs,” Golden Gater (Alt), 28 Feb. 1972, 3. [article listing professors fired by SF State president S.I. Hayakawa in “purge” of faculty following end of Third World Liberation strike; mentions Morgan Pinney as one of many professors who “are continuing to appeal their firings through... grievance procedures”]
“Hayakawa’s Shit List: Are You On It?,” Golden Gater (Alt), 28 Feb. 1972, 4. [photograph of typed list of names of faculty fired by SF State president S.I. Hayakawa; includes Morgan Pinney]
“Personalities,” Vector, Feb. 1972, 51. [article on Lois Flynn teaching course on “Homosexuality” and building library’s LGBT periodical collection at SF State]
“The Editor Comments,” Vector, Feb. 1972, 4. [brief reference to SF State’s Lois Flynn in paragraph about professionals working to support homosexuals]
“San Francisco State,” Sisters, Feb. 1972, 18. [short announcement that SF State will offer course titled “Homosexuality as a Social Issue”]
Lawrence Spears, “War Chest, Local Ballot Measures Urged in Statewide Meet,” Vector, Feb. 1972, 18-19. [brief reference to gay novelist and SF State alum Richard Amory in article about state sex law reform]
Classified advertisement, Bay Area Reporter, 1 Mar. 1972, 39. [advertisement by SF State student looking for room or apartment to rent]
“Dr. Bossi’s Bag,” Phoenix, 2 Mar. 1972, 2. [advice column by Student Health Center director, with question aboutmale roommate who masturbates while dressed as a woman]
Donna Horowitz, “Encounter Theatre Plays On Issues,” Phoenix, 2 Mar. 1972, 5. [review of Encounter Theatre production that inverts typical marriage roles, featuring a “homemaker husband,” and openly discussing gay sexual attraction of man towards roommate]
Cathy Ramirez, “Sheriff Opens Up On Prisons,” Phoenix, 9 Mar. 1972, 3. [interview with Sheriff Richard Hongisto, SF State alum, who discusses prison reform, including “venereal disease treatment” and attending to needs of “blacks and homosexual inmates”]
“College Offers Two Courses,” The Advocate, 15 Mar. 1972, 11. [short report on two SF State courses, “The Rhetoric of Gay Liberation” (taught by Sally Gearhart) and “Homosexuality as a Social Issue” (taught by Lois Flynne)]
“Bay Gays Move Toward Unity Along Two Fronts,” The Advocate, 15 Mar. 1972, 6. [article on new local coalition, Gay Consortium, which included SF State Gay Liberation Front]
“A Gay President? Why Not!” The Advocate, 15 Mar. 1972, 29, 30. [article on research study conducted by former SF State faculty member John Newmeyer about SF State student attitudes on homosexuality]
“Finding a Roommate—A Universal Problem,” Phoenix, 16 Mar. 1972, 1, 6. [first page is cut off, but continuation includes story of lesbian sadomasochism and story of gay relationship]
Calendar, Encounter Theater production at SF State, Phoenix, 16 Mar. 1972, 8. [listing of Encounter Theater production mentioned in Donna Horowitz’s 2 Mar. article]
Classified advertisement, “Apartment to Share with Straight Male,” Phoenix, 23 Mar. 1972, 5.
“San Francisco Rites Honor Gays Killed by Vice Cops,” The Advocate, 29 Mar. 1972, 3. [article on demonstration and memorial service for gays killed by police, with comments by DOB leader and SF State faculty member Karen Wells]
Dan Allen, “Notes from a Gay Ghetto: S.F. Groups Work in a Variety of Ways,” The Advocate, 29 Mar. 1972, 19. [article on SF gay groups, with brief reference to SF State course on “sociological problems of homosexuals”]
"News Caps," San Francisco Gay Times, Mar. 1972, 2. [article on gay studies courses and gay studies week at SF State, initiated by Gay Liberation Front at SF State]
“Political Committee Report,” The Insider: The Monthly Newsletter of the Society for Individual Rights, Mar. 1972. [article on voter registration drive by several organizations, including Gay Lib, SF State]
Richard Amory, “Vanden’s Best Book,” Vector, Mar. 1972, 23. [book review by SF State alum and gay novelist Richard Amory]
Douglas Dean, “Gay College Course Popular,” The Advocate, 12 Apr. 1972, 32. [article on SF State course on “Homosexuality as a Social Issue,” taught by Lois Flynne, with references to drag queens, gay liberation on campus, leather, and sadomasochism]
T.O. Salisbury, “Emptying the AS Moneybasket,” Phoenix, 13 Apr. 1972, 7B. [article describing Associated Students budget; includes mention of “controversial” Gay Liberation Front dance, “Gay Liberation Front billed students $60.22 for ‘decor lights’ for its controversial dance"]
Rick Lee, “EROS, Tutors, Child Care Offered,” Phoenix, 13 Apr. 1972, 8. [article on Associated Students projects, including center for women’s services, which focuses on referrals related to human sexuality, and Educational and Referral Organization for Sexuality]
William E. Beardemphl, “Commentary,” Bay Area Reporter, 15 Apr. 1972, 8. [critical article by longtime gay activist about attending SF State class on “Homosexuality as a Social Issue”]
Calendar, “The Contact Series Presents: Bernard Goldstein on ‘The New Eroticism,’” Phoenix, 20 Apr. 1972, 5. [mention of upcoming lecture by Bernard Goldstein]
Clifford Souza, “They Study Hang-Ups,” Phoenix, 20 Apr. 1972, 7. [article describing new “technique probing public opinion" and its use to determine support for “homosexual rights” by analyzing hang-up rate for question asked over the phone: “Is this the Committee for Homosexual Rights?”]
“May Fair Starts Monday,” Phoenix, 27 Apr. 1972, 9. [announcement of annual campus May Fair; mentions that contest for “most outrageous Fair Queen” will be “open to both men and women”]
John Maiscott, “Parker Tyler Meets Casey Donovan,” Gay Activist, Apr. 1972, 15, 18. [brief comments by gay novelist and SF State alum Richard Amory in article about homosexuality in film]
Richard Amory, “Richard Amory Discovers a 29cent Jackson Novel,” Vector, Apr. 1972, 31, 32. [book review by gay novelist SF State alum Richard Amory]
Chuck Sackett, “Book Review: Insight to Life of Transsexual,” Phoenix, 4 May 1972, 2. [review of Felicity Cochrane’s trans-themed book Behold I am A Woman]
Maitland Zane, “Gay Battle of the Sexes,” San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 1972, 6. [Gay liberation symposium at SF State, attended by 250 people; speakers included graduate student David Kleinberg, Gay Liberation Front secretary Jim Willeford, Karen Wells, psychologist Ron Lee, and faculty member Sally Gearhart; focus on conflicts between men and women]
Calendar, Phoenix, 4 May 1972, 4. [announcement of gay dance, featuring Lash LaRue, at Gallery Lounge--fundraiser for Daughters of Bilitis]
Advertisement for Municipal Court Judge candidate Ollie Marie-Victoire, Bay Area Reporter, 31 May 1972, 17. [political advertisement with list of supporters, including SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
“May 1972 Events,” Sisters, May 1972, 20. [calendar listing about campus fundraising dance sponsored by Daughters of Bilitis and SF State GLF]
Advertisement, “Shirley Chisholm for President,” Vector, May 1972, 18. [paid advertisement signed by eleven LGBT community leaders, including SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
Richard Amory, “Richard Amory Enjoys a Wit of ‘Sunday,’” Vector, May 1972, 37. [book review by gay novelist and SF State alum Richard Amory]
Advertisement, “Stokes for College Board,” San Francisco Chronicle, 5 June 1972, 16. [political advertisement for gay man, Earl Rick Stokes; lesbian Sally Gearhart, elsewhere identified as SF State faculty member, among signers]
“S.F. Candidate Stokes Having Woman Trouble: Lesbian Mothers Say He Let Them Down,” The Advocate, 7 June 1972, 10. [article about gay political candidate Rick Stokes, with brief reference to Sally Gearhart resigning from Family Service Agency in Feb.]
“S.F. Candidate Stokes Having Woman Trouble: DOB President Says He’s Good Man, Anyway,” The Advocate, 7 June 1972, 10. [article about gay political candidate Rick Stokes, with brief reference to Sally Gearhart resigning from Family Service Agency in Feb.]
Douglas Dean, “San Francisco Rap-Up: All-Male ‘Dolly’ Fresh and Lively,” The Advocate, 7 June 1972, 16. [brief reference to SF State course, “Homosexuality As A Social Issue,” taught by Lois Flynn]
Jay, “Gay Symposium,” Gay Scene, June 1972, 11. [article about recent gay symposium at SF State, with conflicts between male and female speakers]
July-December 1972
“Gay Businesswoman Named to Family Board,” The Advocate, 5 July 1972, 14. [SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart replaced on Family Service Agency]
John P. LeRoy, “New Hope for Gay Writers,” GAY, 10 July 1972, 15. [article on gay books, with brief reference to SF State alum Richard Amory selling three millions copies but only receiving $750]
“Aid to Gay Moms Passed,” The Advocate, 30 Aug. 1972, 12. [article on Family Service Agency plan to assist lesbian mothers, with passing reference to SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
Douglas Dean, “Sex Has Nothing to Do With It,” The Advocate, reprinted in Arena Three, Aug. 1972, 13. [article about resolution on rights of gay teachers submitted by United Professors of California at SFSC, Local 1352, at AFT convention in San Francisco]
Richard Amory, “I Am Dying, Egypt,” Vector, Aug. 1972, 41. [book review by gay novelist and SF State alum Richard Amory]
“Something Else,” San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Sept. 1972, 49. [brief item about SF State course titled “Erotica, Pornography and the Woman”]
“Coming Events,” Phoenix, 21 Sept. 1972, 8. [listing for gay counseling service with 24-hour crisis line in San Francisco]
Carlene Canton, “Students Who Choose Death,” Phoenix, 28 Sept. 1972, 1,8. [article about suicide rates and causes among college age population; mention by Roger Corneut, representative of SF Suicide Prevention Center, of “sexual identity” as “reason” that suicidal young people call for help]
“‘Human Sex Class’ Gay Film Causes Complaints to Reagan,” Phoenix, 28 Sept. 1972, 5. [article on complaints about and defenses of sex education class taught by SF State faculty member Bernard Goldstein]
Richard Amory, “Light from a Second Story Window,” Vector, Sept. 1972, 11. [book review by gay novelist and SF State alum Richard Amory]
“Eros Offers Sex Advice,” Phoenix, 26 Oct. 1972, 3. [article on Associated Students counseling and referral service for sexuality, birth control, venereal disease, homosexuality, and abortion]
“Ex-President and Sex Prof to Lecture,” Phoenix, 26 Oct. 1972, 6. [announcement of lecture by Bernard Goldstein, popular sex education faculty member at SF State]
Michael Harris, “S.F. State Debate: Rough Rhetoric by Marks, Pelosi,” San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Oct. 1972, 7. [debate at SF State featuring state senate candidates, with brief reference to allegations about shifting positions on legislation related to sexual conduct]
“Shy Prof ‘Spills Kishkas,’” Phoenix, 9 Nov. 1972, 10. [article about Bernard Goldstein, popular teacher of human sexuality course at SF State]
“An ‘A-Plus’ for the Teacher,” The Advocate, 22 Nov. 1972, 7. [positive assessment of Lois Flynne’s SF State course, “Homosexuality as a Social Issue,” by gay activist and graduate student John Platania]
Barbara Ellett, “Noe Place Like Home,” Phoenix, 30 Nov. 1972, 7. [article about Noe Valley’s “unconventional people,” including many “homosexuals"; mentions that “gay population is moving towards Noe Valley from Eureka Valley,” with one man saying that it is “nice place” but “there are a lot of fags”]
"Dyke Power," Purple Rage, Nov. 1972, 14. [article on recent gay dance at SF State, sponsored by SF State GLF, and lesbian walk-out because of sexism and anti-lesbian language.]
Sally Gearhart, “Lesbian as a Political Statement,” Sisters, Nov. 1972, 1-5. [reprint of 1970 essay by SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
Del Martin, “The Politics of Mental Illness,” Sisters, Nov. 1972, 16-23. [article by DOB founder on LGBT mental health activism, with brief mention of Sally Gearhart’s appointment to Board of Directors of SF Family Service Agency]
“Calif. Teachers Endorse AB-470,” Vector, Nov. 1972, 33. [California Federation of Teachers endorsed state sex law reform, with brief reference to activism by gay novelist and SF State alum Richard Amory]
Eric Berg, “The Story of an Actor Actress,” Phoenix, 7 Dec. 1972, 8. [article about Cuban American female impersonator (and gay man) scheduled to perform at SF State]
“Cultural Events at S.F. State U.,” San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec. 1972, 64. [article on upcoming cultural events at SF State, including performance by Judy Garland impersonator David DeAlba]
“Women’s Studies Block,” Phoenix, 13 Dec. 1972, 3. [article about new “block program” in women’s studies that will be offered next semester and will include “Women and Words” taught by Sally Gearhart]
James Taylor, “Humor Magazine’s Debut,” Phoenix, 13 Dec. 1972, 7. [article about new SF State humor mag, Good Humoroid, published by English Department; mentions that first issue will contain interview with Bernard Goldstein that is “full of the many gems of wit and wisdom that make his sex class a success”]
Bob Fletcher, “Paper Covered Thrills,” Gay News, Dec. 1972, 14. [brief review of new novel by gay author and SF State alum Richard Amory]
January-June 1973
“Sisters Staff Quits: Transsexual Ban Splits DOB Unit,” The Advocate, 3 Jan. 1973, 14. [article on DOB conflict about transsexuals, with comments by SF State faculty member Karen Wells]
Antonius J. Rivera, Jr., letter to the editor, Phoenix, 11 Jan. 1973, 2. [letter written by self-identified “Gay Chicano” responding to “racist letter” about the Mission published in 13 Dec. issue]
“Ordained As Gay: Reverend Johnson Takes CRH Post,” The Advocate, 14 Feb. 1973, 7. [article on Rev. Bill Johnson, with passing reference to Council on Religion and the Homosexual’s Sally Gearhart, SF State faculty member]
Douglas Dean, “San Francisco Rap-Up: Setting ‘Straights’ Straight,” The Advocate, 14 Feb. 1973, 33. [article on KQED program “Male Homosexuality and the Law,” produced by SF State television center]
“Announcements,” Phoenix, 1 Mar. 1973, 5. [Rabbi Benjamin Segal holding seminars about sexuality in Judaism at Hillel; topics include masturbation, contraception, nonmarital sex, abortion, marriage, and sexual identity]
Pat Sobel, “Something More Than Sex,” Phoenix, 15 Mar. 1973, 8. [article about SF State political science class featuring comments about feminism and lesbianism by two guest speakers: SF State speech communications lecturer Sally Gearhart and lesbian activist Rita Mae Brown]
Alison Strobel, “Like Pirates; Pierced Ears for Men,” Phoenix, 29 Mar. 1973, 4. [article on ear and nose piercings for men, with comments on sadomasochism, homosexuality, and heterosexuality]
March calendar listing, “The Daringly Different (I): Lesbianism Now,” Sisters, Mar. 1973. [calendar listing for event at UC Berkeley featuring SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
“Dr. Bossi’s Bag: Two Sexes Better Than One?,” Phoenix, 12 Apr. 1973, 2. [question asking about “frequency of hermaphroditism” and whether “hermaphrodite” is “capable of having sex with men and/or women”]
Rockie Montenegro, “Making Faces at Theatre Arts,” Phoenix, 12 Apr. 1973, 11. [article about SF State Theatre Arts class that teaches “advanced techniques in stage make-up,” including “changing sex with make-up”]
Advertisement, advertisement for Color Photos of the Atrocities, Poems by Kenneth Pitchford, Phoenix, 12 Apr. 1973, 13. [advertisement for book by Kenneth Pitchford, described as “activist in the revolution against sexism” who “has defied anti-faggot (his word) campus administrators and panels of effemiphobic psychiatrists"
Thomas Tyrrell, “‘Camino Real’: Harsh, Brutal and Realistic,” San Francisco Examiner, 29 Apr. 1973, 241. [review of gay playwright Tennessee Williams play by drama professor at SF State]
Classified advertisement, “Want Straight Female,” Phoenix, 3 May 1973, 16.
“Endorsements, Resignations for S.F. Parade Board,” The Advocate, 9 May 1973, 17. [article on pride parade planning, with reference to Lois Flynn, described as “head of the gay studies program” at SF State and mentioned as speaker]
Paul Thiele, “Universitems: Greatest Hits,” Phoenix, 10 May 1973, 2. [column includes mention that “there is no truth to the rumor that the EROS sex advice center is planning to expand with a gay hotline called ‘The Swishboard’”]
“Feminists’ Defeat: Women’s Studies Cut,” Phoenix, 10 May 1973, 3. [only nine of forty-five requested women’s studies courses were funded; one will be course on lesbianism]
Advertisement, “SDS Comment, A Reply to Racism,” Phoenix, 10 May 1973, 5. [Students for a Democratic Society full-page “paid political advertisement” highlighting “racist advertisement published in the July ’72 issue of ‘American Psychologist’”; SDS response discredits “theories of race inferiority/race superiority” based on supposed “genetic differences between the races”; signed by SF State faculty, including Sally Gearhart]
“Gay Course Offered This Summer at San Francisco State College,” Bay Area Reporter, 13 June 1973, 5. [announcement of summer course, “Homosexuality As A Social Issue,” taught by Lois Flynne at SF State]
Elizabeth Fishel, “Games Liberated People Play,” San Francisco Examiner, 24 June 1973, 243-248. [article on responses to women’s liberation, with section on SF State “communiversity” project that addressed sexual alternatives, including gay, straight, bi, celibate, monogamous, and non-monogamous relationships]
July-December 1973
Maitland Zane, “Gay Job Hunting—Hairy,” San Francisco Chronicle, 16 July 1973, 6. [article on former SF State drama student Charles Schneider, leader of employment service of Society for Individual Rights, with comments on employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender presentation]
Richard Amory, “Song of the Gay Teacher,” Vector, July 1973, 14-16. [reflections on challenges of being a gay or lesbian teacher by gay novelist and SF State alum]
Richard Amory, “Richard Amory Reads Tom Sawyer,” Vector, Aug. 1973, 42-44. [gay interpretations of Mark Twain’s novel by gay novelist and SF State alum]
Herb Caen, “Ticky-Tacky Tripewriter,” San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Sept. 1973, 37. [joking comment about human sexuality course taught by SF State biology professor Bernard Goldstein]
Mikyl Kayhal, letter to the editor, Vector, Sept. 1973, 6. [response to Amory’s article on gay and lesbian teachers]
John Newmeyer, “Quaaludes: Super Downers,” Gay Sunshine, Sept. 1973, 5. [article about quaaludes by former SF State faculty member]
Don Miesen, “The Pride Directors: An In-Depth Report,” Bay Area Reporter, 3 Oct. 1973, 1, 2. [article on new members of SF Pride Board of Directors, including SF State alum Zane Tamas]
“New Gay Role Felt as Psychologists Convene,” The Advocate, 10 Oct. 1973, 5. [article on American Psychological Association convention in Montreal, with brief reference to former SF State faculty member John Newmeyer]
Judith Nielsen, “Bare Breasts in Advertisement Building,” Phoenix, 18 Oct. 1973, 8. [article about “improvisational performance” in Women’s Center during which “one of the performers stripped to the waist to display her two breasts complete with a third nipple"; Sally Gearhart, instructor of Women and Administration class, mentioned as having invited performers on campus in “hopes of encouraging women’s creativity”]
Barbara Egbert, “Universitems: Capsule Filling,” Phoenix, 25 Oct. 1973, 4. [column includes joke, “From Zengers--'Wanted m/f student for research on.’ Did I read this right?? Or does someone really want a hermaphrodite for purposes of vivisection?”]
“TV Cameras Focus On Human Sexuality Class,” Phoenix, 1 Nov. 1973, 11. [article about videotaping of Bernard Goldstein’s Human Sexuality class as “joint effort between Goldstein and Educational Television"; Goldstein quoted as asserting that he will not be “cleaning up” his language and “no effort will be made to edit” the videos]
Judith Nielsen, “Student-Faculty Sex, A Pleasure, A Curse,” Phoenix, 8 Nov. 1973, 3. [revised version of censored article about faculty-student sex, featuring first-person accounts of straight, lesbian, and gay faculty-student sex]
Classified advertisement, “Room-mate Wanted, Female or Gay Male,” Phoenix, 8 Nov. 1973, 16.
“Local Lesbian News by a Local Lesbian,” Sisters, Nov. 1973, 31. [brief reference to SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart working on book on gay liberation and religion]
Classified advertisement, “Room-mate Wanted, Female or Gay Male,” Phoenix, 6 Dec. 1973, 13.
January-June 1974
“Purses Nixed by Bookstore,” Phoenix, 7 Feb. 1974, 1. [article about male student’s complaint about bookstore not allowing him to shop with purse]
Herb Caen, “Pocketful of Notes,” San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 1974, 26. [brief reference to SF State course on “Human Sexuality,” taught by Bernard Goldstein, with 760 students]
Richard Amory, “The Conspiracy of Silence: Hopalong Cassidy & A Few Others,” Vector, Feb. 1974, 24-29. [article about early gay-coded literature, including Hopalong Cassidy, by gay novelist and SF State alum]
Erin VanBronkhorst, “Lesbian Feminists Speak: ‘My Lesbianism Is My Love of Myself,’” Pandora, 5 Mar. 1974, 3. [report on presentation by SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart for Women’s Studies series at University of Washington]
Carole Rahn, “Human Sexuality: Re-examining the Pink-or-Blue Blanket Coverup,” Phoenix, 7 Mar. 1974, 5. [article on Human Sexuality course taught by biology professor Bernard Goldstein, with comments about masturbation, sex education, abortion, homosexuality, and eugenics]
Advertisement, “The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival,” Phoenix, 7 Mar. 1974, 6. [advertisement for erotic film festival in San Francisco]
Announcement, film screening of The Lenny Bruce Film at Surf Theater and film screening of Johnny Minotaur at San Francisco Art Institute, Phoenix, 7 Mar. 1974, 6. [announcement of screening of “erotic and very personal” film, Johnny Minotaur, described as “study in sensuality and sexual mores and manners” written and directed by gay artist Charles Henri Ford]
“English Program Future in Doubt,” Phoenix, 14 Mar. 1974, 3. [article about results of English Department vote on new curriculum; mentions that “the main reasons students take the courses is the subject matter,” with “Incest: Implications of an Archetype” and “The Homosexual and Bisexual in Contemporary Literature” provided as “examples of subjects taught last semester”]
“Rubbers Soup and Nixon,” Phoenix, 21 Mar. 1974, 1. [article on SF State Activities Fair, with joking comment about Bernard Goldstein’s human sexuality course]
John P. De Cecco, “Lavender U A Gay First,” The Advocate, 27 Mar. 1974, 17. [article by SF State psychology professor about founding gay university]
John Moore, “Tennis: The Sport of the Elite is Now the People’s Game,” Phoenix, 28 Mar. 1974, 10. [article about popularity of tennis, sport that used to be “game for girls or ‘sissy’ boys"; mentions role of Billie Jean King in expanding popularity of tennis]
“Health Service,” Phoenix, 28 Mar. 1974, 12. [advertisement for Student Health Service; “Venereal disease, homosexuality, genetics, pregnancy, and feminine hygiene are just a few of the areas in which advising is given by the Human Sexuality Center of the Student Health Service”]
Richard Amory, “Mark Twain, Too?” Vector, Mar. 1974, 16-17. [article about Mark Twain’s possible homosexuality by gay novelist and SF State alum]
”Local Lesbian News by a Local Lesbian,” Sisters, Mar. 1974, 29. [announcement that SF State alum and lesbian singer Betty Kaplowitz will perform at Full Moon, women’s bookstore and coffeehouse in Castro]
“Ginsberg, Blues and Feminist Art,” Phoenix, 18 Apr. 1974, 11. [announcement of campus poetry reading by gay poet Allen Ginsberg and off-campus poetry reading by lesbian poet Adrienne Rich]
“Taxman Took His Truck for $2.44,” San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 1974, 4. [article on Morgan Pinney, elsewhere described as former SF State faculty member, whose truck was claimed by IRS after he refused to pay excise tax on telephone bill to protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam War]
Calendar listing, “First Anniversary Party,” Plexus, 15 Apr. 1974, 10. [SF State lesbian alum Betty Kaplowitz scheduled to perform at first anniversary party for Full Moon, women’s bookstore and coffeehouse in Castro]
“S, S, & C,” Phoenix, 18 Apr. 1974, 13. [advertisement for lecture by biology professor Bernard Goldstein]
Mark Thompson, “Unisexual Angels Bringing the Light of Divide Decadence,” Phoenix, 25 Apr. 1974, 11. [article on gay/trans/drag/pansexual performance groups Cockettes and Angels of Light]
“The Women’s Music Festival,” Sisters, Apr. 1974, cover, 23-26. [cover photograph of SF State lesbian alum Betty Kaplowitz and article on recent Women’s Music Festival in SF]
Daniel Saks, “A New Majority in AS Politics,” Phoenix, 9 May 1974, 12. [article about Associated Students and Students for Organized Change, with reference to resolution against sex discrimination in faculty/staff hiring and comments about Sally Gearhart in Speech Communications Department]
Harold Fairbanks, “Harold’s Corner: Tra Law! The Singing Cowboy Is Back,” The Advocate, 22 May 1974, 33. [brief reference to SF station KPIX winning broadcast media award for “Gay Power” television documentary; award presented at Broadcast Industry Conference at SF State]
John L. Wasserman, “Lively Arts: In Pursuit of Erotica & Woman,” San Francisco Examiner, 26 May 1974, 103. [reference to “Erotica, Pornography, and the Woman?,” presentation by Betty Peskin, formerly teaching assistant for Wasserman’s SF State course on “Pornography and the Arts”]
Pat Kelly, “Sisters from the Pulpit,” Sisters, May 1974, 3-6. [brief reference to lesbian activist and novelist Rita Mae Brown speaking at SF State]
Charles Lee, “San Francisco Rap Up: Dianne, Beefcake, and Hondas,” The Advocate, 5 June 1974, 37. [reference to new book, Loving Women, Loving Men, coauthored by SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
”Local Lesbian News By Your Local Lesbian,” Sisters, June 1974, 31. [reference to Daughters of Bilitis sending letter of support for Women’s Studies Program at SF State]
Sally Gearhart, “Lesbian Debutante: A Plea for Information,” Sisters, June 1974, 3-8. [reprint of article by SF State faculty member, published previously in The Lesbian Tide, about coming out for lesbians]
Calendar listing, Plexus, June 1974, 9. [SF State lesbian alum Betty Kaplowitz scheduled to perform at Full Moon, women’s bookstore and coffeehouse in Castro]
July-December 1974
Susan Berman, “The Cosmetic Giggle,” San Francisco Examiner, 28 July 1974, 22-24. [article on changing attitudes about cosmetics, with discussion of men wearing makeup and gay influences]
Sally Gearhart, “Lesbianism As A Political Statement,” Sisters, July 1974, 26-31. [reprint of essay published previously by SF State faculty member]
Judith Nielsen, “The Case for Lesbianism?” Sisters, Aug. 1974, 3-9. [brief reference to SF State lesbian professor saying that husbands should consult with lesbians to better fulfill sexual needs of wives]
John Callahan, “S.I.R.’s Speakers Bureau,” Vector, Aug. 1974, 27, 29. [brief reference to SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart, who several years earlier had led popular Society for Individual Rights workshop at National Convention of High School Counselors at SF Hilton]
Calendar listing, Plexus, Aug. 1974, 9. [SF State lesbian alum Betty Kaplowitz scheduled to perform at benefit for Women’s Skill Center in SF]
David Cawley, “All Not Well in Beautiful San Francisco; Gays Being Harassed by Police Again,” Phoenix, 12 Sept. 1974, 5. [article by member of Gay Students’ Coalition about police harassment of gay people in Castro and SF]
Kim Baldwin, “Women’s Center: A Place for Caring,” Phoenix, 19 Sept. 1974, 4. [article about SF State Women’s Center’s, which “has a referral system for the San Francisco Area on employment for women, birth control problems, gay organizations, and other women’s groups"]
Paul Snodgrass, “Glide Memorial Isn’t A Church, It’s A Movement,” Phoenix, 26 Sept. 1974, 2. [article about Glide Memorial Church; attracts “blacks, whites, gays, straights, young, old, hookers, hippies and hoboes”]
Karl Maves, “Relevant Reading,” Vector, Sept. 1974, 12. [review of new novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
Sally Gearhart, “The Lesbian and God-the-Father,” Gay Alternative, Summer 1974, 10-13. [article by SF State faculty member based on presentation at 1972 religion conference in Berkeley]
David Cawley, “Former Inmate’s Report on Sex in San Quentin,” Phoenix, 3 Oct. 1974, 1, 16. [article on SF State student and former San Quentin prisoner Gus Colgain, who conducted in-depth research on prison homosexuality]
Jim Sanders, “Welby Show Stirs Gay Protest,” Phoenix, 10 Oct. 1974, 4. [article on gay protest at KGO-TV against antigay “Marcus Welby” episode, with comments by SF State student activist Henry Wilson and reference to “Gay Student Coalition,” which included SF State students]
“Gay Lifestyle: Cage Without Bars,” Phoenix, 10 Oct. 1974, 8. [article about upcoming one-woman Lavender Troubadour show, addressing “homosexuality and gay lifestyles,” by Rebecca Valrejean at SF State; sponsors included Gay Students Coalition]
“Dr. John P. De Cecco,” Gapoo, 16 Oct. 1974, 5. [brief reference to study conducted by SF State psychology professor John De Cecco and others about interpersonal, group, and institutional conflicts involving homosexual men and women]
Jan Merrill, “‘Lavender Troubador’ Delivers Message of Gay Oppression,” Phoenix, 17 Oct. 1974, 10. [interview with Rebecca Valrajean about new play Lavender Troubadour at SF State, “presented by Associated Students Performing Arts, Women’s Center, and Gay Student’s Coalition"; Valrajean quoted as claiming that play describes her “own experiences within the gay political movement”]
“Lavender Troubadour,” Phoenix, 17 Oct. 1974, 10. [announcement of performance at McKenna Theatre of Rebecca Valrajean play Lavender Troubadour]
Classified advertisement, “Gay Ski Cabin,” Phoenix, 24 Oct. 1974, 4. [advertisement for coed gay ski cabin on Donner Lake]
Pauline Scholten, “One-Woman Show,” Phoenix, 24 Oct. 1974, 9. [review of Rebecca Valrejean’s “The Lavender Troubador,” one-act improvisational play about lesbian love, performed at SF State]
Harvey Milk, “The Lavender Troubador,” Bay Area Reporter, 30 Oct. 1974, 28-29. [positive review of Rebecca Valrejean in The Lavender Troubador, performed at SF State]
Fred Hollister, “The Hookers’ First Ball,” Phoenix, 31 Oct. 1974, 1, 12. [article on recent Hookers’ Masquerade Ball, organized by Margo St. James, founder of COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), with references to prostitutes, drag queens, and transvestites]
Alvaro Delgado, “Citation System for ‘Victimless Crimes,’” Phoenix, 31 Oct. 1974, 3. [article about new resolution from SF Board of Supervisors that implements “a citation system for those caught committing certain victimless crimes” such as “consenting adults engaging in illegal sex acts”]
Alan Whiteside, “Brown Agrees With Students,” Phoenix, 31 Oct. 1974, 7. [article discussing views of California gubernatorial candidate Edmund G. Brown; claims that Brown “agrees with many of the issues that have found support with students,” including “doing away with laws that would regulate private sexual activity between consenting adults"; mention of the position of Brown’s opponent, Flournoy, on gay rights: “the chances are remote that he will sign a bill for homosexual rights”]
David Cawley, “Too Much Candy,” Phoenix, 31 Oct. 1974, 9. [review of Civic Light Opera’s adaptation of film Some Like It Hot; mentions that male actors are in drag; features photograph of male actors in drag, with caption that deems them “lovelies”]
Richard Amory, “Relevant Reading,” Vector, Oct. 1974, 13. [book review by gay novelist and SF State alum Richard Amory]
Calendar listing, Plexus, Oct. 1974, 9. [SF State lesbian alum Betty Kaplowitz scheduled to perform at benefit for Women’s Prison Collective at Full Moon in Castro]
Advertisement, Song of the Loon, The Advocate, 6 Nov. 1974, 7. [advertisement for film based on novel by SF State alum Richard Amory]
Classified advertisement, “Men and Women Needed for Research on ‘Being Gay in San Francisco in the 60’s,’” Phoenix, 7 Nov. 1974, 4. [“Contact David Cawley,” identified elsewhere as Phoenix writer]
George Schroeder, letter to the editor, Phoenix, 7 Nov. 1974, 7. [letter written by self-identified prison inmate in response to 3 Oct. article about sex in San Quentin; writer expresses desire to “clarify” and correct article, saying that “Colgain was inaccurate” in asserting that “95 per cent of the men incarcerated here were homosexuals”]
Kay Regar, “Legislated Morality: Who’s Victim in ‘Victimless Crime?,’” Phoenix, 14 Nov. 1974, 5,14. [article about sex work and whether it should be “de-criminalized” or “legalized,” driven by “prodding from vociferous hookers, liberal politicians, and changing public morality"; mention that “streetwalkers” of the Tenderloin are treated poorly by police and that police often “entice the working girl or gay into speaking to them” and then make arrest]
Mac Miller, “Gay Males Face ‘Selective’ Standards,” Phoenix, 14 Nov. 1974, 5. [article mentioning risk of higher legal penalties, including “arrest and conviction for a felony,” for gay men busted by police while having sex]
Sandra Hansen, “Tony’s Adult Books: From Dad With Love,” Phoenix, 14 Nov. 1974, 9. [article about San Francisco adult bookstore and proprietor Tony, who has been “selling pornography for the past four years"; store does “a lot of business in the gay community"; ]
Sammy Staggs, “Books: Authors Offer Church Struggle History,” The Advocate, 20 Nov. 1974, 34. [review of book coauthored by SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
Richard Amory, letter to the editor, Vector, Nov. 1974, 6. [response by gay novelist and SF State alum to book review by Karl Maves in earlier issue]
Richard Amory, “Bisexuality: Octoroonism,” Vector, Nov. 1974, 18-19. [reflections on bisexuality by gay novelist and SF State alum]
Frank Howell, “Relevant Reading,” Vector, Nov. 1974, 8, 48. [review of book co-authored by SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
Ed Jackson, Loving Women Loving Men, Body Politic, Nov. 1974, 20-21. [review of book co-authored by SF State faculty member Sally Gearhart]
Sally Gearhart, “The Lesbian and God-the-Father,” Body Politic, Nov. 1974, 12-13, 23. [reprint of previously published article from Gay Alternative]
Jerry Bell and Jim Sanders, “Day of Hope Crusade: Protesters Denounce Evangelist Moon,” Phoenix, 12 Dec. 1974, 1, 11. [article about demonstration against leader of Unification Church at SF Opera House, with references to gay protesters]
Jan Merrill, “Dancing M&M’s?,” Phoenix, 12 Dec. 1974, 12. [review of Beach Blanket Babylon, musical revue at “bi-sex showplace” that features “lots of glitter and sexy women” and Nancy Bleiweiss as “fetchingly camp singer"; directed by Steve Silver]
Don McLean, “Rising Star: Nancy Bleiweiss,” Bay Area Reporter, 26 Dec. 1974, 10-12. [article on former SF State student Nancy Bleiweiss, who portrays Carmen Miranda in Beach Blanket Babylon]
Calendar listing, SF Women’s Centers and SF Women’s Switchboard Newsletter, Dec. 1974, 4. [SF State lesbian alum Betty Kaplowitz scheduled to perform at benefits for Lesbian Mother’s Union at Wild Side West in SF]
Calendar listing, Plexus, Dec. 1974, 10. [SF State lesbian alum Betty Kaplowitz scheduled to perform at benefits for Lesbian Mother’s Union at Wild Side West in SF]