Come Out! Vol. 1, #1

On the first page of Come Out! #1 is an uncredited statement “COME OUT FOR FREEDOM, COME OUT NOW!” For many, this piece was the dynamite at the door of the closet.

Other pieces in the issue include:

  • "To the Gay Liberation Front” by Ron Ballard and Bob Fontanella

  • "Stepin Fetchit Woman" by Martha Shelley

  • "BITCH: Summer’s Not Forever" by "butch drag" lesbian Marty Stephen

  • Village Voice Protest