NY: Lee's Mardi Gras, 1974. 47pp; b&w illus. 4to. Saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps. Better than very good, with repricing stickers to front cover.
Single issue of this seminal transvestite magazine, noted for its visual brio, substantive, original content, and inclusion of diverse queer and transfeminine perspectives; published and edited by New York activist, impresario, and drag queen Lee Brewster (1943-2000), founder also of the Queens Liberation Front; with cover and art direction by Vicky West (d. 2005). Contents here include reproductions of trans-related news headlines from around the world; a photo-feature about the Miss Fire Island Contest; a brief first-person account of the transition and gender affirming surgery of Miss Stephanie; coverage of a drag contest held at the New York bar Gilded Grape; etc. Profusely photo-illustrated throuhout in black-and-white.
