DRAG QUEEN : The Magazine of Female Impersonation, Number One

Neptune, NJ: Neptune Productions, [circa early 1970s]. [60]pp; color and b&w illus. 4to. Photo-illustrated wraps. Near fine.

Nice copy of the first issue of this heavily illustrated photo-magazine of the drag community. With features documenting three different drag balls: Phil Black's Valentine Ball, Lee Brewster's Ball, and the COIT Annual Debutante Ball; profiles of drag performers Jessie St. John and Vicki Starr; an article, "The Power of Positive Make-Up by Robert Q. Mooney; a "Movie Section," with stills from various films, among them Christine Jorgenson Story; and reader letters (many with photos).