NY: Lee's Mardi Gras, 1972. 39pp; b&w illus. 4to. Saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps. Better than very good, with a scar from the attempted removal of front cover repricing sticker.
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 the usual roundup of news headlines; a photo-profile of the Raelle Sisters; a history of men performing as women in the plays of Shakespeare; an article about male prostitution; photo-documentation of the TVIC drag club of Hartford, Connecticut; personal ads; etc.
