NY: Lee's Mardi Gras, 1975. 46pp; 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 the usual roundup of news headlines; a photo-feature on drag balls ("The Last of the Balls"); an in memoriam remembrance of Pam Nolan by Linda Lee; letters to the editor ("Girl Talk"); a profile of Jean Michelle Peters, who succeeded in overturning Detroit's restrictive drag laws; theater reviews; personal ads; etc. Profusely photo-illustrated throughout in black-and-white, and with an advertising slip for Eve Browne's Fashion Catalog for Feminine Men pasted in at rear.
