Mattachine Society, Inc.

NATIONAL HE ADQUARTERS: 693 Mission Street, San Francisco 5, Calif., Telephone EXbrook 7-0773.

AREA COUNCIL BRANCH OFFICES (Please address communications to the following in care of the Mattachine Society, Inc., and the area council specified): BOSTON-P. O. Box 1499, Boston 4, Mass.; DENVER-P. O. Box 7035, Capitol Hill Sta., Denver 6, Colo., Telephone Florida 5-3438 (secretary); DETROIT-P. 0. Box 1434, Detroit 31, Mich.; LOS ANGELES-P. O. Box 1925, Los Angeles 53, Calif.; NEW YORK-1133 Broadway, Suite 304, New York 10, N. Y., Telephone WAtkins 4-7743; SAN FRANCISCO-Suite 309 693 Mission St., San Francisco 5, Calif.,, Telephone EXbrook 7-0773; WASHINGTONP. O. Box 8815, Southeast Sta., Washington 3, D. C.

Volume V

mattachine

REVIEW

JANUARY 1959

Number 1

mattachine REVIEW

Copyright 1959 by the Mattachine Society, Inc., 693 Mission St., San Francisco 5, Calif. Fifth year of publication-founded January 1955. Mattachine Foundation established in 1950 at Los Angeles, Calif. Mattachine Society formed in April 1953, and chartered in March 1954 under corporate laws of State of California as a non-profit, non-partisan educational, research and social service organization, founded in the public interest for the purpose of providing adults with true and accurate information leading toward solution of problems of human sex behavior, particularly those of the homosexual adult. The REVIEW is available on many U. S. newsstands, and by subscription at $4 per year in the U.S., its possessions, Canada and Mexico; $5 per year elsewhere. Single copies, 50 cents each. All issues mailed first class sealed in plain envelope.

MANUSCRIPTS: Original articles, reviews of current books, letters, comment and sig nificant opinion are solicited on a no-fee basis for publication. Where return of manuscript is desired, first class postage should be included. ADVERTISEMENTS: Accepted only from publishers and, or authors of books, magazines and periodicals containing homosexual and related sex behavior subjects, and from sellers of books in this field. Rates upon application. Publisher reserves right to reject any and all advertising. STAFF: Editor-Hal Call; Business Manager-Ď. Stewart Lucas; Production DirectorHenry Foster, Jr.; Treasurer-0. Conrad Bowman, Jr.; Editorial Board Members-Roy F. Hooper, Dr. Henri Lormier, Gonzalo Segura, Jr., Carl, B. Harding, Mrs. Leah Gailey.

COMING SOON: A new mail-order book service specializing in selected paper back titles, including many novels never before offered by mail from publishers, in the U. S. Selections will also include new and used paper editions of standard fiction and non-fiction works on bomosexual themes, etc. Watch for announcement of titles-in a future issue of this magazine.

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Printed in U. S. A.

mattachine REVIEW

CONTENTS

BRITISH PARLIAMENT SHELVES WOLFENDEN REPORT-4 SARAH CHURCHILL TO STAR IN HOMOSEXUAL PLAY—12

A VERY IMPORTANT CALL (story) by C. V. Howard-13 CALLING SHOTS (editorial commentary and report)–16 READERS WRITE-19

HOMOPHILIC BIBLIOGRAPHY (part xiii)–21

BRANSON FOUNDATION; New Approach to Old Problems-24

Fourth Anniversary Issue

WITH THIS ISSUE Mattachine Review enters its fifth year. It was four years ago that the first edition of this bold little magazine came off the press, charting an uncertain cours in a field full of hazards. The homosexual subject with which it is concemed was anything but a safe bet as an educational topic for any publication to challenge. SINCE THEN there have been 44 editions (monthly since November 1955), 1708 pages and more than 88,000 copies placed in the hands of readers over the nation and the world. We like to think this project has been of value, even though every realistic appraisal tells us that we have made only a beginning.

BUT THE CLIMATE is slowly changing. More and more spokesmen in high places in the U. S. and England are calling for a change of law, understanding of sex variations, and acceptance of the fact that such variety is a natura phenomenon. Evidence to support this thinking is accumulating day by day. Spreading the word about it is the job which the Review Hopes to accomplish at an accelerated pace and with greater effectiveness In the future.)

AS THIS COMES ABOUT, more and more thinking adults in all walks of life will see the single base atm of the Review as a goal which must be achieved on the grounds of basic human values and freedoms. We must soon repeal those out-moded laws governing private sex behavior between consenting adults where no force or harm is present. These laws, in the words of a prominent English physician who is head of the Homosexual Law Reform Society in London, are as stupid and ineffectual as they are primitive and brutal.

YOU CAN HELP ADVANCE MATTACHINE AIMS AND PRINCIPLES. If you live at a distance from established Area Councils, or if you otherwise choose not to participate actively, then become a subscribing member! See details on page 15 of this issue.