Out of the Underground explores Homosexuality in the Radical press.
This book isn\'t about them..
The majority were deeply closeted.
Some were conservative and worked within established gay groups.
Clearly, not all LGBTs were left-wing revolutionaries.
Out of the Underground is also about the culture, music, politics, and art, that radicalized young queers.
Those young radicals were more likely to read the Great Speckled Bird, the Ann Arbor Argus, the San Francisco Oracle, the feminist It Ain\'t Me Babe, and the anarchic Berkeley Tribe, than the Ladder, the DOB newsletter.
Young lesbians too were drawn to the direct action of the Radical Lesbians and Women\'s Liberation Front, rather than the gab and java get-togethers of the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB).
In the turbulent 1960s, young gay men couldn\'t relate to the stuffy newsletters of Mattachine-era groups.
Prior to a regular and reliable gay press, the only positive images of homosexuals appeared in the underground rags.
It covers the Rise and Fall of the Gay Liberation Front in several cities, including Milwaukee, Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, San Jose, as well as gay metropolises like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Out of the Underground explores Homosexuality in the Radical press
