Douglas Dean’s San Francisco Gaylife ’73 – ’74

Bars – baths – restaurants – clubs – churches. Make out – a provocative short story by Douglas Dean. Plus photos of the hunkiest guys this side of heaven. San Francisco : Barbary Coast Productions, 1973. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 48, illustrations (including male nudes), light foxing.

Dean Goodman (Douglas Dean Goodman) was a San Francisco-based theatre reviewer and playwright (and occasional actor) He wrote reviews for Dramalogue and Backstage West. Contains photos of stars of local San Francisco gay bars and strip shows at The Alley Cat, Frolic Room and Jackson’s as well as articles on female impersonators Craig Russell, Charles Pierce, Don Banks at Finocchio’s, et alia.

Rare primary document on the vibrant gay community in San Francisco in the 1970s.

Two copies recorded on WorldCat.