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Editor | Clark Polak |
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Categories | News, Erotica |
Frequency | Monthly |
Circulation | 10,000 |
Publisher | Janus Society |
First issue | 1964 |
Final issue | 1967 |
Country | USA |
Based in | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Language | English |
Drum (usually written DRUM) was an American LGBT-interest magazine based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Published monthly beginning in 1964 by the homophile activist group the Janus Society and edited by Clark Polak, Drum took its title from a quote by Henry David Thoreau: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears the beat of a different drummer."[1]
DRUM differed from earlier homophile magazines in that it included a combination of news and erotica. In December 1965, DRUM published the first full-frontal male nude pictorial in an American magazine.[2] DRUM also took a more militant editorial and political stance than other publications of the day. This combination quickly led to a monthly circulation of 10,000, the largest circulation to date for any magazine of its kind.[3]
In 1967, a federal grand jury indicted DRUM editor Clark Polak on 18 counts of publishing and distributing obscene material. In exchange for avoiding a prison sentence, Polak agreed to cease publishing DRUM and relocate from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.[4]
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References
- Gross, Larry (2001). Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America. New York, Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231119534.
- Kranz, Rachel and Tim Cusick (2005). Gay Rights (3rd ed.). Infobase Publishing. ISBN 0816058105.
- Streitmatter, Rodger (1995). Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America. Boston, Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571198732.