Christopher Street (magazine)
 Christopher Street #1, cover dated July 1, 1976 | |
| Editor-in-chief | Charles Ortleb |
|---|---|
| Categories | Men's magazine |
| Frequency | monthly |
| First issue | July 1, 1976 |
| Final issue Number | December 1, 1995 Vol 19 No 4 |
| Company | That New Magazine Inc |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Christopher Street was an American
The magazine featured original fiction and non-fiction work from such notable authors as Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, Gore Vidal, Edmund White, and John Preston, as well as emerging gay writers such as Christopher Bram, Allen Barnett, John Fox, Scott Heim, John Alan Lee, Patrick Merla, Randy Shilts and Matthew Stadler. The cartoons signed (Rick) Fiala, Lublin, (Henryk) Baum, Bertram Dusk, Dean, and March were all drawn by Rick Fiala, the founding art director of Christopher Street.[6][7]
First published in July 1976, Christopher Street printed 231 issues before closing its doors in December 1995.
Collections of Christopher Street material
- And God Bless Uncle Harry and His Roommate Jack Who We Are Not Supposed to Talk About: cartoons from Christopher Street magazine, Avon Books, 1978 ISBN 0380018977.
- Aphrodisiac, fiction from Christopher Street. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1980 ISBN 0698110358. Reprinted unchanged, New York: Putnam, 1982.
- Charles Ortleb and Richard Fiala, Le gay ghetto: gay cartoons from Christopher Street, St. Martin's Press, 1980 ISBN 0312475888.
- The Christopher Street Reader, ed. ISBN 0701129069.
- First Love/Last Love: New Fiction from Christopher Street, ed. Michael Denneny; Charles Ortleb; Thomas Steele. New York: Putnam, 1985 ISBN 0399130829.
- Boyd McDonald, Cruising the Movies: A Sexual Guide to "Oldies" on TV, Gay Presses of New York, 1985 ISBN 091401708X: a collection of movie reviews, all but a few first published in Christopher Street.
- ISBN 0-312-05444-0: more Christopher Street movie reviews.
- ISBN 9780688033576. Collection of essays from Christopher Street written in real time as AIDS devastated the gay community of New York.
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ Miller, Stephen (October 1995). "Who Stole the Gay Movement?". Christopher Street. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
- ^ "Arm yourself with a copy of 'The Homosexual Agenda'". Pam's House Blend. 2006-06-25. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
- ^ Bram, Christopher. Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America. 2012: Twelve, New York.
- ^ Ted (January 28, 2013). "Cartoons from Christopher Street (July 1976 – December 1995)". Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ISBN 9780544114456.
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