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1965

Books Published Grove Press issues the first English edition of Pauline Reage's "The Story of O."

1965

In New York City, Steve Masters (real name Mike Miksche, a highly respected fashion artist) one of the most talented homoerotic, and leather oriented, artists, and publisher of the Physique Magazine, BIG, commits suicide. His wife finds the studio where he worked on his erotica, and had SM scenes with other men, and burns most of his art. Fortunately he had already donated much work to Kinsey, for whom he had performed SM scenes with Sam Steward.

1965

Publication of 'Quatrefoil' by James Barr, a novel of sex among men in the US Navy.

1965

Publication in Japan of Madame deSade a play by Yukio Mishima. First English publication in 1967.

1965

Publication of The Lonely Sex - Mail Order Vice by Carlson Wade.

1965

Formation of Saddlemasters MC and Saddlebacks of Orange County both in California and of SixtyNine Club in London, England.

1965

On the Levee a bar at 987 Embarcadero in San Francisco becomes popular with the leather crowd. Closed in 1972. [R]

1965, Apr.

Second City MC founded in Chicago. The first such club in the Midwest. (RR) [JOSEPH SEE ALSO SEPT 1963 CAN YOU CLEAR THIS UP?]

1965, Late

A new physique magazine, Butch, produces its first issue, filled with unidentified frontally nude male photos from Arts Unlimited. Virtually simultaneously Drum an activist gay magazine published in Philadelphia prints, in the copies of its January 1966 issue that goes to subscribers, but not to those sent to newsstands, the first full frontal male nudes that are not presented in the guise of anthropological study or nudist culture. [Hooven 95]


1966

CMC (California Motorcycle Club) rents Sefarer's International Union hall for their annual CMC Carnival, thanks primarily to Don Rotan who was a member of both CMC and the Sefarer's union. [R]

1966

Barbary Coasters MC formed in San Francisco.

1966

Jose Sarria, "The Widow Norton," becomes the first “Empress of San Francisco," and the gay Court System has begun. [R]

1966

Publication of Song of the Loon by Richard Amory, the first of a trilogy of erotic novels that took the American fascination with cowboys and Indians to a whole new level.

1966

Publication of "Sadism" by Andre Tarade.

1966

The American gynecologists William H. Masters and Virginia Johnson publish their study on the Human Sexual Response. [wd]

1966

The first complete male to female genital confirmation surgery in the US takes place at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. [TOL]

1966, Feb.

North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) meets in Kansas City. It quickly deteriorates into a vicious fight among organizations with differing objectives and strategies. All of the elements of today's PC wars were there, and doing battle.

1966, July 25

FeBe's opens on Folsom in San Francisco and quickly becomes one of the leading leather bars, particularly for members of motorcycle clubs. The bar's "leather David" logo (the original a plaster sculpture by Mike Caffee) becomes a leather icon. A Taste of Leather, upstairs at FeBe's, opens in 1967 as one of the first in-bar leather shops. FeBe's closes in 1986. [R]

1966, August

Compton's Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco CA - one of the first recorded transgender riots in US


1967

Books published

Eustace Chisholm and the Works a novel by James Purdy. Numbers by John Rechy, a novel exploring the gay male obsession with accumulating tricks. Brutality Through the Ages by John Swain. Sexual Sadism - The Pleasure of Inflicting Pain by Edward Podolsky MD and Carlson Wade. Erotic Variations by John Barry. Sex and Sadism by Val Vane.

1967, Jan. 1

Los Angeles Police raid the Black Cat, the incident "boosted the modest Pride Newsletter into The Advocate." [Kepner 95]

1967

The "Summer of Love" in San Francisco

1967

A survey that questions 643 Germans on their attitudes towards sexual deviant groups shows that sadists are seen as egotistical, aggressive, revolting, unsympathetic, wild, unbalanced, strict, dominating, hard, active, cold, sick, introverted, pedantic, and close-mouthed. They are associated with the stereotypes of murderers and pimps. Homosexuals, themselves still considered deviant, and students have slightly less negative attitudes. Attitudes towards masochists are not examined. [wd]

1967

Bob Mizer of "Athletic Model Guild" is arrested and charged with running a male prostitution ring because of his first concept of AMG as a referral service for models. He is convicted and for most of 1968 "Physique Pictorial" fails to appear and Mizer, who hated to travel, is not at home. [Hooven 95]

1967

Formation of Cheaters MC and Constantines of the Bay Area, both in San Francisco.

1967

Barbary Coasters present their first annual San Francisco Motorcycle Awards.

1967

Nick O'Demus opens his "A Taste Of Leather" shop upstairs at FeBe's. One of the first in bar leather shops.

1967, Jul. 26

The United States Federal Court for the District of Minnesota upholds a landmark decision affirming the right of all persons to receive materials dealing with the nude male figure. [JR]

1967, July 27

The Sexual Offenses Act, removing criminality from sexual relations between consenting adults, an action which had been recommended by the Wolfenden Report in 1958, finally becomes law in England and Wales.

1967, Aug.

The newletter of PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education) becomes "The Los Angles Advocate".

1967, Aug.

The third national North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) meets in Washington, D.C. , with friction between East Coast and West Coast representatives.

1967, Oct. 9

The film. 'I am Curious - Yellow' premiers in Stockholm. It will become a major example of sexual liberation in the US.

1967, Nov. 17

The Oscar Wilde Book Shop, the first gay and lesbian store of it's kind, opens in New York City. For years all SM publications are banned from the store.


1968

Books Published

One of the earliest explicitly gay male SM novels, The Real Thing by William Carney (born Dec 29 1946), is published by Putnam's, a major publishing house. The Agency, and its sequel, The Agent, two novels of explicit SM by David Meltzer. The Figa by Paul Mariah, a poem paean to fisting.[R]

1968

Human Awareness Institute founded by Stan Dale

1968

Off the Levee is opened at 527 Bryant in San Francisco by the owner of the leather bar "On The Levee". This location later becomes the leather friendly bar and restaurant Chez Mollet. [R]

1968

The Ramrod at 1225 Folsom in San Francisco, opened and quickly succeeded FeBe's as THE leather bar, at least for the SM crowd, while FeBe's remained the prime bar for MC club socializing. [R]

1968

Formation of Buddy MC and Warriors MC in California, Nine Plus and Cycle MC in New York City; Serpents in San Francisco; Spartan MC in Baltimore and Washington DC; SMCLA, later changed to Lost Angels, in DC; V Senses Rubber Club in NYC; Rocky Mountaineers MC in Denver; and Texas Riders MC, originally the Warlocks and later the Cobras, in Houston.

1968

Cycle MC holds first annual Bass River Run.

1968

Metropolitan Community Church founded in Los Angeles by Rev. Troy Perry, a leatherman.

1968

In New York City several leather friendly bars, restaurants and private clubs open. These include The Hayloft private club; The International Stud bar, JB's Restaurant, OK Corral dining room; the Skull after hours bar; the Tool Box bar; and the Nine Plus clubhouse on 21st St. Louie's Bar is renamed Louie's Spartan Lounge.

1968

Cycle MC begins publication of it's newsletter Wheels and Nine Plus begins publication of its Scimitar. New York Motor Bike Club publishes last issue of its Black and Blue.

1968

Alan Selby begins Mr. S Leathers in London, England.

1968, Jan.

Under pressure to abandon its militant roots, PRIDE was dissolved by its founders, who sold 'The Advocate' to Dick Michaels, Sam Winston and Bill Rand for one dollar. [LRF]

1968, Jan.

Der Kreis, the world's oldest known homophile publication, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, ceases publication after thirty five years. [LRF]

1968, January 23

United States space shuttle "Challenger" explodes 73 seconds after launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida

1968, March

An Orange County man looses his home and auto insurance after a neighbor sees him kiss a man in his backyard. The neighbor reported the incident to the police, who contact the man's insurance company. [LRF]

1968, April 14

Mort Crowley's play, The Boys in the Band opened in New York City. (Birth Aug. 21, 1935)

1968, Aug.

A dedication to militant law reform and a formalization in structure sweeps through the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) which meets in Chicago. [LRF]

1968, Aug.

LA police raid the Patch II, a gay bar in Wilmington, leading "flower laden gays to raid the Harbor Police Station and help start MCC and two other major organizations." [Kepner 95]

1968, Sept.

Demanding equal access to the Yellow Pages, San Francisco homophile groups lodge a complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission asking for a separate listing of “Homophile Groups", the phone company accedes in August 1971, after several years of court struggles.

1968, Dec.

The New Jersey Supreme Court rules that homosexuals have the right to assemble in public, overturning the revocation of three New Jersey bars' licenses for “permitting apparent homosexual to congregate." [LRF]


1969

Books Published

Publication in France of 'Return to the Chateau' by Pauline Reage, a sequel to The Story of O. US edition published in 1971. 'Leather, The Leather Queens', and several similar erotic novels by Dirk Vaden. The American edition of Flagellation & The Flagellants - A History of the Rod by Rev. Wm. A. Cooper, BA. '$tud', the first Phil Andros novel written by Samuel Steward and published by Guild Press. 'The Homosexual Handbook' by Josef Bush, which includes the names of people the author suspects of being gay. The publisher quickly recalls and destroys 7000 copies, then reprints the book omitting only one name: J. Edgar Hoover. [TOL] American anthropologist Paul Gebhard publishes his article on 'Fetishism and Sadomasochism', placing SM in a cultural context. SM is seen as a result of cultural forces and as a form of scripted behavior. Gebhard's break with the view of SM founded by Krafft-Ebbing and Freud paves the way for sociological studies on SM. [wd]

1969

Time magazine declares 1969 "The Year of the Newly Militant Homosexual"

1969

Fred Halsted meets Joey Yale at the Black Pipe, a Los Angeles leather bar. They make the film LA Plays Itself, with explicit SM scenes, and begin a lifelong relationship.

1969

Formation of Apollos, Commanders MC, UYA MC and Wheels MC in NYC; Border Riders MC in Seattle & Vancouver BC; Vanguards MC in Philadelphia; Vikings MC in Boston and the AAMC, the Atlantic Midwest Coordinating Council, lather the Atlantic Motorcycle Coordinating Council. In London England V Senses Rubber club becomes Rubber Man's Club of London.

1969

Newsletters are first published by several clubs The Longship from Vikings MC (ceases publication 1970); Innertube from V Senses Rubber; and Tread from Wheels MC.

1969

Centurians (a major supplier of bondage and fetish equipment) was formed in Southern California by Jerry Deming

1969

The Den bar opens in New York City.

1969

The Shed becomes Boston's leather-levi bar.

1969

The Leather Cell (a leather and toy shop) opens in the basement, “The Pit", of the Gold Coast in Chicago.

1969, Jan.

Bob Mizer brings out Physique Pictorial Natural introducing both color and frontal nudity to his publication. [Hooven 95]

1969, Jan.

Members of the Danish parliament considered a bill to legalize marriages between homosexuals; the bill will be defeated and reintroduced annually until it is finally passed in 1989. {LRF +]

1969, Feb.

The Correctional Association of New York called for an end to the state's criminal statutes against abortion, prostitution, and homosexuality. [LRF]

1969, April

Chain Male #1, one of the BEST gay male SM/bondage photobooks is published.

1969, May

Pat Rocco's nude ballet film, A Breath of Love, is accepted for screening at the San Francisco Film Festival. [LRF]

1969, May

West Germany decriminalizes male homosexual acts between men over 21. East Germany had repealed its antigay law a year earlier. [LRF]

1969, June

After 32 years, the statue of David at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cypress, California, has its fig leaf removed. [LRF]

1969, June 27

Judy Garland is buried. Memorial services are held in New York City.

1969, June 28

New York City Police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar on Christopher St. near 7th Ave. triggering riots that last several nights, and becoming the seminal event in public awareness of the fight for gay rights.

1969, June 29

'Four Policemen Hurt in Village Raid' reported the New York Times, on page 33. [LRF]

1969, July

Reporting on the Stonewall riots, Time magazine says, “The love that once dared not speak its name now can=t seem to keep its mouth shut." [TOL]

1969, July 1

US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia holds that homosexuality does not automatically disqualify a government employee for continuing in his job.[JR]

1969, July

The Gay Liberation Front is formed in New York City. [LRF]

1969, Aug.

North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) meets, again in Kansas City. [LRF]

1969, Aug.

Alaska's Supreme Court rules the term “crime against nature" unconstitutional. [LRF]

1969, Oct.

A National Institutes of Health Task Force on Homosexuality, headed by Dr. Evelyn Hooker, submits its report favoring the decriminalization of homosexuality.

1969, Oct.

The University of Minnesota recognizes a club for gays and sympathizers called FREE (Fight Repression of Erotic Expression). [LRF]

1969, Oct. 30

Film star Ramon Novarro is murdered in his Los Angeles mansion by Paul and Tom Ferguson, brothers and hustlers. Paul had previously modeled for Kris Studios. Rumor has it that the murder weapon was a metal dildoe (gold in some stories, lead in others) given to Novaro by Rudolph Valentino.

1969, Dec.

In a landmark decision the California Supreme Court rules that the state cannot revoke a teacher's credentials over charges of homosexual conduct. [LRF]

1969, Dec.

Hawaii's state Penal Revision Project recommends that private homosexual activity be legalized. [LRF]

1969, Dec. 21

Gay Activist Alliance founded in New York City.

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