Queer Clicks: July 12, 2017 | How One Publisher Is Rescuing 1970s Gay Porn Paperbacks, Gay Adult Film Star’s Wife Sentenced For Mexican Murder Cover-up, & Other News
How One Publisher Is Rescuing 1970s Gay Porn Paperbacks
“If McDonagh’s initial interest was campy, her appreciation of the content came to be entirely serious. As she explains it, the books themselves provide a rare glimpse in to a world that was largely kept secret out of fear and shame. “They’re not poking fun at what they’re describing,” she explains. “Some of them are funny and humorous but they take their subject as seriously as if they were mainstream books.” Given the insight these “stroke books” provide into gay life of another era, she began to view them and their preservation as a way of honoring a past that has long been hidden to all but a select few.” Rolling Stone
Gay Adult Film Star’s Wife Sentenced For Mexican Murder Cover-up
“On Friday, a San Diego woman was sentenced to a year and nine months in prison for lying to the FBI about her whereabouts on the day her husband’s secret gay lover was brutally murdered and left in a ravine in Baja California.
According to prosecutors, 22-year-old Taylor Maria Langston was “within a hair’s breadth” of getting charged as a co-conspirator in Jake Merendino’s murder. But the evidence simply wasn’t there.” Queerty
How Pat Rocco Documented The Male Body, And The Start Of L.A.’s Queer Resistance
“Activist and filmmaker Pat Rocco produced gay erotica in the 1960s. His work was widely embraced by the gay community and received favorable reviews from the mainstream press. Rocco got his start as a physique photographer of male nudes. During these photography shoots, Rocco brought his camera to film the sessions. Armed with a sizeable collection of these short films, Rocco sold the prints via mail order.” The Pride LA
Michael Alago
A Documentary For Those Who Like It Rough
“You probably know Michael Alago from his extremely stimulating photography books that started with Rough Gods. We include a slideshow of images in case you need to jog your memory. You’re welcome.” Advocate
