The Gay & Lesbian Review March–April 2024 • VOLUME XXXI, NUMBER 2 The Gay & Lesbian Review/WORLDWIDE®(formerlyThe Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, 1994-1999) is published bimonthly (six times per year) by The Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc., a 501(c)(3) educational corporation located in Boston, Mass. Subscription rates: U.S.: $41.70 per year (6 issues). Canada and Mexico: $51.70(US). All other countries: $61.70(US). All non-U.S. copies are sent via air mail. Back issues available for $12 each. All correspondence is sent in a plain envelope marked “G&LR.” ISSN: 1077: 6591 © 2024 by Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc. All rights reserved. POEMS &DEPARTMENTS Figures of the Bay Area 12 IGNACIODARNAUDE The gay artists who stormed the Abstract Expressionist ramparts Butterflies Caught in a Web 15 WILLIAMBENEMANN San Francisco called to Yone Naguchi, a 19th-c. artist from Japan “Outcasts and artists flocked to the city.” 20 CHLOE SHERMAN Hilary Holladay queries a San Francisco photographer One Hundred Years of Togetherness 23 JIMVANBUSKIRK A chronicle of San Francisco LGBT firsts and bests, 1869–1969 Lesbians Against Incarceration 27 CAIT PARKER A late-century campaign to end to the prison system as we know it Carson McCullers’ “Imaginary Friends” 30 ANDREWHOLLERAN That was her husband’s term for the many women in her life CONTENTS FEATURES REVIEWS GUEST OPINION—How Russian Media Demonize LGBT People 5 DIANASADRETDINOVA CORRESPONDENCE 6 INMEMORIAM—Three People Who Made a Difference 7 RICHARDSCHNEIDERJR. INMEMORIAM—Amber Hollibaugh, Human Rights Activist 8 JOHND’EMILIO BTW 10 RICHARDSCHNEIDERJR. HISTORY MEMO— November 1978: The Agony and the Irony 18 EMILYL. QUINT FREEMAN POEM— “Pleasure” 22 AMEENANIMASHAUN POEM— “While I Slept” 26 JOANLARKIN POEM— “Miriam Searches Me Clean with Mediterranean Vowels” 32 ASHLEYSOPHIA CULTURAL CALENDAR 47 ART MEMO—Ciao! Magazine: The GayDolceVitaof the ’70s 49 FRANKSERAFINO KazRowe—Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun 33 HANKTROUT Lois W. Banner —Ideal Beauty: The Life and Times of Greta Garbo 34 CASSANDRALANGER Assotto Saint —Sacred Spells: Collected Works 36 DALE BOYER Elyssa Maxx Goodman —Glitter and Concrete 37 VERNONROSARIO BRIEFS 38 Nick Mauss and Angela Miller —Body Language 40 ALLENELLENZWEIG Andrew Sutherland —Queer Opera 41 PHILIP GAMBONE Stephen M. Silverman —Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy 43 ROBERTALLENPAPINCHAK Richard Blanco —Homeland of My Body: New and Selected Poems 44 ALANCONTRERAS Hannah Levene —Greasepaint 45 ALLISONARMIJO Darius Stewart —Be Not Afraid of My Body: A Lyrical Memoir 45 CHARLES GREEN Lucas Hilderbrand —The Bars Are Ours 46 MATTHEWHAYS Lost Boys: Amos Badertscher’s Baltimore (art exhibition) 48 STEVENF. DANSKY Bradley Cooper, director —Maestro(film) 50 COLINCARMAN WEBSITE: www.GLReview.org • SUBSCRIPTIONS: 847-504-8893 • ADVERTISING: 617-421-0082 • SUBMISSIONS: Editor@GLReview.org Editor-in-Chief and Founder RICHARDSCHNEIDER JR. Literary Editor MARTHAE. STONE Poetry Editor DAVIDBERGMAN Associate Editors SAMDAPANAS PAULFALLON JEREMYFOX MICHAELSCHWARTZ Contributing Writers ROSEMARYBOOTH DANIELA. BURR COLINCARMAN ANNE CHARLES ALFREDCORN ALLENELLENZWEIG CHRIS FREEMAN PHILIP GAMBONE MATTHEWHAYS HILARYHOLLADAY ANDREWHOLLERAN IRENE JAVORS JOHNR. KILLACKY CASSANDRALANGER ANDREWLEAR FELICE PICANO JAMES POLCHIN JEANROBERTA VERNONROSARIO Contributing Artist CHARLES HEFLING Publisher STEPHENHEMRICK Webmaster BOSTONWEBGROUP WebEditor ALLISONARMIJO ______________________________ Board of Directors ART COHEN(CHAIR) EDUARDOFEBLES ROBERT HARDMAN STEPHENHEMRICK HILARYHOLLADAY DAVIDLAFONTAINE JIMJACOBS ANDREWLEAR RICHARDSCHNEIDER, JR. (PRESIDENT) THOMAS YOUNGREN(TREASURER) STEWARTCLIFFORD(CHAIR EMER.) WARRENGOLDFARB(SR. ADVISOR EMER.) WORLDWIDE The Gay & Lesbian Review® PO Box 180300, Boston, MA 02118 Sites of San Francisco WORLDWIDE March–April 2024 3
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