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Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine in sepia wraps. First Edition. 8vo, 38 pp. Stapled pictorial wraps. Illustrations, photos, ads, listings, bars, dance clubs, resources, classifieds etc. LGBTQ entertainment magazine and guide with bar and club listings.

52 issues: 8 3/4 x 7 inches or 11 x 7 inches. Various paginations. Stapled wrappers, with black-and-white illustrations. Minor wear to a few corners; else very good or better overall. A significant collection of Planet Homo, an irreverent, bi-monthly guide to L.A.'s underground LGBTQ+ entertainment scene, together with a near complete run of its successor publication, Yes! The collection includes the following issues: Planet Homo (L.A.): 024, 030, 033, 040-058, 060-081 Yes!: 082-88, 90-91. Devoted throughout these issues primarily to LGBTQ nightlife, Planet Homo and, later, Yes!, nevertheless developed noticeably over the course of its brief publication history, becoming a source of important and often acidly funny LGBTQ+ cultural critique of the 1990s. In the earlier issues offered here it is a rather thin publication marketed as "L.A.'s Pocket Party Guide" and includes the expected short listings of LGBTQ+ dance clubs, bars, theatre performances, music concerts, movies, etc., accompanied by classifieds, a "letters to the editor" section, a "resources" section, and a section aptly titled "Dish", which provides a gossipy account of goings on about town. However, by issue #030, the "pocket party guide" tagline was dropped from the cover, and long feature interviews with musicians and actors vie with club listings for space; by issue #056, the magazine has quite literally grown, from 8 3/4 inches tall to 11 inches tall. It also includes regular columns, substantive articles, and a horoscope section, alongside the usual entertainment listings, classifieds, and plethora of phone sex ads. Subjects of notable cultural critique include the introduction of LGBTQ+ themes into contemporary cartoons, the LGBTQ+ advocacy of stand-up comedian Margaret Cho, drug use in the LGBTQ+ community, John Waters' films, the O.J. Simpson trial ("Heterocide: The Tragic Straight Lifestyle"), drag performances, gay bashing, and much, much more. Covers range from offbeat and quirky to the provocative "Hey Fag Read This" (#062). All in all, an important collection documenting not only L.A.'s LGBTQ+ nightlife, but the way a certain segment of the LGBTQ+ community chose to confront, celebrate, and fight to change the cultural legacy of the 1990s.