Drum: Boom Bang-A-Bang

Clark Polak ran the Philadelphia-based Janus Society, an early homophile movement, and edited its magazine, Drum, which took its name from the Henry David Thoreau quote, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears the beat of a different drummer." It also declared, unabashedly, "Drum is published by male homosexuals for the information and entertainment of other male homosexuals."
Founded in 1964, Drum was one of the few pre-Stonewall magazines to blend both sex and politics. News notices on blackmail trials or police raids were accompanied by romantic poems, pictorials lampooning "gay moments in sports" and the magazine even published the first gay comic strip, "Harry Chess: The Man from A.U.N.T.I.E"
It charted the changing times, chronicling activist wins and working with medical professionals to help declassify homosexuality as a mental illness.
Drum and its contemporaries "were a way of getting [movement activity] information to people who wouldn't bother to read it otherwise," said Barbara Gittings, editor of the early lesbian and then gay magazine the Ladder.
But Drum was also the first gay magazine to publish a full frontal picture of a naked man, in December of 1965, a decision that led to Polak being charged with 18 counts of distributing obscene materials. He eventually escaped imprisonment by agreeing to shutdown the magazine, which he did in 1967...

Andrew Belonsky pays tribute to queer pioneer, Clark Polak, on Out online, in an informative and entertaining article, 10 Lessons Learned From 60s-Era Gay Skin Mags.

Oh, and happy Independence Day, American dudes!
Must READ Born On The 4th Of July - 12 LGBT American War Heroes, Queerty.
Jesus joined the Roman army and wept!
Fagburn says, MAKE PORN NOT WAR!


• A Short History Of Physique Magazines.
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So try Google Image.