Best of
Glbt

1968

Good Times/Bad Times


James Kirkwood Jr. - 1968
    Hoyt, Peter begins to pen the letter that makes up the pages of Good Times/Bad Times.From Peter’s elaborate involvement on campus and meeting the closest friend he’s ever had to the unwelcome sexual advances he received from Mr. Hoyt, this letter tells of the ups and downs of Peter’s time at school.As the good times give way to bad and a series of compelling incidents steadily heighten the tension of his time as a student at Gilford Academy, readers fall under the spell of the magnificent storyteller Peter exposes himself to be. Good Times/Bad Times pulses with warmth and laughter of the young and still honest, complete with strong and memorable characters.

The Naked Civil Servant


Quentin Crisp - 1968
    But in that year, Quentin Crisp made the courageous decision to "come out" as a homosexual. This exhibitionist with the henna-dyed hair was harassed, ridiculed and beaten. Nevertheless, he claimed his right to be himself—whatever the consequences. The Naked Civil Servant is both a comic masterpiece and a unique testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

Gay But Not Happy


Dick Dale - 1968
    The role of the hustler was almost forced on the innocent Rodney Manlove, until his elderly employer freed him of this horror--only to promote him to an even more compromising position in the firm...

A Summer on Fire Island


Alexander Goodman - 1968
    Young ,a lot of muscles..." "...It's time he learned the facts of gay life..." "...There's going to be a gang-bang at 'The Kitty House'..." "...A ray of moonlight is hitting his face, which is contorted with pleasure..." "Please, you're hurting me..." "...There was that one night when he let 15 guys..." "...After that night with Vance I stopped dating any girl that wouldn't deliver..." "...They were sitting on this kid that was lying face down in the middle of the floor... I could hear him..." "...You can pick beautiful boys off the trees..." "Yes, there's always the meat rack..." "...You're the most handsome faggot I know..." "No! I'm giving up all this cruising, camping, carrying on..." "...One boy with smooth pale skin... A sweet dainty blond in a girl's bathing suit..." "I haven't done this with men... I'm not used to it..." "...Are you going to leave with me at 6 o'clock or not?" "...They both pull their trunks down to their knees..." "The afternoon is young. Many desire more experiences." "This wood can be a heartless place..." "The darkness protects them, gives them a freedom they never had before." "Romance requires love, not sex... Romance does not fit in with wholesale promiscuity..."The book is a combination of factual reporting and fictional representation of life as it is REALLY lived among this group.