Craig M. Loftin is Lecturer in American Studies at California State University, Fullerton.

• List of IllustrationsCopyright and PermissionsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. ONE Magazine and Its Readers2. Newsstand Encounters: ONE Magazine’s Volunteer Agents and Public Visibility3. Imagining a Gay World: The American Homophile Movement in Global Perspective4. ONE Magazine Letter Archetypes5. "Branded Like a Horse": Homosexuality, the Military, and Work6. Classroom Anxieties: Educators and Homosexuality7. Family Anxieties: Parent and Family Responses to Homosexual Disclosures8. Homosexuals and Marriage under the Shadow of McCarthy9. "I shall always cherish Sunday"10. Unacceptable Mannerisms: Gender, Sexuality, and Swish in Postwar AmericaConclusionAppendixNotesSources and BibliographyIndex

"[a] remarkable book … about gay and lesbian life in the 1950s and '60s." — Los Angeles Times"The book's interest and value comes through the letters, which present a close-up, personal view of gay life following WWII." — CHOICE"The letters to ONE are terrific, providing a valuable sense of the concerns and perspectives of gay men and lesbians who might be considered rank-and-file homophiles. The book illustrates how people sometimes minimally engaged with the movement negotiated the postwar period and made a difference." — Leila J. Rupp, author of Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Wome

Craig M. Loftin is Lecturer in American Studies at California State University, Fullerton.

• List of IllustrationsCopyright and PermissionsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. ONE Magazine and Its Readers2. Newsstand Encounters: ONE Magazine’s Volunteer Agents and Public Visibility3. Imagining a Gay World: The American Homophile Movement in Global Perspective4. ONE Magazine Letter Archetypes5. "Branded Like a Horse": Homosexuality, the Military, and Work6. Classroom Anxieties: Educators and Homosexuality7. Family Anxieties: Parent and Family Responses to Homosexual Disclosures8. Homosexuals and Marriage under the Shadow of McCarthy9. "I shall always cherish Sunday"10. Unacceptable Mannerisms: Gender, Sexuality, and Swish in Postwar AmericaConclusionAppendixNotesSources and BibliographyIndex

"[a] remarkable book … about gay and lesbian life in the 1950s and '60s." — Los Angeles Times"The book's interest and value comes through the letters, which present a close-up, personal view of gay life following WWII." — CHOICE"The letters to ONE are terrific, providing a valuable sense of the concerns and perspectives of gay men and lesbians who might be considered rank-and-file homophiles. The book illustrates how people sometimes minimally engaged with the movement negotiated the postwar period and made a difference." — Leila J. Rupp, author of Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Wome

Craig M. Loftin is Lecturer in American Studies at California State University, Fullerton.

• List of IllustrationsCopyright and PermissionsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. ONE Magazine and Its Readers2. Newsstand Encounters: ONE Magazine’s Volunteer Agents and Public Visibility3. Imagining a Gay World: The American Homophile Movement in Global Perspective4. ONE Magazine Letter Archetypes5. "Branded Like a Horse": Homosexuality, the Military, and Work6. Classroom Anxieties: Educators and Homosexuality7. Family Anxieties: Parent and Family Responses to Homosexual Disclosures8. Homosexuals and Marriage under the Shadow of McCarthy9. "I shall always cherish Sunday"10. Unacceptable Mannerisms: Gender, Sexuality, and Swish in Postwar AmericaConclusionAppendixNotesSources and BibliographyIndex

"[a] remarkable book … about gay and lesbian life in the 1950s and '60s." — Los Angeles Times"The book's interest and value comes through the letters, which present a close-up, personal view of gay life following WWII." — CHOICE"The letters to ONE are terrific, providing a valuable sense of the concerns and perspectives of gay men and lesbians who might be considered rank-and-file homophiles. The book illustrates how people sometimes minimally engaged with the movement negotiated the postwar period and made a difference." — Leila J. Rupp, author of Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Wome