Guide to the Michelangelo Signorile Papers
ca. 1985-2000
MSS 131
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2596
Email: fales.library@nyu.edu
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Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | Signorile, Michelangelo, 1960- |
|---|---|
| Title: | Michelangelo Signorile Papers |
| Dates: | ca. 1985-2000 |
| Abstract: | This collection follows the development of Michelangelo Signorile’s writing career from its early stages through the publishing of his most recent book, Life Outside, and his magazine articles of the late 1990s. From his days at Outweek magazine forward, the archive documents the life cycle of each of his books and columnist jobs, from initial reporting and research to publicity and fan letters in response to the published work. As an extensive account of Signorile’s career in the late 1980s through the end of the 1990s, the collection serves as an informative chronicle of the gay movement and its increasing recognition and visibility in the United States. |
| Quantity: | 16.0 linear feet (13 boxes) |
| Call Phrase: | MSS 131 |
Historical/Biographical Note
In 1988, at the age of 27, Michelangelo Signorile was a gossip columnist covering the wild nightclub scene of the 1980s, searching out the scene of the moment-whether it was Area, the Limelight, or the Palladium-in hopes of the hottest celebrity tidbit. Political activism may have been the farthest thing from his mind as he jotted down every juicy detail, but one night-as he describes in his first book, Queer in America-he was enticed into conversation by a pair of attractive, muscled members of ACT UP. Weeks later, he joined a group of activists at St. Peter's Church in midtown Manhattan for a protest of a speech by Cardinal Josef Ratzinger. Although he had joined them somewhat apprehensively, the harsh words of the vocally anti-gay leader soon drove him to wave his fists and shout to the shocked cathedral that Ratzinger was "no man of God." The afternoon ended with the Signorile and five others in handcuffs.
As Signorile explains, the experience at St. Peter's proved to be a pivotal one. "My nightclub life almost completely stopped… It seemed pointless to go to these plastic affairs and have dull, irrelevant conversations after spending all day on ACT UP… I was feeling powerful about being gay." His new focus on gay activism sent his writing career on a political, and often controversial direction. By the summer of 1989, Signorile had become one of the founding editors of Outweek, a weekly gay magazine, where his all-cap diatribes against the right-wing and the gay closet would soon help fuel a national controversy on the ethics of "outing." In the process, it would also firmly establish his career.
A New York resident for the majority of his life thus far, Signorile was born to an Italian-American family in 1960, spending his youth in Brooklyn and Staten Island. He was educated at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in Staten Island. His work as a publicist for an entertainment PR firm eventually led to his nightclub-circuit gossip column in Nightlife magazine. At Outweek, Signorile penned a weekly column called GossipWatch, wherein, amidst other topics, he would demand that gay and lesbian celebrities stand up for their community by publicly declaring their homosexuality.
The outing debate hit the national media via Outweek's pages with the posthumous outing of Malcolm Forbes, the renowned publishing tycoon. Signorile felt that the media's praise of Forbes as an American success story was consciously leaving out an important aspect of his life-that he was gay. The Outweek exposé sparked a debate on the ethics of outing and raised the question of whether there was a double standard in the way the media approached individual privacy. After the abrupt closure of Outweek in 1991, Signorile joined The Advocate as a columnist, where he gained further notoriety by outing Pete Williams, lead spokesman for the Pentagon during the Gulf War. He pointed out an apparent hypocrisy in Dick Cheney and the Pentagon's tacitly accepting Williams' homosexuality while they simultaneously led a military that banned all gays and lesbians.
Signorile's politically-charged writing at Outweek and The Advocate eventually drove the creation of his first book, Queer in America, a part-autobiography, part-reporting work published in 1993. In the book, he confronted institutionalized closets in the media, Hollywood, and the United States government-"the Trinity of the closet"-and examined how damaging closets could be for individuals in power and for the American society they affected.
Two years later, the press suggested that Signorile had softened his image after he published his second book, Outing Yourself, which described 14 steps towards coming out of the closet. Throughout the remainder of the 1990s, he worked as a columnist for Out magazine, and later returned to The Advocate as an editor-at-large. At Out, columns on topics such as pro-life gays, animal rights, gay marriage, and bareback sex continued his knack for controversy. In a 1994 column, "Unsafe Like Me," he sparked an important debate on unsafe sex amongst gay men by admitting that he himself had recently had unprotected sex. His third book, Life Outside, published in 1997, continued his analysis of gay behavior in the 90s with an investigation of the gay circuit-party scene, its emphasis on body image and drugs, and the search for life outside of it.
As of 2003, at 42 years old, Signorile was writing "The Gist" published weekly in New York Press and on www.signorile.com , where he tackled a spectrum of national issues, often returning to the unfinished battles of gay activism. He planned to publish a book on Italian-Americans on Staten Island in 2003.
Sources:
- Queer in America, New York, NY: Random House, 1993.
- Outing Yourself, New York, NY: Random House, 1995.
- Life Outside: The Signorile Report on Gay Men: Sex, Drugs, Muscles and the Passages of Life, New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1997.
Scope and Content Note
The Michelangelo Signorile Papers follow the development of Signorile's writing career from its early stages through the publishing of his most recent book, Life Outside, and his magazine articles of the late 1990s. From his days at Outweek forward, the collection documents the life cycle of each of his books and columnist jobs, from initial reporting and research to fan letters in response to the published articles.
An extensive account of Signorile's career in the late 1980s through the end of the 1990s, the archive serves as an informative chronicle of the gay movement towards further recognition and visibility in America. It also offers evidence on how the American media operates today-the ethical debate on outing, of which Signorile was a prominent figure, was a battle fought, in many ways, through the media.
Significant moments of Signorile's writing work highlighted here include the Malcolm Forbes outing at Outweek, the fall of Outweek, the outing of Pete Williams at The Advocate and the issue of gays in the military, the activist fight against homophobia in Hollywood and elsewhere, the publishing of Queer in America, his often-controversial columns written at Out magazine, and the publishing of Outing Yourself in 1995 and Life Outside in 1997.
Over a third of the collection is made up of research materials gathered during Signorile's reporting for articles and books, made up of clippings, interviews, activist literature, etc., which are found in Series II. Some original manuscripts are included in Series III, particularly two complete drafts of Queer in America. Also a thorough collection of publicity-profiles, interviews, reviews, and quotes, as well as many folders of reader letters-records the impact his writing had on Americans, both gay and straight, and the American media itself.
Original format for most materials.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE
Subseries A: Colleagues consists of incoming and outgoing letters organized alphabetically by colleague or publication name. These include letters to and from fellow writers and activists, as well as to various publications. Some incoming letters were addressed to Signorile's editors.
Subseries B: Readers includes primarily fan and appreciation letters from readers arranged by publication date of the Signorile magazine or book to which the correspondent is responding. (The letters are generally grouped by the Signorile publication (magazine or book) to which readers respond, and are sometimes grouped by a particular magazine column).
SERIES II: RESEARCH
Series II is the broadest series in the collection, made up of various materials compiled as research and content for books and articles. The series covers subject matter that Signorile wrote about, subjects that he may also have been personally involved in, such as ACT UP, Queer Nation and Outweek magazine.
Subseries A: Personalities includes collected research on various individuals, organized alphabetically by last name. Materials consist of magazine and newspaper clippings, interview notes, flyers, and books. Access to this subseries is currently restricted.
Subseries B: General is made up of similar types of materials, organized alphabetically by general subject. Materials here also consist of complete issues of gay publications, activist press releases and flyers, and reporter notebooks. Prominent subjects include AIDS, Hollywood, gays in the military, and research specific to his books, Queer in America and Life Outside.
SERIES III: MANUSCRIPTS
Series III is made up of drafts of books and articles, often marked with editor or author edits. Two copy-editing drafts of each chapter of Queer in America are included, as well as original proposals for QIA and Outing Yourself.
SERIES IV: PUBLISHED WORK
Subseries A: Articles is comprised of magazine and newspaper writing from the mid-to-late 1980s through the end of the 1990s. Published work includes a portfolio of Signorile's nightclub-scene gossip columns, letters printed in various newspapers, and many complete issues of Outweek, The Advocate, and Out magazines that featured Signorile columns or articles.
Subseries B: Books is made up of six books-five paperback editions (including British and Japanese editions) of Queer in America, in addition to David Drake's play, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, for which Signorile wrote the foreword.
SERIES V: PUBLICITY & MARKETING
All media coverage outside of the published work itself has been arranged under the category of Publicity & Marketing. These materials are organized by approximate date and range from marketing materials prepared by the publisher, such as press releases and book catalogs, to newspaper articles reporting on public appearances by Signorile and reviews of his books and magazine columns. Profiles, interviews, book award nominations, ads, and various articles in which Signorile is quoted are also found here.
In some cases this series' material will relate closely to related topics in Series II. For instance, media coverage on the subject of outing which quotes or cites Signorile is included here while additional information on outing (that Signorile may not have been personally involved in) is found in Series II.
SERIES VI: LEGAL
This series consists of legal materials which include, primarily, paperwork from the editorial review of Queer in America and The Advocate article outing Pete Williams, which were meticulously carried out in concern for legal repercussions of the publishing of private information. Access to this series is currently restricted.
SERIES VII: MEDIA
The final series is comprised of all media materials in the collection. Media materials here come in three formats-video tapes, audio tapes, and computer disks. The six video tapes feature Signorile interviews, TV coverage, and a documentary on gay activism. The audio tapes include mostly reporter interviews ranging from Outweek to Out. Video and audio materials are organized in the series by approximate date. Computer disks include research articles compiled from electronic research services.
Arrangement
The archive has been split into series based primarily on the types or uses of the materials, such as Correspondence or Manuscripts. Within the seven series, the folders have been ordered chronologically by date (approximate dates when necessary), with the exception of Colleague Correspondence (Series IA) and Research (Series II A & B), which have been ordered alphabetically by individual name or subject. Folders are marked with the name of the relevant publication—be it book or periodical—or by high-level subject heading, to facilitate usage of the material. Much of the original archive (particularly in Series II—Research) was split into folders by the author under broad headings such as AIDS, Hollywood, Miscellaneous, etc. These subject headings have been maintained, and other material has been grouped under additional general subject headings whenever conducive and appropriate. Original folders with notations by the author have been kept within the corresponding archive folder.
The files are grouped into 7 series:
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Research
- Series III: Manuscripts
- Series IV: Published Work
- Series V: Publicity & Marketing
- Series VI: Legal
- Series VII: Media
Access Points
Subject Names
- Blotcher, Jay
- Bush, George, Sr.
- Clinton, Bill, 1946-
- Diller, Barry
- Forbes, Malcolm S.
- Foster, Jodie
- Frank, Barney, 1940-
- Geffen, David
- Griffin, Merv, 1925-2007
- Hatfield, Mark
- Musto, Michael, 1955-
- Radice, Anne-Imelda
- Reed, Robert
- Smith, Liz
- Sullivan, Andrew, 1963-
- Travolta, John, 1954-
- Williams, Pete
Document Type
- Appointment books.
- Audiotapes.
- Books.
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence.
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Floppy disks.
- Magazines (periodicals)
- Notes.
- Posters.
- Press releases.
- Videotapes.
Subject Organizations
- ACT UP (Organization).
- Advocate magazine.
- New York Times Company.
- OutWeek magazine.
Subject Topics
- Catholic Church.
- Legislative bodies -- United States.
Subject Places
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Italy.
- New York (N.Y.)
- Oregon.
- Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
- United States |x Politics and Government.
- Washington (D.C.)
Administrative Information
Provenance
The Michelangelo Signorile Papers were purchased from Bolerium Books in 2002.
Access Restrictions
Most materials are open for research without restrictions, except for Series II, suberies A which contains confidential information about individuals, and Series IV: Legal. Appointments are required to view archival and manuscripts materials at the Fales Library.
Use Restrictions
Collection use is subject to all copyright laws. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director of Fales Library and Special Collections. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Michelangelo Signorile Paper; MSS 131;
box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University
Libraries.
Separated Material
Three hard-bound volumes of Out magazine, spanning publishing years 1992 through 1995 have been separated from the archive and can be found in the Downtown Periodicals Collection.
Container List
Series I: Correspondence
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Subseries A: Colleagues
Scope and Contents noteIncoming and outgoing correspondence with colleagues, organized alphabetically by individual or publication name. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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| Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Bawer, Bruce: Outgoing Letter |
1994 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Clinton, Bill: Letter to
QIA Editor |
1993 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 3 | Frank, Barney: Letter to
Out Editor |
1997 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 4 | Frankel, Max: Outgoing Letter |
1992 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 5 | Ledbetter, James: Incoming Letter |
1991 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | Miscellaneous Colleague Letters: E. Lynn Harris, Frank Bruni, others |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 7 | Miscellaneous Colleague Letters: Tony Kushner, Dale Peck, others |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 8 | New Republic: Outgoing Letter |
1993 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 9 | Outweek: Correspondence |
1991 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 10 | Petrelis, Michael: Incoming Letter |
1992 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 11 | Rouilard, Richard: Faxed Incoming Letter |
1991 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 12 | Smith, Liz: Correspondence |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 13 | Washington Blade: Outgoing Letter |
1992 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 14 | Williams, Pete: Letter |
1994 | |
Subseries B: Reader Letters
Scope and Contents noteFan and appreciation letters from readers, grouped by relevant publication and ordered chronologically |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 15 | Outweek: readers, "sources" |
1990-1992 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 16 | Outweek: readers, "sources" |
1990-1994 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 17 | Advocate,
Queer in America,
Out, others |
1992-1994 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 18 | Queer in America, others |
1993 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 19 | Queer in America, others |
1993-1994 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 20 | Queer in America |
1993-1995 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 21 | Anne Russo (mother of Vito Russo), others |
1993-1995 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 22 | Out |
1993-1995 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 23 | Out, "Post-Stonewall Generation" column |
1994 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 24 | Outing Yourself, Survey Responses |
1994 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 25 | Out, "Unsafe Like Me" column |
1994 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 26 | Out |
1994-1996 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 27 | Out, "Negative Pride" column |
1995 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 28 | Out, "Bareback and Reckless" column |
1995 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 29 | Out, "Out of the Pro-Life Closet" column |
1995 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 30 | Out, "Animal Rights and Wrongs" column |
1996 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 31 | Out,
Life Outside |
1996-1997 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 32 | Life Outside |
1997 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 33 | Out,
Life Outside |
1997-1998 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 34 | Out, SexPanic! column |
1998 | |
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Series II: Research
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Subseries A: Personalities - Restricted
Scope and Contents noteThese files are restricted as they contain confidential information about individuals. Folder titles have been removed from the finding aid. |
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Subseries B: General
Scope and Contents noteResearch materials organized alphabetically by general subject, comprised of clippings, interview notes, magazine issues, activist releases and flyers, other |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 33 | ACT UP: Publicity, Clips, Press Releases |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 34 | Advocate: 3 Issues - 3/4/97, 4/4/97, 3/17/98 |
1997-1998 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 35 | AIDS; Gay Rights; Anti-Semitism |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 36 | AIDS |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 37 | AIDS:
Poz column on living with disease |
Sep 1997 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 38 | AIDS |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 39 | AIDS; Miscellaneous |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 40 | Artists Confronting AIDS: Letter on Hollywood Charity Event |
1990 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 41 | Concerned Queers for a Better New York: Open Letter to Mario Cuomo |
1991 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 42 | Early Gay Rights: Article on Privacy & the closet |
1982 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 43 | Early Gay Rights: "Gays in America" tabloid |
1979 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 44 | Early Gay Rights: 3 Periodicals,
Gay Liberator, Come Out!, Blueboy |
1970s | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 45 | Early Gay Rights: Stonewall Coverage |
1969 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 46 | Gay Youth |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 47 | Gay Youth |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 48 | Gays in the Military: Draft of Op-Ed that never ran by MS |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 49 | Gays in the Military; Miscellaneous |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 50 | Gays in the Military |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 51 | Hawaii: clips, notes, business Cards |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 52 | Hawaii: event flyer with MS notes |
1993 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 53 | HIV Prevention: summit informational packet |
1994 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 54 | Hollywood: 1992 Oscar protests, Geffen, other topics |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 55 | Hollywood: Robert Reed, other topics |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 56 | Hollywood |
1991-1992 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 57 | Hollywood |
1991-1992 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 58 | Hollywood; Miscellaneous |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 59 | Hollywood: homophobia protests,
Murphy Brown, others |
1991-1992 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 60 | Hollywood |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 61 | Hollywood: 2
Advocate, 2
Out Issues 11/95, 7/96, 6/24/97, 3/2/99 |
1995-1999 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 62 | Institute for Gay & Lesbian Strategic Studies: Proposal |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 63 | Italy Murders: notebooks, MS interview, gay guides, other |
1997 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 64 | Italy Murders: articles, interview transcripts, MS letters, other |
1997 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 65 | Jenny Jones Murder: articles, press releases |
1995 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 66 | Life Outside |
1997-1998 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 67 | Life Outside |
1996 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 68 | Life Outside: Chapter 1—Cult of MasculinityChapter 2—Origins of the Cult |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 69 | Life Outside: Chapter 3—Evangelical Churchof the Circuit |
1996-1997 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 70 | Life Outside: Chapter 3—Evangelical Churchof the Circuit |
1996 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 71 | Life Outside: Chapter 4—Happiness in a Vial |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 72 | Life Outside: Chapter 4—Happiness in a Vial |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 73 | Life Outside: Chapter 5—Deurbanization ofHomosexuality |
1996-1997 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 74 | Life Outside: Chapter 6—Postmodern Monogamy |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 75 | Life Outside: Chapter 7—Death of the LonelyOld Queer |
1995-1996 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 76 | Media |
1993 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 77 | Miscellaneous: Clips, Research, Gay Rights |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 78 | Miscellaneous: Clips, Research, Gay Rights |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 79 | Miscellaneous: Clips, Research, Gay Rights |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 80 | Miscellaneous: Clips, Research, Gay Rights |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 81 | Miscellaneous: Clips, Research, Gay Rights |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 82 | New York Times: Antigay articleunder editor Abe Rosenthal |
written1963 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 83 | New York Times: Interview with Rosenthal |
1992 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 84 | Oregon: Interview with Ed Cauduro on Mark Hatfield |
1990 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 85 | Oregon: Mark Hatfield, Oregon Citizens Alliance, ACT UP, others |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 86 | Oregon: Hatfield, Citizens Alliance, ACT UP brochures, others |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 87 | Oregon: Citizens Alliance, Hatfield, Gerry Frank (Hatfield aide), others |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 88 | Oregon: Citizens Alliance, Hatfield, Frank, others |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 89 | Oregon: Hatfield, Citizens Alliance, outing, others |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 90 | Outing: Australia,
Sydney Star Observer |
Aug 1991 , May-92 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 91 | Outing: Book Draft,
The Contested Closet by Larry Gross |
1991 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 92 | Outing: Britain |
1995 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 93 | Outing |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 94 | Outing: Jack Anderson column outing Spiro Agnew’s son |
1970 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 95 | Outing |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 96 | Outing: ACT UP, Capitol outing, Steve Gunderson, Hollywood, others |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 97 | Outing: Press & Privacy, others |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 98 | Outing:
Village Voice, "Naming Gay Names" |
1982 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 99 | Outing: Essay, "With Downcast Gays" |
1979 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 100 | Outing Yourself: Sample Questionnaires |
1994 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 101 | Outweek: fall of magazine |
1991-1992 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 102 | Poz: one issue |
Nov 1996 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 103 | Presidential Campaign ‘92 |
1992-1993 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 104 | Queer in America: Interview with Tim Donohoe, congressional staffer |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 105 | Queer in America: Interview with Vic Basile |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 106 | Queer in America: Notebook |
1992 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 107 | Queer in America: Notebooks (3) & Datebook |
1992 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 108 | Queer Nation: Letter to Arsenio Hall |
1990 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 109 | Queer Nation: Postcards to Ann Landers |
1991 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 110 | Queer Nation: Press Release, Flyer outing Radice, NEA chair |
1992 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 111 | Queer Nation:
USA Today article and List of alleged gays and lesbians |
1991 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 112 | Religious Right:
Bible Review; miscellaneous |
1993-1994 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 113 | Religious Right; Gay Rights Activism |
1992-1993 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 114 | Religious Right: Catholic church, evangelism, others |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 115 | Religious Right: Catholic church, evangelism, others |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 116 | Safe Sex: Australian campaign |
1994 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 117 | Safe Sex: article and essay |
1997 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 118 | Safe Sex & Drugs:Sex Panic!, others |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 119 | Safe Sex & Drugs: HIV Prevention conference, magazines, articles |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 120 | Sex Panic! |
1997 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 121 | Sex Panic!: Flyer alleging sex crackdown |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 122 | Trophy Boys:
New York article |
1997 | |
| Box: 13 | Folder : 123 | Outweek: 4 "Absolutely Queer" celebrity(Flat) outing posters |
undated | |
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Series III: Manuscripts
Scope and Contents noteDrafts of various articles and books, organized by approximate |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 1 | Outweek, Malcolm Forbes story draft |
1990 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 2 | Advocate, "Absolutely Queer" columndrafts (2) |
1992 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 3 | Queer in America: original proposal |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 4 | Queer in America:
Advocate excerpt, draftswith edit notes (2) |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 5 | Queer in America: Preface, Introduction—legal & copy-edit drafts |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 6 | Queer in America: Preface, Contents, Intro-duction—proof copy & draft |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 7 | Queer in America: 2 drafts with editsChapter 1—Lights, Cameras, ACT UP
Chapter 2—A Queer’s Own Story |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 8 | Queer in America: 2 drafts with edits
Chapter 3—Hype Anxiety Chapter 4—Out of the Closets and Into the Streets Chapter 5—Outing, Part I |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 9 | Queer in America: 2 drafts with edits
Chapter 6—Operation Out-the-Pentagon Chapter 7—Inning the Outing |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 10 | Queer in America: 2 drafts with editsChapter 8—Outing, Part II
Chapter 9—All the Presidents’ Queers |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 11 | Queer in America: 2 drafts with edits
Chapter 10—The Crucifixion of Zelda Gilroy Chapter 11—From McCarthy to Medved Chapter 12—Smashing the Celluloid Closet |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 12 | Queer in America: 2 drafts with editsChapter 13—Outing, Part III
Chapter 14—Resurrection of Sheila Kuehl |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 13 | Queer in America: 2 drafts with editsChapter 15—The Oregon Nightmare
Chapter 16—The Silicon Solution |
1993 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 14 | Queer in America: "Queer Manifesto" draft |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 15 | Queer in America: Preface to British edition,draft |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 16 | Queer in America: Afterword to paperbackedition, multiple drafts with edits |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 17 | Inside the Christian Closet: 2 drafts with edits |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 18 | Outing Yourself: original proposal |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 19 | Out: column drafts (3) |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 20 | Out: Interview Transcript, MS interviewsUrvashi Vaid & Rich Tafel |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 21 | Out: "Bareback & Reckless" draft |
1996 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 22 | Life Outside: Acknowledgements, Introductiondraft with edits |
1997 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 23 | Life Outside: draft with editsChapter 3—Evangelical Church of the Circuit |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 24 | Life Outside: draft with editsChapter 4—Happiness in a Vial |
undated | |
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Series IV: Published Work
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Subseries A: Articles
Scope and Contents noteWork published in magazines and newspapers by date, including an early portfolio and complete magazine issues |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 1 | Pre-ACT UP Writing: Portfolio—
Nightlife,
Daily News Record, others |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 2 | Pre-ACT UP Writing:
Daily News,
Daily News Record |
1987-1988 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 3 | Pre-ACT UP Writing:
The Face, 2 issues |
Dec 1997 , Jan 1988 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 4 | Pre-ACT UP Writing:
People,
The Face (3) |
1987-1988 | |
| Box: 6 | Folder : 5 | Miscellaneous Articles:
NY Times,
NY Post,
NY Observer,
Outweek, others |
undated | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 6 | Outweek: Malcolm Forbes outing issue |
Mar 1990 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 7 | Outweek: New Clone/ Old Clone issue |
Nov 1990 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 8 | Outweek: 2 issues |
Apr 1991 , May 1991 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 9 | Village Voice: MS Letter responding to decisionnot to publish Pete Williams story |
1991 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 10 | Advocate: Pete Williams outing issue |
Aug 1991 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 11 | Advocate: "Absolutely Queer" columns, 2issues & loose |
undated | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 12 | Advocate: Columns & Articles, 5 issues |
undated | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 13 | USA Today: Op-ed on outing |
Mar 1992 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 14 | Advocate: "Out at the
New York Times", 2 issues |
May 1992 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 15 | Advocate: "Absolutely Queer" column |
Jun 1992 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 16 | New York Times: Op-ed on Oregon |
Sep 1992 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 17 | Village Voice: 2 MS letters |
1992 , 1997 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 18 | Advocate: Columns & Articles, 5 issues |
undated | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 19 | Out: "Signorile in America" columns, 3 issues |
1995-1996 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 20 | Out: "Signorile in America" columns, 3 issues |
1996 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 21 | Out: "Signorile in America" columns, 3 issues |
1996 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 22 | Out: "Signorile in America" columns, 3 issues |
1997 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 23 | Out: "Signorile in America (Italy)" columns,3 issues |
1997-1998 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 24 | Advocate: MS Letter on sex clubs |
Oct 1997 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 25 | Out: "Signorile in America (Italy)" columns,3 issues |
1998 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 26 | Out: "Signorile in America" columns, 2 issues |
1998 | |
Subseries B: Books
Scope and Contents notePublished books consisting primarily of various paperback editions of Queer in America |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 27 | Queer in America: Bound Galley |
1993 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 28 | Queer in America: Bound Galley, with notefrom editor inserted |
1993 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 29 | Queer in America: British paperback edition |
1994 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 30 | Queer in America: American paperback edition |
1994 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 31 | The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, by DavidDrake, foreword by MS |
1994 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 32 | Queer in America: Japanese paperback edition |
1997 | |
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Series V: Publicity & Marketing
Scope and Contents noteVarious media coverage comprising publisher marketing, interviews, profiles, book reviews, other, by approx. date |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 1 | Press Trip to Carnaval in Rio,
Details article by Stephen Saban |
May 1988 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 2 | Gay Rights Activism |
1988-1992 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 3 | Miscellaneous: Profile, Interview, others |
1988-1992 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 4 | Outweek: Malcolm Forbes Outing,
USA Today mention |
Mar 1990 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 5 | Outweek: Profile of MS in
Exposure mag |
Sep 1990 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 6 | Miscellaneous: profile & quote |
1990 , 1991 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 7 | Outweek: Forbes, Williams, other |
1990-1991 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 8 | Outing: coverage of outing debate |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 9 | Outweek: 2 articles on fall of magazine |
Jun 1991 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 10 | Pete Williams Outing |
1991 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 11 | Pete Williams Outing; Miscellaneous |
1991 , 1994 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 12 | Pete Williams Outing |
1991 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 13 | Advocate:
Voice ad announcing MS column |
Nov 1991 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 14 | Outing;
Queer in America: speeches, profile, others |
1991-1994 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 15 | Advocate: Lavender Enlightenment at the
NY Times, coverage on article |
Apr 1992 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 16 | Geraldo appearance: coverage |
Apr 1992 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 17 | Newsweek, "Cultural Elite 100":
NYT ad |
Sep 1992 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 18 | Newsweek, "Cultural Elite 100": issue |
Oct 1992 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 19 | Miscellaneous: MS speech; Sandra Bernhard |
1992 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 20 | Interviews, other |
1992-1993 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 21 | Gay Journalists: 3 articles |
1992-1993 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 22 | Interviews (2) |
1992 , 1994 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 23 | Interview: transcript from British documentary |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 24 | Speaking Engagements; Festivals: correspondence, conference info, other |
1993-1998 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 25 | Queer in America: Random House marketing,literature, correspondence |
1993 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 26 | Queer in America: reviews, excerpts, pre-publicity |
1993 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 27 | Queer in America: reviews, interviews, other |
1993 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 28 | Queer in America: reviews, interviews, other |
1993 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 29 | Queer in America: British trade write-up |
1994 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 30 | Queer in America: ads, bestseller listing |
1993 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 31 | Queer in America: interview |
Jun 1993 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 32 | Queer in America: reviews, interviews, other |
1991 , 1993 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 33 | Queer in America: reviews, appearances |
1993 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 34 | Queer in America: book listing |
1994 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 35 | Queer in America: coverage on outing ofunnamed ‘Legislator’ |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 36 | Queer in America: Queer Nation releaseouting unnamed ‘Legislator’ |
Jul 1993 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 37 | Queer in America: Anchor Books authorquestionnaire |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 38 | Queer in America: Anchor Books catalogue |
Sep 1994 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 39 | Key West International Gay Arts Festival: invite, festival info |
Jun 1994 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 40 | Out: Press release announcing MS hiring |
1994 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 41 | Out: "Unsafe Like Me" coverage, relatedarticles |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 42 | Outing Yourself: speech, interview, other |
1995 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 43 | Outing Yourself: reviews |
1995 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 44 | Outing Yourself: interviews, reviews,appearances |
1995 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 45 | Outing Yourself: Random House memowith review |
1995 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 46 | Miscellaneous: Interviews, quote, other |
1994-1995 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 47 | Miscellaneous:
Out coverage, quotes |
1996 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 48 | Life Outside: HarperCollins catalogue |
1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 49 | Life Outside: HarperCollins marketing, adsfor author appearances |
1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 50 | Life Outside: Promotional postcard, invite |
1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 51 | Life Outside: Reviews, listings, interview |
1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 52 | Life Outside: Review |
1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 53 | Life Outside: Reviews, coverage |
1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 54 | Life Outside: Reviews, interviews |
1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 55 | Life Outside: Appearances, coverage |
1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 56 | Life Outside: #1 Book listing |
Oct 1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 57 | Life Outside: #1 Book listing |
Aug 1998 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 58 | Life Outside: NY Public Library awardnomination, correspondence |
1998 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 59 | Miscellaneous: reviews, quotes, appearances |
1997-1998 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 60 | Genre magazine: "100 Men We Love of theCentury" |
Jan 2000 | |
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Series VI: Legal
Scope and Contents noteAccess to this series is restricted. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : — | Queer in America Legal Review: largedocument case containing source info used during extensive Random
House legal review |
undated | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 1 | Advocate, Pete Williams story: Letter accepting story for publication; copy of confidential
source notes required by editor prior to publishing |
1991 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 2 | Queer in America Legal Review: portion of Random House review with queries on book’s claims & MS responses
to queries |
1992 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 3 | Queer in America: sample release contract |
undated | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 4 | Life Outside: interview release contract |
undated | |
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Series VII: Media
Scope and Contents noteAll media materials of the collection including videos of TV programs and documentaries & audio tapes of reporter interviews |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 1 | Videocassette: Testing the Limits Collective PBS documentary on ACT UP & AIDS, VHS
Sony T-120 |
undated | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 2 | Videocassette: "Larry King Live," MS, Randy Shilts, Robert Bauman on outing, VHS Scotch
T-120 |
1990 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 3 | Videocassette: "Arsenio Hall," Harvey Fierstein discusses outing, MS mentioned, VHS
Ampex T-120 |
Apr 1991 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 4 | Videocassette: San Francisco TV coverage of Pete Williams outing, VHS Sony T-30 |
Aug 1991 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 5 | Videocassette: PBS Freedom Foundation, MS interview on outing, VHS 3M T-30, 28:46
mins. |
Jan 1996 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 6 | Videocassette: "Leeza," MS interview on coming out |
Apr 1996 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 7 | Audiocassette:
Outweek, Malcolm Forbes story, telephone interviews, Fuji DR-I 90 |
1990 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 8 | Audiocassettes (2): NLGJA conference, MS & Randy Shilts speeches |
Sep 1991 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 9 | Audio microcassette: Interview with ACT UP Portland (OR) leaders on Mark Hatfield,
TDK MC-60 |
Jan 1992 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 10 | Audio microcassette:
Advocate: interview with Ron Reagan, Jr., Sony MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 11 | Audio microcassette:
Advocate, "Out at the
NY Times," interview with reporter Jeff Schmaltz, TDK MC-60 |
Jan 1992 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 12 | Audio microcassette:
Queer in America: interview with actor Michael Kearns, Memorex MC-60 |
Mar 1992 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 13 | Audio microcassette:
Queer in America, interview with Mattachine Society founder Frank Kameny, Sony MC-30 |
1992 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 14 | Audio microcassette: 2 Interviews—NGLTF’s Urvashi Vaid (Side A), Marvin Leibman (side
B), Sony MC-60 |
1992 | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 15 | Audio microcassettes (2):
Queer in America, interview with David Burns, hustler, on Geffen & Diller, Sony MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 16 | Audio microcassette:
Queer in America, interview with Jonathan Rotenberg, Silicon Valley CEO, Panasonic MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 17 | Audio microcassette:
Queer in America, interview with Paul Barressi, porn star on John Travolta, Memorex MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 11 | Folder : 18 | Audio microcassette:
Queer in America, interviews with Dick Sargent & gay rights pioneer Morris Knight, Sony MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 19 | Audiocassette:
Queer in America, MS interviewed by David Gold on Dallas radio, Sony 60 |
May 1993 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 20 | Audiocassette:
Queer in America, interview of MS on San Francisco radio |
Jun 1993 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 21 | Audio microcassettes (7):
Out, Hawaii gay marriage story, interviews, Sony/Panasonic MC-60 |
1994 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 22 | Audio microcassette:
Out, interview with Urvashi Vaid & Rich Tafel, TDK MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 23 | Audio microcassettes (5):
Out, Republican convention, interviews & events, Sony/ Memorex MC-60 |
1996 | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 24 | Audio microcassette:
Out, Miami murder story, interviews, Maxell MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 25 | Audio microcassette:
Out, interview with Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist, TDK MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 26 | Audio microcassette:
Out, interview with Ricki Ann Wilchins, transgender activist, TDK MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 27 | Audio microcassettes (5):
Out, Italy murders, various interviews, Sony/TDK MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 28 | Audio microcassette:
Life Outside: interview with Marvin Leibman, TDK MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 29 | Audio microcassette: Republican convention, interviews, TDK MC-60 |
undated | |
| Box: 12 | Folder : 30 | Computer Disks (3):
Queer in America, research articles |
undated | |
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