{"product_id":"swamptrash-moon-publications-dallas-tx-1974-magazine-and-ephemera-gay-interest-vg","title":"Swamptrash, Moon Publications, Dallas TX, 1974, magazine and ephemera, Gay Interest, VG+","description":"\u003ch5 class=\"BiblioSubtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Book';\"\u003eCappell, Bob (ed.), Swamptrash, Dallas: Moon Publications 1974, Very Good 8vo staplebound magazine, 5 ½” x 8 ½”, 80 pp., black-and-white photographs and ads throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"FullDescription\"\u003eDigest format, staplebound in black-and-white pictorial wraps, tiny section cut from page 65, interior pages otherwise clean \u0026amp; complete. Early (2nd?) issue of obscure, somewhat primitive gay ‘gossip rag’ from Dallas, Texas packed w\/ news items, drag pageant reports, male nude ‘pin-up’ type photographs (by Primus of Houston \u0026amp; Algren of Houston), a hot music playlist, and advertisements. Loosely Inserted at center is an angry (explicitly detailed) typed letter, printed on blue paper, from ‘PACT of Texas’ (apparently a gay bar owner’s association) decrying the recent brutal murder \u0026amp; castration of a 17-year-old LSD dealer at The Farmhouse in Houston, calling out the bar’s owner for ‘catering to straights’ and not respecting the community. Numerous contemporary advertisements and listings feature a wide array of gay bars, adult bookshops, radio stations, and bathhouses. A Dallas bar called ‘Swamp Trash’ was one of more than fifty establishments in Texas and Florida owned by nightlife impresario Frank Caven but this publication is apparently unrelated.  A very rare slice of Texas LGBTQ+ nightlife history, scarce in the trade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amatoria Fine Art Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57352039694641,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0785\/8726\/5329\/files\/IMG_2418_ad39f42d-b584-4272-97b7-ebae991122f2.jpg?v=1793993047","url":"https:\/\/amatoriafineartbooks.shop\/products\/swamptrash-moon-publications-dallas-tx-1974-magazine-and-ephemera-gay-interest-vg","provider":"Amatoria Fine Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}