Dragazine: Premiere Issue, April '91
Hollywood: Dragazine, 1991. Unbound in self-wraps. 8 ½ x 11 in. 8p p; illustrated throughout. Very good. Item #10537
The rare first issue of the groundbreaking queer zine.
Though only ten issues total were published, later issues adopted a glossy color format; this first issue, in keeping with its DIY roots, was a decidedly more modest affair. Contents include "Drag For Dollars," a brief column on notable Los Angeles drag performers by Millie Van Willie; "DQ Confidential," an anonymous first-person account of being accosted on the street and successfully fending off a pair of would-be attackers while in full drag; a notice about the shelf-lives of various makeup products; a profile of drag duo The Monroe Twins (pictured on front cover); and reader letters.
A remarkable artifact of queer survival and joy in early 90s LA.
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