Vice Versa (Magazine) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Subtitled "America's Gayest Magazine," Vice Versa is the earliest known U.S. periodical published especially for lesbians, as well as the earliest extant example of the lesbian and gay press in that country. The magazine was the project of Lisa Ben (an anagram of 'lesbian'), a secretary in a Los Angeles Movie Studio. By her own account, Ben had "a lot of time to herself" at work and, starting in June of 1947, "twice each month typed out five carbons and one original of Vice Versa. She recalled being told by her boss that he didn't care what she was typing, but he wanted her to 'look busy' so people at the studio would think he was important.