Name: One Magazine & U.S. Post Office

Date:  1951 - 1975

Location:  North America

SubjectSexual/Gender Orientation

MediumPrint Journalism


Artist: One Magazine

Confronting Bodies: U.S. Post Office and the Los Angeles Circuit Court

Date of Action: 1953

Specific Location: Los Angeles, CA.

Description of Artwork: One Magazine, a periodical dedicated to gay life.

Description of Incident:  The U.S. Post Office and the Los Angeles Circuit Court rule that the magazine can not be sent through the mails.

Results of Incident: In 1959 the Supreme Court rules that One Magazine does in fact have the legal right to go through the mail.

Source: National Association of Artists Organizations



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