ARTICLES & FICTION
18 "The Pony Prince"
by A.N. Roquelare
30 "Taboo Territory"
by David Barton-Jay
48 "Hard Boiled Rice"
by Blade
56 "Home Video"
by Barry L. Sheer
60 "Fred Halsted"
by Robert W. Richards
78 "Conversation with Anna Russell"
by George Heymont VISUALS
9 "Physical Exam"
by Malexpress Studios
22 "Morning Erection"
by Lance Studios
33 "Lance"
by J. Brian
41 "Behind Closed Doors"
from Malexpress Studios
48 "Hard Boiled Rice"
by Joel Kudler
73 "A Few Good Men"
by Surge Studios MONTHLY FEATURES
4 Stallion Quickies
14 Roundup (Film, Books, Theatre, Music)
38 "Our Gay Heritage" (Fighting the F. B.I.)
46 Letters to Casey
66 Stallion Contacts EDITORIAL
IIf we are to believe one-tenth of the horror stories concerning governmental
surveillance of public figures (from Martin Luther King to Marilyn Monroe) and
off-center groups (from the NAACP to the Weathermen), must we not also assume
that both individuals and groups of the gay rights movement have long been subjected
to similar surveillance? If a man's home is his castle, then is not his closet
also sacrosanct — no matter how tightly closed or widely opened it may
be? In this, the year of Big Brother, it seems not only appropriate but essential
to ferret out information concerning the extent — and more importantly,
the abuse — of governmental surveillance of American homosexuals.
Most knowledgeable individuals have heard of the Freedom of Information Act,
and therefore 'assume that here in the land of the free and the home of the
brave, utilizing the Act as a tool of discovery would be relatively simple.
With each passing year, however, the machinery of the democratic process has
become at once more complex and less accessible, and it is behind this inaccessible
complexity that more and more wrongs are more and more frequently hidden. We
suspect that this is particularly true of surveillance of the gay rights movement,
which too many individuals still look upon as treasonous to their idea of the
American Way.
One man has chosen to fight his way through the bureaucratic labyrinth, in search
of some answers. His name is Dan Siminoski, his adversary is the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, and his story is to be found on page 38. His odyssey has not
been without difficulty or danger, and we take this opportunity to salute his
determination and his daring. The battle he has chosen to wage will soon be
fought in the courts of the land, and many fear that it will go all the way
to the Supreme Court before its challenges are resolved. He needs all the support
he can get.
He is, after all, doing your work for you. Have we been spied upon? Are we being
spied on? And how long will we continue to be spied on? The answers to these
questions are being demanded in "Siminoski vs. the F.B.I." The discoveries
will surely affect — and hopefully profit — every member of today's
gay community. And tomorrow's.
Jerry Douglas
Editor
