{"product_id":"gay-studs-trip-60s-gay-pulp-novel-artwork","title":"Gay Stud's Trip (60's Gay Pulp Novel Artwork)","description":"\u003ch1 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eGay Stud's Trip — Bert Shrader 1968 Vintage Gay Pulp Novel Poster\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in \u003cstrong\u003e1968 by Publisher's Export Company\u003c\/strong\u003e as part of its \u003cstrong\u003eFrench Line\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback series, \u003cem\u003eGay Stud's Trip\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eBert Shrader\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of those wonderfully sleazy little gay novels that flourished during the final years before Stonewall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1960s, publishers discovered there was a surprisingly enthusiastic market for stories about homosexual men, forbidden encounters, and the kind of adventures that weren't exactly being discussed around the family dinner table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese books were inexpensive, sensational, and often filled with enough melodrama to make a daytime soap opera look restrained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShrader was responsible for other wonderfully named contributions to gay pulp literature, including \u003cstrong\u003eHouse of Male Order (H.O.M.O.)\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTo Want a Boy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublishers like PEC helped create an entire underground industry of gay paperbacks, sold through adult bookstores, mail-order catalogs, and the occasional newsstand willing to stock something a little more adventurous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in 1968, buying one of these books could still be a rather daring proposition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHomosexuality remained criminalized in much of America, police routinely harassed gay establishments, and mainstream publishers weren't exactly lining up to tell stories about men who preferred the company of other men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo these cheap little novels filled a gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey weren't always particularly sophisticated, and their depictions of homosexuality could be sensational or downright ridiculous, but they provided a rare opportunity for gay readers to encounter characters and desires that reflected some part of their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven if those characters seemed to spend an extraordinary amount of time getting into trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGay Stud's Trip\u003c\/em\u003e proved durable enough to receive a \u003cstrong\u003e1970 reissue from Regency Publishing\u003c\/strong\u003e, appearing as \u003cstrong\u003eRegency No. 1022\u003c\/strong\u003e, complete with the familiar warning that it was intended for adults only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, surviving copies have become collectible pieces of queer literary history, treasured for their sensational covers, wonderfully outrageous titles, and connection to an era when gay culture was still largely forced underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"16″ x 24″ \/ Matte","offer_id":67999212863646,"sku":"59868048158171264441","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24″ x 36″ \/ Matte","offer_id":67999212896414,"sku":"28257472851084506090","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/1893\/4942\/files\/513266030077819664_2048.jpg?v=1794425361","url":"https:\/\/brankobrand.com\/products\/gay-studs-trip-60s-gay-pulp-novel-artwork","provider":"Branko Brand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}