Hollywood Homo (60's Gay Pulp Novel Art Poster)

Hollywood Homo — Poster Reprint (1960s)

Published in the 1960s by Golden Boy Books and credited to Michael Starr, Hollywood Homo taps directly into the mythology of Los Angeles as both fantasy factory and moral trap. Like much gay pulp of the era, it used the promise of glamour—studios, stars, ambition—as a backdrop for stories about secrecy, desire, and the cost of visibility.

Gay pulp novels set in Hollywood leaned heavily on contrast: bright lights and dark rooms, success and exile, surface perfection and private risk. Publishers like Golden Boy packaged these stories with provocative titles and covers to survive censorship and distribution limits, while readers learned to read past the sensationalism to find something more honest—recognizable emotions, coded social networks, and the tension of living a double life in a city built on illusion.