Janus Society
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The Janus Society was an early homophile
organization based in Philadelphia. It is notable as the publisher of DRUM
magazine, one of the earliest LGBT-interest publications in the United States, and for its role in organizing many of the nation's earliest LGBT rights demonstrations.
-interest magazine based out of Philadelphia. Published monthly beginning in 1964 by the homophile
activist group the Janus Society
and edited by Clark Polak
, Drum took its title from a quote by Henry David Thoreau
: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears the beat of a different drummer."
Homophile
The word homophile is an alternative to the word for homosexual or gay. The homophile movement also refers to the gay rights movement of the 1950s and '60s....
organization based in Philadelphia. It is notable as the publisher of DRUM
Drum (American magazine)
Drum was an American LGBT-interest magazine based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Published monthly beginning in 1964 by the homophile activist group the Janus Society and edited by Clark Polak, Drum took its title from a quote by Henry David Thoreau: "If a man does not keep pace with his...
magazine, one of the earliest LGBT-interest publications in the United States, and for its role in organizing many of the nation's earliest LGBT rights demonstrations.
Drum
Drum (usually written DRUM) was an American LGBTLGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
-interest magazine based out of Philadelphia. Published monthly beginning in 1964 by the homophile
Homophile
The word homophile is an alternative to the word for homosexual or gay. The homophile movement also refers to the gay rights movement of the 1950s and '60s....
activist group the Janus Society
Janus Society
The Janus Society was an early homophile organization based in Philadelphia. It is notable as the publisher of DRUM magazine, one of the earliest LGBT-interest publications in the United States, and for its role in organizing many of the nation's earliest LGBT rights demonstrations.-Drum:Drum was...
and edited by Clark Polak
Clark Polak
Clark Philip Polak was an American journalist and gay rights activist. He was known for creating and editing DRUM magazine , an early gay-interest periodical, and for his leadership role with the Philadelphia-based homophile organization, the Janus Society.Polak killed himself in Los Angeles in...
, Drum took its title from a quote by Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist...
: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears the beat of a different drummer."