Mandate (April 1980), Part Two

In 1988, Scott Thorson published his memoir Behind the Candelabra, in which he recounts his five-year relationship with musician Liberace. In the text, Thorson explains how, at the age of eighteen, he met the famed pianist, who was fifty-seven at the time, and they became instant paramours, with their relationship bitterly ending after Liberace rejected Thorson for a younger man. Sadly, Thorson’s tale is not unique. In Edmund White’s 1980 States of Desires, an excerpt of which is published in this April 1980 issue of Mandate (which has been broken into two parts), the writer tells about a couple he met in Kansas City with the same dynamic as Liberace and Thorson: a thirty-year-old bar owner who has jilted his nineteen-year-old partner and former bartender for younger men. Included in this second half (see the first half here) is an excerpt from Armistead Maupin’s novel More Tales of the City and a celebration of Mandate’s five years in publication.

Mandate (April 1980), Part One

In 1988, Scott Thorson published his memoir Behind the Candelabra, in which he recounts his five-year relationship with musician Liberace. In the text, Thorson explains how, at the age of eighteen, he met the famed pianist, who was fifty-seven at the time, and they became instant paramours, with their relationship bitterly ending after Liberace rejected Thorson for a younger man. Sadly, Thorson’s tale is not unique. In Edmund White’s 1980 States of Desires, an excerpt of which is published in this April 1980 issue of Mandate (which has been broken into two parts), the writer tells about a couple he met in Kansas City with the same dynamic as Liberace and Thorson: a thirty-year-old bar owner who has jilted his nineteen-year-old partner and former bartender for younger men. Also included in this first half is an interview with actress Mae West.

Blueboy (April 2001), Part Two

Making his first appearance in the 1996 pornographic film Why Marines Don’t Kiss, model Doug Jeffries made a name for himself both on and off camera during the late 1990s and early 2000s, directing, staring in, and even writing dozens of films. This April 2001 issue of Blueboy (which has been broken into two parts) features a spread of Jeffires. Included in the second half (see the first half here) are shoots of models Tuck Johnson, Pavel Korsakov, and Tyler Stone.

Blueboy (April 2001), Part One

Making his first appearance in the 1996 pornographic film Why Marines Don’t Kiss, model Doug Jeffries made a name for himself both on and off camera during the late 1990s and early 2000s, directing, staring in, and even writing dozens of films. This April 2001 issue of Blueboy (which has been broken into two parts) features a spread of Jeffries, along a shoot of model Pavel Holub.