Honcho (February 1980), Part Two

In his review of Hillary Evans’ history of prostitution, John Preston claims the fight of feminists is also the fight of gay men, with both working to dismantle the heteronormative gender roles which suppress them. In fact, Preston’s argument is similar to that made by Carl Wittman in his 1972 article “A Gay Manifesto,” stressing all minority groups need to band together to fight systems of oppression. Contained in this second half of the February 1980 issue of Honcho (see the first half here) is the short stories “Cop” (where a hitchhiker encounters two aggressive police officers while travelling through New Mexico) and “The Driver’s Seat” (about a wealthy socialite’s affair with his limousine driver), and photospreads titled “Canadian Rocky,” “Mr. Cellophane,” and “Wilderness Together.”