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NOW THE PUBLIC KNOWS

The decision was reported in newspapers all over the state, and it was made perfectly clear that the police officer involved was in the habit of going onto the roof of a certain public (men's) restroom in Long Beach "a lot of times" each week, uncapping a pipe and watching "the occupants of the toilet below."

This type of indiscriminate "detective work" has been going on for a long time (it was described in detail in a New York newspaper over three years ago), and its utilization has been accelerating rapidly for at least In the June, 1962 issue of the REthe past five years, not just in CalVIEW, John Logan reported on the ifornia and New York, but in other recent (May 10, 1962) decision of the areas of the nation (notoriously, FloCalifornia Supreme Court which, in rida with its transparent mirrors). It effect, outlawed the widespread pracis significant that the California Sutice of using police in concealed popreme Court has taken cognizance of sitions for surveillance of public toi-it-albeit it was forced to eventually lets presumably to catch persons in by the increasing use of the practice unlawful sex acts or solicitations. by the police. The California Supreme Court concluded:

"Authority of police officers to spy on occupants of toilet booths-whether in an amusement park or a private home will not be sustained on the theory that if they watch enough people long enough some malum prohibitum acts will eventually be discovered."

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And it is not surprising that its decision was unanimous.

But it is even more significant that the public has been made aware of this police practice, even though it has not created a pretty image. Who would have believed it previous to this decision? No one, except those police officers who indulged (or revelled, (Continued of page 33.)

THIS MONTH'S COVER may be the earliest known gay photo extant. It was submitted by a friend in Maine who found it but knows nothing of its background. The original is a small 2-inch square daguerrotype in a thin brass oval frame. Shown are two young men, both sporting chin whiskers of the period, in a pose of a father and sleeping son which can be described as "campy" at the very least. It has no bearing on anything; we just thought it to be of interest to REVIEW readers.

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Volume VIII

JULY 1962

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 CALLING SHOTS

4 ART AND SEX by Albert Ellis

Number 7

23 ALMOST OVERNIGHT (fiction) by John E. O'CONNOR

28 BOOKS

30 READERS WRITE

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