| rdfs:comment | - One of the first gay pulp fiction series, an Affectionate Parody of James Bond and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. written by Victor J. Banis under the pseudonym of Don Holliday, shortly before Stonewall. Jackie Holmes is a swishy, wealthy gay man living in California in the 1960s. He is also a Bugatti mechanic, an expert on diamonds, an expert marksman, and a spy. Specifically, he's employed full-time by a clandestine organization known as C.A.M.P., dedicated to the protection and advancement of homosexuals everywhere. With the help of his burly assistant Rich and whatever poor sorry straight INTERPOL stuck him with, Jackie foils thieves and crime rings, flounces around and is generally fabulous, and always manages to seduce his partner in the end.
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| abstract | - One of the first gay pulp fiction series, an Affectionate Parody of James Bond and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. written by Victor J. Banis under the pseudonym of Don Holliday, shortly before Stonewall. Jackie Holmes is a swishy, wealthy gay man living in California in the 1960s. He is also a Bugatti mechanic, an expert on diamonds, an expert marksman, and a spy. Specifically, he's employed full-time by a clandestine organization known as C.A.M.P., dedicated to the protection and advancement of homosexuals everywhere. With the help of his burly assistant Rich and whatever poor sorry straight INTERPOL stuck him with, Jackie foils thieves and crime rings, flounces around and is generally fabulous, and always manages to seduce his partner in the end. Works in the series include:
* The Man from C.A.M.P.
* Color Him Gay
* The Watercress File
* The Son Goes Down
* Gothic Gaye
* Holiday Gay
* Rally Round the Fag
* The Gay Dogs
* Blow the Man Down
* Sex and the Single Gay, a self-help book (no, really)
* The C.A.M.P. Guide to Astrology (no, really)
* The C.A.M.P. Cookbook (I am not making any of this up!)
* Gay-Safe (not by Banis)
* "Jackie Returns", a short story By and large considered to be notable mostly inasmuch as being one of the first queer novels published before Stonewall, but they're pretty fun of their own right too, despite being written in a few days each, and some of the prose being kind of rough. After these being out of print for a very long time, anthology collections are starting to come out--hooray!
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