Wednesday, June 11 at 6:30pm
Yale Club of NYC
50 Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY


Join Club Member Chris Hammer UVA Law '08 for an evening examining the cultural significance of "ONE: The Homosexual Magazine," published in the 1950s and '60s by one of the U.S.'s first gay rights groups. The magazine ran pioneering articles on increasing gay visibility and acceptance during the Lavender Scare and the postal service's obscenity crackdowns. ONE's advertisements for books and other "homophile" organizations around the world, and its letters to the editor, are equally illuminating.

Doors to the Library open at 6:30 pm for a light reception. The conversation follows at 7:00 pm. 

About Our Speaker

Chris Hammer is a lawyer, collector, and archivist. In 2023, he joined the Grolier Club, the oldest book collecting society in the United States. His collecting interests include Great Lakes maps, which were shown in the Summer 2024 “New Members Collect” exhibition at the Grolier Club, as well as poetry and LGBTQ+ history. He has given a lecture at the Grolier Club about his collection of LGBTQ+ history, which focuses on the pre-Stonewall periodical One, which was published in Los Angeles starting in 1953. He earned a BA in History and Political Science from the University of Notre Dame and a JD and an MA in History from the University of Virginia and works as a public sector lawyer in New York City. He has been a member of the Yale Club since 2015.

Only a few slots remain: email mickey@yalegala.org if you would like to join