GPU News [vol. 4, #1] October 1974: We're Three - Going on Four! by Gay People's Union, Donna Martin, Gleep!!, Gavin Dillard, Alyn W. Hess, Michael Greer, et al - 1974

Milwaukee: Liberation Publications, 1974. Magazine. 32p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, news, art, poetry, services & resources, ads, events, directory, very good newsletter in stapled wraps. Fourth anniversary issue. Segment on syphilis with photos of the effects on genitalia and mouths. Poems by Dillard. Interview with actor Greer who portrayed Queenie in "Fortune and Men's Eyes." Updates on local activities, discussions of the Movement, ads, photos, services, etc. Literary reviews. Issues for Oct. 1971 - Nov. 1974 lack volume and issue numbering but constitute v.1, #1 - v.4, #2. Volume numbering begins with v.4, #3 (Dec. 1974). The Gay People's Academic Union grew out of a University of a Wisconsin-Milwaukee student organization the Gay Liberation Organization which first met in 1970. The GPU was founded in 1971 and opened the first Gay & Lesbian Community Center.