Pseudonyms

From the first days of the clandestine Mattachine through the mid 1960s, many homophile-era activists wrote under pseudonyms. While this was in part for protection, it also served to magnify their apparent numbers, especially in the early editions of ONE Magazine. Some of the magazine's first contributors, such as Dale Jennings, wrote some of their most incendiary commentary under a nom-de-plume in order to ignite and inspire controversy. This proved problematic when some men, most notably Bill Lambert (aka Dorr Legg) wrote under a woman’s name. The ensuing controversy drove a wedge between the men and women of ONE from which the organization would never recover.

Some of the brave pioneers of the movement, such as ONE’s longstanding editor Don Slater, published their real names from the start. Ironically, when Joseph Hansen began writing for ONE in the 1960’s, Slater refused to let him use his real name; thus James Colton was born.

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Real Name	Pseudonym
Berquist, Roy	Berlinson, Rolf
Bird, Merton L.	Byrd, M.
Bird, Merton L.	Rousseau, Guy
Boyfrank, Monwell	Boy Frank, Manuel
Corbin, Joan	Elloree, Eve
Coron, Gregory	Carr, Gregory
Frisbie, Fred	Mortenson, George
Gibson, Jack	Colfax, Jack
Glover, William E. (Billy)	McIntire, W. E. G.
Grier, Barbara	Damon, Gene
Hansen, Joseph	Colton, James
Hansen, Jane	Race, Jane
Hay, Henry (Harry)	MacDonald, Eann
Holmquist, Ann	Bannon, Ann
Ingersoll, Ross	Martin, Marcel
Jennings, Dale	K., Heironymus
Jennings, Dale	Lalo, Elizabeth
Jennings, Dale	Noone, R.
Jennings, Dale	Winders, Jeff
Jung, Rudolf Alexander	Burkhardt, Rudolf von
Kepner, James	Arnold, John
Kepner, James	Arnold, Jane
Kepner, James	McIntyre, Dal
Kepner, James	Pederson, Lyn
Kepner, James	Golovitz, Frank
Lambert, William (Dorr Legg)	Barnes, Hollister
Lambert, William (Dorr Legg)	Cutler, Marvin
Lambert, William (Dorr Legg)	Conger, Richard
Lambert, William (Dorr Legg)	Hunter, Alison
Lambert, William (Dorr Legg)	Lane, Wendy
McNeal, “Mac”	Neal, K. O.
Newton, Robert (Bob)	Earl, Robert
Perdue, Betty	Jackson, Geraldine
Peters, Arthur A.	Peters, Fritz
Rowland, Chuck	Freeman, David L.
Rowland, Chuck	Fry, Don
Rush, Stella	Russell, Sten
Sagarin, Edward	Cory, Donald Webster
Samson, Chuck (Chet)	Thompson, Chuck
Sandoz, Helen	Sanders, Helen
Sandoz, Helen	Cat, Ben
Slater, Don	Colfax, Leslie
Slater, Don	James, Gregory
Slater, Don	McIntire, Dal
Steinert, Rudolph (Rudi)	Stewart, Rudy H.
Thompson, Merritt M.	Merritt, Thomas M.
Vest, D. B.	Heard, Gerald
Weaver, Joe	Aaron, Joe
Wolf, Irma “Corky”	Reid, Ann Carll

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