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Data-boy, Volume 2, No. 10, March 3, 1971. As a crusading politi-
cal columnist, Larry wrote about gay liberation, gay character, and
police brutality in dozens of political columns in dozens of gay pop-
culture publications such as The Advocate, Vector, Drummer, Honcho,
Entertainment West, California Scene, H.E.L.P. Incorporated Newsletter,
and Data-boy.
In 1973, the H.E.L.P.Newsletter was renamed H.E.L.P.Drummer
and became a prototype of the glossy Drummer magazine founded in
LA in 1975 by Larry’s forever frenemy, John Embry, who in a smooth
move deposed Larry as H.E.L.P. president. The Advocate reported on
April 25, 1973, that some members thought the election was rigged and
that it was inappropriate that a non-profit legal-aid organization was
being used to create Embry’s commercial magazine.

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