Drum (American magazine)

Drum
Drum issue number 27, October 1967
EditorClark Polak
CategoriesNews, Literature, Erotica
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation10,000
PublisherJanus Society / Drum Publishing Co.
First issue1964
Final issue1969
CountryUSA
Based inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0418-0933

Drum (sometimes subtitled Drum: Sex in Perspective) was an American gay men's culture and news magazine published monthly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, featuring homoerotic photographs as well as news, book reviews, editorials, and fiction. It was published (usually monthly) beginning in October 1964 by the homophile activist group the Janus Society as a continuation of the group's monthly newsletter. Edited by Clark Polak, the president of the Janus Society, the magazine represented Polak's radical approach to the homophile movement by emphasizing sexual liberation when other homophile organizations were focused on assimilating with straight society.