Stallion March 1984

ARTICLES & FICTION
18 "Confessions of an Exhibitionist"
by Doug Richards
26 "Transitions"
by John Preston
30 "Conversation with Debbie Reynolds"
by George Heymont
46 "Custody"
by Tim Barrus
60 "Johnny Dawes"
by Robert W. Richards
77 "John Holmes' Gay Film"
by Harold Fairbanks
VISUALS
9 "Night Stick"
by Naakkve
21 "Cold Shower"
by Naakve
33 "Glass Closets"
From Malexpress Studios
41 "Heavy Load"
by Jay Kay
49 "The Boy Next Door"
from Graven Image
73 "Private Pleasures"
from H.A.G. Productions
MONTHLY FEATURES
4 Stallion Quickies
14 Roundup (Film, Books, Theatre, Music)
38 Letters to Casey
56 Our Gay Heritage: The Diaghilev-Nijinsky Affair
66 Stallion Contacts
Editorial
Ever since we began the "Contacts" column in the fourth issue of our magazine, we have been overwhelmed with mail — the response was far greater than we had ever anticipated it would be, and if we were to print all of the ads in the earliest possible issue after receiving them, we would have to curtail severely our photographic and editorial content. Nonetheless, most of our readers have been very understanding, very patient, and very eager to be included as part of this free service.
This month, however, we received a letter from a disgruntled reader in Indiana. Here are some excerpts from his letter: "I'm writing you fully realizing this will most likely not see print, for I intend to be rather critical of you. I have answered many of your 'Contacts' ads, and through them have found several great pen pals and friends. The ads are a wonderful and very needed service. But there is much that could and should be done to improve it. From answering your ads, I long ago realized it took quite some time to receive a reply. But it wasn't until I placed my own ad that I discovered just how slow you are. . If nothing else, to be fair to your readers, you should at least explain that it takes many months for ads to appear, and several more months for replies to be sent. And just why do you take so long?"
Although this reader's question has been partially answered in the opening paragraph of this editorial, I would like to point out that most magazines are prepared months in advance. The turnaround time of an ad in a magazine will always be considerably longer than in a newspaper such as the Advocate. And if any reader is unhappy with what he considers our unreasonable delay, perhaps he should place his ad in that newspaper, and pay for the immediacy accordingly.
We are constantly working to improve STALLION, and we welcome criticisms - helping you can only help us — and we are eager to make our 'Contacts' service as efficient and prompt as possible. On the other hand, we do not wish to turn our magazine into a catalogue of personals ads. That is another publication altogether.
We will continue to expediate responses to 'Contacts' as quickly as possible, and hope that you will bear with us — as have so many of the couples who have met through our ads and begun to build their lives together. Perhaps next month, we'll publish excerpts from one or another of those letters.