The Gateway

The Gateway newsletter was published by the Gateway Gender Alliance–also known as the Golden Gate Girls/Guys–a social and educational network of crossdressers and transgender people located in California. This organization was one of the earliest ones to include both transfeminine and transmasculine people. While their main chapter was located in San Francisco, they had a second chapter in San Jose.

Lou contributed to the newsletter by writing articles and serving as an editor from August, 1979, to September, 1980. Here are some of Lou’s articles from the Gateway, presented chronologically by publication date. Most of the articles are unattributed, so it’s possible that Lou contributed much more writing to the newsletter without his name attached to it. Articles that are unattributed, but that were almost certainly written by Lou, are provided here.

Unattributed, but most likely Lou due to the specific language used here. A response in the Feedback section published in the Gateway, January 1980. Archived at the Digital Transgender Archive.

“The Bookworm: The Transsexual Empire Review.” Published in the Gateway, March 1980. Archived at the Digital Transgender Archive.

“The Bookworm: Journal of a Transsexual Review.” Published in the Gateway, September 1980. Archived at the Digital Transgender Archive. This review is also unattributed, but is identical to a review for the same book that Lou published in GPU News in June of the same year.