Peter Tuesday Hughes was an American science fiction and mystery author. He was an early exponent of the "

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" subgenre. Though published primarily by Greenleaf Classics, a firm known for insisting that its authors include graphic sex in their works, his novels " epictgay relationships with a depth surprising for the markets he published for." However, some of his contemporaries objected to the pessimism Hughes occasionally expressed. He was the creator of fictional detective Bruce Doe, who featured in six mystery novels that are now considered to "have an unexpected resonance in a post-9/11 world." In 2013, the Bruce Doe novels were named one of the ten best gay mystery series by the ''Lambda Literary Review''. A San Francisco travel agent, Hughes briefly partnered with fellow authors Dirk Vanden,

Phil Andros Samuel Morris Steward (July 23, 1909 – December 31, 1993), also known as Phil Andros, Phil Sparrow, was an American tattoo artist and pornographer. Throughout his life, he kept extensive secret diaries, journals, and statistics of his ...

, Richard Amory,

Larry Townsend Larry Townsend (27 October 1930 – 29 July 2008) was the American author of dozens of books including ''Run, Little Leather Boy'' (1970) and ''The Leatherman's Handbook'' (1972), published by pioneer erotic presses such as Greenleaf Classics a ...

, and Douglas Dean in an attempt to found the first all-gay publishing company, which was to be called The Renaissance Group. The group was unable to secure funding for the attempt and several of its members ceased publishing shortly thereafter. He died around 2005.

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Source:See Tom Norman, ''American Gay Erotic Paperbacks: A Bibliography'' (Burbank, CA, 1994), 61

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