lillian: "one" hired a lawyer by the name of eric julber, and eric julber took it all the way to the supreme court. now, the case was not heard orally before the supreme court but the justices read eric julber's petition and, incredibly, the supreme court agreed that "one" was not obscene, that homosexuals had the right to read, that the post office had to permit the mailing of "one" magazine. that was the very first time that the supreme court took a case that dealt with homosexuality and came down on our side. craig: this was a huge victory for gay rights because it permitted discussion, you know, just discussion. chris freeman: occasionally, the law was our friend in the history of the movement and, in particular, in the history of the movement in los angeles. craig: the supreme court had basically said that it is legal to have a gay magazine. it is legal for gay people to talk about themselves in print. and so lots of other gay publications started following in the wake of that. the entire gay press, basically, is premised upon that case to an extent. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ harry hay: the matta