To Be Gay

Frederick W. LaCava (as John Ironstone), Blueboy Library, 1977

If you remember the ‘70s or just appreciate the ‘70s, you have to love the cover of 1977’s To Be Gay, which announces the book’s political bent in the form of a “Save Our Children” poster and a storefront “Drink Orange Juice” display — pointed allusions to then-popular singer and citrus-industry shill Anita Bryant, who used her white-bread popularity an…