Photographer: Clive McLean

Talk about an animal attraction.  Normally preoccupied with the obsessive exploration of pussies, HUSTLER took a turn toward the herpetological in its April ’83 issue, via the pictorial “Shana: Snake Charmer.” Slithering across ten pages of the issue, the Clive McLean-lensed pictorial juxtaposed one of the most prized creatures on Earth—a hot young woman—with one...

America’s Magazine gives its readers a stiff shot of gender fluidity The trans community has made great strides toward acceptance and recognition in recent years, with gender fluidity spilling far and wide across popular culture.  In 1979, though? Not so much, by a long shot. Which is what made the June ’79 HUSTLER layout “Vegas...