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Interviews/ Media

I worked with David and thought I knew him fairly well. But I did not know he could write a book like Elevator Boy. I honestly did not know he could write such a detail-rich, emotion-provoking, at times stream-of-conscious novelistic memoir that reads like a modern gay version of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, with flashes of John Rechy’s City of Night serving as illuminated cultural sign posts along the way.

In today's political and social climate,well told stories like Stern's are imperatrive for the queer community to understand what kind of trailblazing energy we come from, and what we can do to overcome - Alexander Rodriguez

David Stern’s ‘Elevator Boy’ Memoir Chronicles LGBTQ+ History and Personal Triumph - Gay Desert Guide

More than just a memoir, Elevator Boy is a spiritual adventure. It follows the path of a runaway who transformed himself into the publisher of two of the once leading LGBTQ+ publications, Frontiers, and IN Los Angeles magazines.

The nickname "elevator boy" haunted Palm Springs resident and former magazine publisher David M. Stern as a child. But as an adult, he's reclaiming the nickname he earned after his father's tragic fall down an elevator shaft.

i # I Love Gay Today -Podcast with         @MattSkallerud

CBS affiliate KSEQ's Eye on the Desert with Patrick Evans

World AIDS Day candlelight vigil at DAP Health that made the lead story on the evening news,

LGBTQ Archives YouTube Channel 50,000 views in one month and counting!

David’s autobiography offers a vivid journey through the streets of 1970s Hollywood, exploring his battles with addiction, the impact of the AIDS era, and his remarkable rise as a leading publisher of two of the most influential LGBTQ+ magazines of their time — Frontiers and IN Los Angeles - Sam West Podcaster

This autobiographical account takes readers into another world with openness, candor, and raw honesty. Elevator Boy guides the audience through the author’s early trauma, the streets of Hollywood in the ’70s, and the era of HIV/AIDS when print media thrived and local LGBTQ+ activists paved the way for the rights we have today—rights that are once again at risk.t and edit me. It's easy.

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