I've been thinking more about your comment here, and a discussion Alan and I had when we indexed the cover pages. It took me a few minutes to get the joke anyway, but pseudonymity or anonymity alone, in the context of a lesbian publication in the US in the 80s, actually doesn't say much about whether to take the content seriously or humourously. Even the archivists collecting the magazines use fake names --- Alan said "but that's not your real name, right?" is one of the questions he regularly hears from colleagues at queer archives and libraries in the US. And that's after 30 additional years of activism...

I use an anonymized version of my own name in some news articles (to make them a little less Google-able when I apply for jobs) about sex work, too. 

So here is the record for the cover page, which includes a few anonymized entries even for the magazine's editors and publishers:

Id
2699

Publication
On Our Backs

Issue
vol. 1, no. 1

Publication Date
84

Page Number
p. 1-2

Author
Hyder, L.A.
Scully, Noreen
Corinne, Tee

Title
Cover images

Location
San Francisco, CA

Significance
Cover image: Hyder
Logo: Scully
Inside cover: Corinne
Editors & publishers: Myrna Elana & Debi Sundahl
Contributing editor: Susie Bright
Design consultant: Susan X
Production: H. Brell & DK
Advertising director: Susie Bright
Administrative Services: L.A. Hyder
leather

Date Created
21/05/2012 15:38:46

Date Updated
21/05/2012 15:38:46

For comparison between the record and the text it references, the pages in question are here, here, and here.

Also: these are the things that make indexing fun. The data entry is a bit dry, but it's a surprisingly rich record of the publication and its context. 

I see what you mean about pseudonymity. (Maybe Susan X is related to Terminator X?)