John Cornwell: Seminary Boy

USA 2008, 321 pp., brochure, € 12.39
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The author's memoir of an adolescence spent in the isolated all-male world of a seminary. Born into a destitute family with a dominating Irish-Catholic mother and an absconding father during WW II in London, John Cornwell experienced a deeply dysfunctional childhood. When he was sent to a remote seminary for boys in the countryside at 13. While he lived under an austere monastic regime he wrestled with his emotional and spiritual demons. In the hothouse atmosphere of the seminary he strove to find stable, loving friendships among his fellows and fatherly support from the priests, one of whom proved to be a sexual predator. Few circumstances enabled him to persevere. But while other teenagers at the time were being swept up by the rock 'n' roll era, Cornwell and his fellow continuously repressed. Secret romantic attachments between them were quite common.

Christopher Lee Nutter: The Way Out

USA 2006, 189 pp., brochure, € 14.79
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The author came out of the closet in 1994 with a bang in an honest essay for a magazine, thrusting him into the spotlight as an unofficial mentor to gay men across the world. Twelve years later in this memoir, Nutter chronicles his journey from closeted Southern boy to gay New York bartender and party boy, sharing everything he learned about how gay men are taught to see themselves in a positive way. Assaulted with programming from the »gay« and »straight« worlds alike, gay men are left to ask themselves, »Am I the coolest, sexiest, trendiest thing ever?«, or an illegitimate »cancer« on society? Nutter answers these questions. Part memoir, part philosophy, »The Way Out« gives tools tailored to the reality of gay men's daily existence.

Martin Moran: The Tricky Part

USA 2006, 285 pp., brochure, € 13.89
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Raised in a loving Catholic family in Denver, Martin Moran was a star student who imagined that he would one day become a U.S. senator. When he was 12 years old, a camp counselor seduced him, initiating a sexual relationship that would last years and haunt Moran's life for decades. He discovered a passion for acting and built a career that would take him to Broadway, but only when Moran finally tracked down and confronted his abuser 30 years later could he finally and forgive himself for someone else's trespass. Funny and tender about growing up Catholic and gay, »The Tricky Part« never oversimplifies either the abuse or the vexing work of recovering from it.

Stephan Niederwieser: Out & Proud

Willkommen in deiner neuen Welt! D 2006, 208 S., Broschur, € 20.51
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Es mag zwar sein, dass Schwulsein angeboren ist. Das Wissen, wie man sich in der schwulen Welt zurechtfindet, ist es nicht. Auch lernt man das nicht in der Schule. Stephan Niederwieser richtet sein neues Sachbuch an die jungen Schwulen, die vielleicht noch Angst vor dem Coming-out haben, die noch nicht recht wissen, wie sie ihren Müttern beibringen sollen, dass sie schwul sind. Das Coming-out gehört zum ganz normalen Reifungsprozess eines Schwulen - dennoch gilt es Klippen zu umschiffen. Mit Hilfe dieses »Guides« durch die schwule Welt sollte es möglich sein, den oft überraschenden, überwältigenden ersten Regungen des Herzens, den noch in Bewegung befindlichen Lebensplänen, den (familiären) Spannungen und dem sexuellen Neuland Positives abzugewinnen. Mit »Out & Proud« kann sich so manches hässliche Entlein zum stolzen Schwan entwickeln.

Ron Suresha, Pete Chvany (eds.): Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way

USA 2005, 329 pp., brochure, € 18.99
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The book addresses the male bisexual self and biphobia in US society. In today's sexual world, both straight and gay and lesbian communities still often refuse to accept the reality of bisexuality. »Bi Men« confronts head-on the limiting views that bisexuality is a transitional phase of sexual evolution or a simple refusal to accept being either homosexual or straight. This pioneering collection of personal essays by bisexual men and those who love them explores what it means to be bisexual in today's monosexually oriented society. The millennial shift in sexual perspectives draws more and more men to come out as being attracted to both women and men. Bisexual and bi-curious men will find comfort and camaraderie in these stories about coming out, its impact on family and marriage, evolving perspectives on bisexuals within the LGBT community, and the building of acceptance and affirmation for bisexuality and polyamory.

Jack Hart (Hg.): My First Time 4

USA 2005, 223 pp., brochure, € 14.29
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Gay men from around the world recount their first-time sexual experiences in this all-new collection of sexy true stories. In this latest volume of »My First Time«, each of these men's debut fucks is not only hot - it's simply special, as are yours and mine, and they have taken these life lessons with them to every other bed they have been in since. They suggest you do the same. Does any men ever really forget what it feels like to touch another man for the first time, to taste the precum that's so often quickly followed by the real shebang. And much more important: can he ever forget the moment when he knew for certain he was perfectly happy having the girls stay on the other side of the playground?

Volker Woltersdorff: Coming out

D 2005, 300 S., broschur, € 25.60
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Das Selbstbekenntnis »Ich bin schwul« reicht heute oftmals weit über den privaten Bereich hinaus und hat als Inszenierung schwuler Identität längst den öffentlichen Raum, letztendlich sogar die Populärkultur erreicht. Der Autor analysiert die verschiedenen Coming-out-Motive, wie sie in der Theorie, der Politik und in der Kunst (insbesondere dabei in literarischer Aufarbeitung) verfolgt werden. Weiters zieht er Film, Fotografie, Fernsehen und Internet als Quellen heran. Insgesamt kann der Autor zeigen, dass Coming-out-Inszenierungen in hohem Maße bereits als Bestandteile in die Diskurse von Individualisierung und Selbstfindung eingedrungen sind. Das wirft die Frage auf, ob durch die fortschreitende Normalisierung der Homosexualität ihr subversives Potenzial sich nicht längst in Luft aufzulösen begonnen hat.

Robert Trachtenberg (ed.): When I Knew

USA 2005, 120 pp., brochure, € 21.95
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Documentarian Trachtenberg brings together the comical, sometimes bitter and always poignant moments when gay men and women first realize (or admit) the truth about their own sexual preference. Trachtenberg has gathered some famous names for his collection (Gavin Lambert, Arthur Laurents, B.D. Wong, Simon Doonan), but perhaps the freshest stories come from voices unknown. What surprises is how often these moments stem from confrontations with an ostensibly heterosexual mass culture: TV, Broadway, the movies, organized sport - all of which are represented in the lavish set of collaged color illustrations that fill most every page, along with comics and candids of the contributors. Readers will fall in love with these anecdotes, from the 7-year-old who looked under the TV set to sneak a peek under Tarzan's loincloth, to the inquisitive grandmother who asked her grandson, »You don't like a girl to get married? You prefer a boy?«