An epic true story of a Jewish gay man's extraordinary life, from escaping Nazi oppression in Austria - saving his family via a winning lottery ticket - to finding refuge of sorts in Japan before finally settling down to a quiet life back in Vienna after the war. Paul Patek witnessed some of the 20th century's most traumatic events with ... Weiterlesen

Hannah Gadsby: Ten Steps to Nanette

A Memoir Situation. UK 2023, 389 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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Random House

Hannah Gadsby's unique standup special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her blistering honesty and her ability to create both tension and laughter in a single moment. Gadsby's worldwide fame might have led some to believe she was an overnight sensation, but like everything else about her, the path from open mic to the global stage ... Weiterlesen

Se�n Hewitt: All Down Darkness Wide

UK 2023, 234 pp., Pb, € 14.95
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Vintage

When Se�n meets Elias, the two fall headlong into a love story. But as Elias struggles with severe depression, the couple comes face-to-face with crisis. Wrestling with this, Se�n Hewitt delves deep into his own history, enlisting the ghosts of queer figures and poets before him. From a 19th-century cemetery in Liverpool to the pine forests of Gothenburg, Hewitt plumbs ... Weiterlesen

Colton Haynes: Miss Memory Lane

A Memoir. UK 2023, 256 pp., brochure , € 17.95
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Simon and Schuster

In 2018, Colton Haynes woke up in a hospital. He'd had two seizures, lost vision in one eye, almost ruptured a kidney, and been put on an involuntary psychiatric hold. Not yet 30, he knew he had to take stock of his life and make some serious changes if he wanted to see his next birthday. As he worked towards ... Weiterlesen

Sergey Fetisov: Firebird: The Story of Roman

UK 2022, 250 pp., pb., € 24.95
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Palmetto Publishing

The Story of Roman chronicles one man's unwavering resolve to follow his heart above all else. In 1970s Soviet occupied Estonia, handsome soulful soldier Sergey is serving out a compulsory two-year conscription at a Soviet Air Force Base. While stationed there, he meets and falls in love with a maverick fighter pilot, Roman. The two young men begin a secret ... Weiterlesen

Chelsea Manning: README.txt

UK 2022, 259 pp., brochure, € 22.95
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Vintage

In 2010, Chelsea Manning, working as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army in Iraq, disclosed 720,000 classified military documents that she had smuggled out via the memory card of her digital camera. In March 2011, the United States Army sentenced Manning to 35 years in military prison, charging her with 22 counts relating to the unauthorized possession and distribution ... Weiterlesen

Jonathan Bazzi: Fever

English by Alice Whitmore. UK 2022, 343 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Scribe

Jonathan is 31 years old, living in Milan with his boyfriend of three years and their two Devon Rex cats when, on a day like any other, he gets a fever. But unlike most, this fever doesn't go away - it's constant, low-level, and exhausting. After spending weeks Googling his symptoms and documenting his illness, he finally sees a doctor. ... Weiterlesen

Harvey Fierstein: I Was Better Last Night

A Memoir. UK 2022, 386 pp. with numerous b/w photographs, hardbound, € 39.95
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Knopf

A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Award-winning actor and playwright, revealing never-before-told stories of his personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, and of his fabled career. Harvey Fierstein's legendary career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn, to the lights of Broadway, to the absurd excesses of Hollywood ... Weiterlesen

Norman Scott: An Accidental Icon

UK 2022, 336 pp., hardbound, € 29.95
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Hodder and Stoughton

In October 1975 an assassin tried to murder Norman Scott on Exmoor but the trigger failed and he only succeeded in shooting Scott's beloved dog. Scott subsequently found himself at the centre of a major political scandal and became an unlikely queer icon. But this was never his intention. - He was born in 1940 into a poor, dysfunctional and ... Weiterlesen

Richard Coles: The Madness of Grief

A Memoir of Love and Loss. UK 2022, 192 pp., hardbound, € 24.95
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Whether it is pastoral care for the bereaved, discussions about the afterlife with parishioners or being called out to perform the last rites, death is part of the Reverend Richard Coles' routine. But since his partner the Reverend David Coles died in December, much about death has taken Coles by surprise. David's death at the age of 42 was unexpected ... Weiterlesen

Omar Sharif jr.: A Tale of Two Omars

USA 2021, 213 pp., hardback, € 27.95
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Counterpoint

The grandson of Hollywood royalty on his father's side and Holocaust survivors on his mother's, Omar Sharif Jr. learned early on how to move between worlds, from the Montreal suburbs to the glamorous orbit of his grandparents' Cairo. His famous name always protected him wherever he went. When, in the wake of the Arab Spring, he made the difficult decision ... Weiterlesen

Bernardine Evaristo: Manifesto

UK 2021, 208 pp., hardbound, € 19.99
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Penguin UK

In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier - a revolutionary landmark for Britain. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history. �Manifesto� is her intimate and fearless account of how she did it. From a childhood steeped in racism from neighbours, ... Weiterlesen

Ian Jenkins: Three Dads and a Baby

USA 2021, 278 pp., pb., € 24.95
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Cleis

As a closeted teen, Ian wondered if he would ever be able to live openly with a male partner. Years later, he had not one but two partners in a polyamorous Throuple - what more could he ask for? But something was still missing. Join Ian and his partners, Alan and Jeremy, as they embark on a sometimes hilarious, sometimes ... Weiterlesen

James Whiteside: Center Center

A Funny, Sexy, Sad Almost-Memoir of a Boy in Ballet. USA 2021, 240 pp., hardbound, € 29.95
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Bantam

There's a mark on every stage around the world that signifies the center of its depth and width, called center center. James Whiteside has dreamed of standing on that very mark as a principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre ever since he was a 12-year-old blown away by watching the company's spring gala: the glamour, the virtuosity, the ... Weiterlesen

Bryan Washington: Lot

Stories. UK 2021, 222 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Atlantic

In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys. This boy and his family experience the tumult of living in the margins, ... Weiterlesen

George M. Johnson: All Boys Aren't Blue

UK 2020, 320 pp. pb., € 14.95
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and gay activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and ... Weiterlesen

Audre Lorde: The Cancer Journals

UK 2020, 71 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Penguin UK

Moving between journal entry, memoir, and exposition, Audre Lorde fuses the personal and political as she reflects on her experience coping with breast cancer and a radical mastectomy. Long before narratives explored the silences around illness and women's pain, Lorde questioned the rules of conformity for women's body images and supported the need to confront physical loss not hidden by ... Weiterlesen

Kimberly M. Zieselman: XOXY

A Memoir (Intersex Woman, Mother, Activist). UK 2020, 272 pp., brochure, € 24.99
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Jessica Kingsley

Meet Kimberly, a regular suburban housewife and mother, whose discovery later in life that she was born intersex fuelled her to become an international human rights defender and globally-recognised activist. Charting her intersex discovery and her journey to self-acceptance, this book portrays how being intersex impacted Kimberly's personal and family life, as well as her career. From uncovering a secret ... Weiterlesen

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