From his first American tour, where he astonished audiences dressed in silver hotpants and a t-shirt emblazoned with the sequinned slogan �ROCK AND ROLL�, to his chart-topping success, friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael and his struggles with drug addiction, �Me� is the story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time. Written by Elton alongside ... Weiterlesen

Chantal Akerman: My Mother Laughs

UK 2019, 230 pp., brochure, € 24.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Silver

In 2013, the filmmaker Chantal Akerman's mother was dying. She flew back from New York to care for her, and between dressing her, feeding her and putting her to bed, she wrote. She wrote about her childhood, the escape her mother made from Auschwitz but didn't talk about, the difficulty of loving her girlfriend, C., her fear of what she ... Weiterlesen

Andr� Aciman: Out of Egypt

UK 2019, 415 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Faber and Faber

This portrait of a now vanished world tells the story of Alexandria in the 20th-century that is, by the way, the story of Aciman's own family, a Jewish family with Italian and Turkish roots that tied its future to Egypt and made its home there for three generations, only to find itself peremptorily expelled by the Government in the early ... Weiterlesen

Tan France: Naturally Tan

UK 2020, 267 pp., pb., € 17.95
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Penguin UK

In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France, star of Netflix's Emmy award-winning �Queer Eye�, tells his origin story for the first time. With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan reveals what it was like to grow up gay in a traditional South Asian family, as one of the few people of colour in South Yorkshire. He illuminates ... Weiterlesen

Michael Ausiello: Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies

USA 2018, 320 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Atria

For the past decade, TV fans have counted upon Michael Ausiello's insider knowledge to get the scoop on their favorite shows and stars. From his time at �Soaps in Depth� and �Entertainment Tonight� to his influential stints at �TV Guide� and �Entertainment Weekly� to his current role as co-founder of the wildly popular website TVLine.com, Michael has established himself as ... Weiterlesen

Garrard Conley: Boy Erased

UK 2018, 340 pp., Pb, € 13.95
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William Collins

The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. As a 19-year-old college student, Garrard was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to ... Weiterlesen
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Jeff Garvin: Symptoms of Being Human

Boy or Girl? Yes. USA 2017, 340 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Harper Collins

Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. But Riley isn't exactly out yet. And between starting a new school and having a congressman father running for reelection in �ber-conservative Orange County, the pressure - media and otherwise - is building up in Riley's ... Weiterlesen

Reinaldo Arenas: Before Night Falls

UK 2017, 317 pp., brochure, € 19.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Serpent�s Tail

Reinaldo Arenas was born to a poverty-stricken family in rural Cuba. By the time of his death in New York four decades later, he had become one of Cuba's most important poets, an outspoken critic of Castro's regime and one of the leading gay voices of 20th- century. In �Before Night Falls�, Arenas tells of his odyssey from young rebel ... Weiterlesen

Michelle Tea: Black Wave

USA 2017, 326 pp., pb., € 19.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
And Other Stories Publishing

It's 1999 in San Francisco, and as shockwaves of gentrification sweep through Michelle's formerly scruffy neighborhood, money troubles, drug-fueled mishaps, and a string of disastrous affairs send her into a tailspin. Desperate to save herself, Michelle sets out to seek a fresh start in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, climate-related disruptions and a string of extinctions are the background noise of impending ... Weiterlesen

Jonathan Lerner: Swords in the Hands of Children

Reflections of an American Revolutionary. USA 2017, 224 pp., hardcover, € 22.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.

This memoir of an American radical arrives at a moment of surging activism and rage. Against the chaos and conflicts of the 1960s, Jonathan Lerner probes the impulses that led a small group of educated, privileged young Americans to turn to violence as a means of political change. Beyond that, he tells the true story of an intellectually adventurous but ... Weiterlesen

David Hallberg: A Body of Work

Dancing to the Edge and Back. USA 2017, 320 pp. illustrated, hardbound, € 19.95
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Touchstone

David Hallberg, the first American to join the Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer, presents an intimate journey through his artistic life. Beginning with his real-life Billy Elliott childhood - an all-American story marred by intense bullying - and culminating in his hard-won come-back after a devastating injury, Hallberg's memoir dives into life as an artist as he wrestles ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: Logical Family

A Memoir. USA 2018, 289 pp., pb., € 24.95
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Harper Collins

The author of the bestselling �Tales of the City� series chronicles his odyssey from the old South to freewheeling San Francisco, and his evolution from curious youth to ground-breaking writer and gay rights pioneer. Many straight Americans first learned of the San Francisco gay scene in the 1980's from �Tales of the City�, either the San Francisco Chronicle daily newspaper ... Weiterlesen

Ariel Levy: The Rules Do Not Apply

USA 2017, 210 pp., hardbound, € 18.50
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Random House

When 38-year-old New Yorker lesbian writer Ariel Levy left for a reporting trip to Mongolia in 2012, she was pregnant, married, financially secure, and successful on her own terms. A month later, none of that was true. Levy hurls you through the story of how she built an unconventional life and then watched it fall apart with astonishing speed. Like ... Weiterlesen

Caitlyn Jenner: The Secrets of My Life

USA 2017, 336 pp., hardback, € 19.95
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Orion

With poignancy and humour, Caitlyn Jenner, male to female transsexual, writes about her confusion growing up, the temporary triumph of the Olympics as Bruce Jenner, and the noose of being endlessly described as the ultimate in manhood. She reveals her sense of shame and deceit she felt as she got older, as she went to great lengths to tell lies ... Weiterlesen

Cleve Jones: When We Rise

Coming of Age in San Francisco, AIDS, and My Life in the Movement. USA 2017, 256 pp., hardback, € 24.95
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Little Brown

This is a personal memoir from a leading figure in the gay rights movement, Cleve Jones. It partially inspired the forthcoming TV mini-series �When We Rise� from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, executive producer Gus Van Sant, and starring Guy Pearce. Longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist Cleve Jones' memoir is a sweeping, profoundly moving account of his life from ... Weiterlesen

Eileen Myles: Chelsea Girls

UK 2016, 274 pp., brochure, € 13.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Serpent�s Tail

In this autobiographical novel, Eileen Myles transforms life into a work of art. Told in anaudacious voice, made vivid and immediate in a lyrical language, �Chelsea Girls� cobbles together memories of Myles' 1960s Catholic upbringing with an alcoholic father, her volatile adolescence, her unabashed �lesbianity�, and her riotous pursuit of survival as a poet in 1970s New York. Suffused with ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: Lust and Wonder

USA 2016, 304 pp., hardcover, € 18.95
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Macmillan

In chronicling the development and demise of the different relationships he's had while living in New York, Augusten Burroughs examines what it means to be in love, what it means to be in lust, and what it means to be figuring it all out. The author of �Running With Scissors� continues the story he began in �Dry� to examine the ... Weiterlesen

Edmund White: A Boy's Own Story

UK 2016, 256 pp., brochure, € 17.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Picador

Originally published in 1982 as the first of Edmund White's trilogy of autobiographical novels, �A Boy's Own Story� became an instant classic for its pioneering portrayal of homosexuality and gay life in American fiction. The book's unnamed narrator, growing up during the 1950s, is beset by aloof parents, a cruel sister, and relentless mocking from his peers, compelling him to ... Weiterlesen

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