Duncan Roy (R): a.k.a.

UK 2005, engl. OF, 235 min., € 29.99
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
Set in Maggie Thatcher's Britain during the 80s, this British feature film tells the story of Dean, a shy, 18-year-old working-class lad from Romford who has been kicked out by his abusive father. He heads for London and meets up with the gallery owner and society hostess Lady Gryffoyn. However, after being expelled from the Gryffoyn household, Dean assumes the ... Weiterlesen

Christine Geraghty: My Beautiful Laundrette

UK 2005, 108 pp., brochure, € 18.29
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
»My Beautiful Laundrette« is a phenomenon, a small TV film which became a political and social landmark, a classic which speaks to audiences today. It is a gay romance, a lesson in ethnic diversity, a riposte to Thatcherite principles and a celebration of the edgy possibilities of London in the 1980s. A crucial film for director Stephen Frears and writer ... Weiterlesen

Tom Spanbauer: In the City of Shy Hunters

USA 2002, 512 pp., brochure, € 19.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
»In the City of Shy Hunters« is a portrait of New York in the 1980s. Shy, gay and afflicted with a stutter, and struggling with his sexuality, Will Parker comes to New York to escape the provincial western towns where he grew up. In New York, he finds himself surrounded for the first time by people who understand and celebrate ... Weiterlesen

John Rechy: The Coming of the Night

USA 2000, 256 pp., brochure, € 12.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Publishers Group West
John Rechy's novel »The Coming of the Night« is a return to the themes and scenes of his classic, best-selling »City of Night« and a bittersweet memorial to a lost world - gay Los Angeles in the moment before AIDS. It is 1981, a summer night, and an unscripted ritual is about to take place. Young, beautiful Jesse is celebrating ... Weiterlesen

Felice Picano: Like People in History

USA 1995, 512 pp., brochure, € 18.00
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Abacus
Flamboyant, mercurial Alistair Dodge and steadfast, cautious Roger Sansarc are second cousins who are both gay and whose lifelong friendship begins when they first meet as 19-year-old boys in 1954. At crucial moments in their personal histories their lives intersect, and each discovers his own unique - and uniquely gay - identity. Through the lens of their complex, tumultuous, yet ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: Sure of You

UK 1991, 284 pp., Pb, € 12.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Black Swan - Tales of the City 6
In this, the sixth and final self-contained volume of Armistead Maupin's epic chronicle of modern life, a fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Wistful and compassionate yet subversively funny, »Sure of You« is a triumphant finale to one of the most addictively ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: Significant Others

UK 1989, 316 pp., Pb, € 12.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Black Swan - Tales of the City 5
»Significant Others«, the fifth self-contained chronicle in the »Tales of the City« saga, is a cunningly observed class comedy that's sure to be relished by the cognoscenti and by new readers alike. A holiday in the redwoods goes uproariously awry when the opposing sexes camp out rather too close to each other for comfort. Among those entangled in the mayhem ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: Further Tales of the City

UK 1989, 271 pp., Pb, € 12.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Black Swan - Tales of the City 3
The residents of 28 Barbary Lane are back again in this racy, suspenseful and wildly romantic sequel to »Tales of the City« and »More Tales of the City«. DeDe Halcyon Day and Mary Ann Singleton track down a charismatic psychopath, Michael Tolliver looks for love, landlady Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchorwoman in her basement storeroom, and Armistead Maupin is in ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: More Tales of the City

UK 1989, 288 pp., Pb, € 17.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Black Swan - Tales of the City 2
The divinely human comedy that began with »Tales of the City« rolls recklessly along as Michael Tolliver pursues his favourite gynaecologist, Mona Ramsey uncovers her roots in a desert whorehouse, and Mary Ann Singleton finds love at sea with the amnesiac of her dreams.

John Fox: The Boys on the Rock

USA 1984, 146 pp., brochure, € 24.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
St. Martin's Press
Written with uncanny precision and wild humor, this is the story of Billy Connors, high school student in the Bronx, member of the swim team, and all-around regular guy, who in his 16th year has to face the fact that he's a little different from everyone else, a little »weird«. Though he's sort of going steady with a girl and ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: Tales of the City

USA 1989, 269 pp., pb, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Black Swan - Tales of the City 1
San Francisco, 1976. A naïve young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies, cut throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous - unmistakably the handiwork of Armistead Maupin.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest

CD mit 17 Tracks, € 19.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
In den 80ern gehörte Frankie Goes to Hollywood zu den angesagtesten und vielleicht schwulsten Bands des Planeten. Produziert wurden sie von Trevor Horn, der für einige der wichtigsten und erfolgreichsten Acts der 80er verantwortlich zeichnete (darunter Grace Jones oder Tom Jones). Mit Songs wie »Relax«, »Two Tribes«, »The Power of Love«, »Welcome to the Pleasuredome«, »Rage Hard« und »Warriors of ... Weiterlesen

Pet Shop Boys: Pandemonium: Live 2009 (CD + DVD)

CD mit 17 Tracks + DVD, € 17.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Wer das legendäre Popduo vergangenes Jahr nicht selbst live erleben konnte, hat hier ausgiebig Gelegenheit Versäumtes nachzuholen. Die CD enthält einen Livemitschnitt aus ihrem Londoner Konzert vom vergangenen Dezember. Dabei verliehen sie nicht nur ihren guten, alten Klassikern wie »Go West«, »Always on My Mind« oder »Suburbia« einen zeitgemäßen Schliff. Auf ihr finden sich auch Songs aus dem letzten Studioalbum ... Weiterlesen

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest

Greatest Videos. UK o.J., OF, 125 min. , € 21.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
In den 80ern gehörte Frankie Goes to Hollywood zu den angesagtesten und vielleicht schwulsten Bands des Planeten. Produziert wurden sie von Trevor Horn, der für einige der wichtigsten und erfolgreichsten Acts der 80er verantwortlich zeichnete (darunter Grace Jones oder Tom Jones). Mit Songs wie »Relax«, »Two Tribes«, »The Power of Love«, »Welcome to the Pleasuredome«, »Rage Hard« und »Warriors of ... Weiterlesen