Eric Nguyen (ed.): Resilience - Stories, Poems, Essays, Words For LGBT Teens

USA 2012, 165 pp., pb., € 24.95
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LuLu
Collected in this anthology are over 20 inspiring stories, poems, essays, and other writings made for you - our queer youth. Started in 2010 in a time of crisis for the queer community, these are the works of artists who wanted to show the world the power of words. While eclectic in style and form, what unites these works is ... Weiterlesen

Ivan E. Coyote: One in Every Crowd

Stories. CAN 2012, 240 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Arsenal Pulp Press
Ivan E. Coyote is one of North America's best-loved storytellers - her honest, wry, plain-spoken tales about gender, identity, and family have attracted readers around the world. For many years, Ivan has performed in high schools, where her talks have inspired and galvanized many young people to embrace their own sense of self and to be proud of who they ... Weiterlesen

Robin Reardon: The Evolution of Ethan Poe

USA 2011, 387 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Kensington
In the space of a few months, 16-year-old Ethan Poe's life has become a complicated mix of facts, theories, and hypotheses. Things he knows beyond doubt: his parents are divorcing, his older brother Kyle is exhibiting alarming behavior, and his best friend is turning into a spiritual fanatic. Then there are the shifting uncertainties - including his feelings toward his ... Weiterlesen

Dennis Cooper: The Marbled Swarm

A Novel. USA 2011, 194 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Literary cult hero Dennis Cooper delivers his highly anticipated new novel. Written in a voice that is lush and intricate, »The Marbled Swarm« is Dennis Cooper's most accomplished (and most beguiling) work to date. Cooper tells the story of a man who secretly influences his son to commit a grisly act. In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind ... Weiterlesen

Kelly Huegel: GLBTQ - The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens

USA 2011, rev., updated 2nd edition, 229 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 14.49
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Free Spirit
If you're a GLBTQ teen, or think you might be, or know someone who is - this book is for you. Discovering that you might be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender is a big revelation. Accepting it is a process full of questions, challenges, worries, and fears. One thing that can help in that process is information. This book provides ... Weiterlesen

K.M. Soehnlein: Robin and Ruby

USA 2011, 295pp., brochure, € 12.39
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20-year-old, Robin MacKenzie is waiting for his life to start. Then, one hot June weekend, Robin gets dumped by his boyfriend and quickly hits the road with his best friend George to find his teenaged sister, Ruby, who's vanished from a party at the Jersey Shore. For years, the friendship with George has been the most solid thing in Robin's ... Weiterlesen

James Franco: Palo Alto

USA/UK 2011, 197pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Set in a northern California university town, Palo Alto traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. Actor James Franco (»James Dean«, »Spiderman«, »Milk«, »Howl«) presents his characters in all their raw humanity, while at the same ... Weiterlesen

Harry Oosterhuis/ Hubert Kennedy (eds.): Homosexuality and Male Bonding in Pre-Nazi Germany

The Youth Movement, the Gay Movement and Male Bonding Before Hitler's Rise. USA 2010 (Reprint), 271 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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Routledge
This is a landmark publication featuring English translations of selections from the early gay German journal, »Der Eigene«. This collection, previously scattered and difficult to read in the original German, allows readers direct access to primary source material on the early gay movement. Neglected for years, these articles provide insight into the early gay movement, particularly in its relation to ... Weiterlesen

K.M. Soehnlein: Robin and Ruby

USA 2010, 277 pp., hardback, € 22.30
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20-year-old, Robin MacKenzie is waiting for his life to start. Then, one hot June weekend, Robin gets dumped by his boyfriend and quickly hits the road with his best friend George to find his teenaged sister, Ruby, who's vanished from a party at the Jersey Shore. For years, the friendship with George has been the most solid thing in Robin's ... Weiterlesen

Andrew Lear, Eva Cantarella : Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty

Boys Were Their Gods. UK/USA 2009, 262 pp., brochure, € 89.00
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Taylor and Francis
Greek pederasty, or »paiderastia« - the social custom of erotic relations between adult men and adolescent boys - was a central characteristic of Greek culture. Both Greeks and non-Greeks saw it, along with the gymnasium with its intimate connection to pederasty, as markers of Greek identity. It is an important theme in Greek literature, from poetry to comedy to philosophy, ... Weiterlesen

Peter Cameron: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

USA 2009, 229 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Though he's been accepted by Brown University, James Sveck isn't sure he wants to go to college. He's a sophisticated, vulnerable young man with a deep appreciation for the world and no idea how to live in it. He's the 18-year-old son of divorced parents living in Manhattan, articulate, sensitive, and cynical. He rejects all of the assumptions that govern ... Weiterlesen

Michelle Tea: Valencia

USA 2008, 216 pp., pb., € 16.96
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»Valencia« is the fast-paced account of one girl's search for love and high times in the drama-filled dyke world of San Francisco's Mission District. Michelle Tea records a year lived in a world of girls: there's knife-wielding Marta, who introduces Michelle to a new world of radical sex, Willa, Michelle's tormented poet-girlfriend, Iris, the beautiful boy-dyke who ran away from ... Weiterlesen

Ariel Schrag: Awkward and Definition

The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag. USA 2008, 84 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Ariel Schrag captures the American high school experience in all its awkward, questioning glory in »Awkward and Definition«, the first of three amazingly honest autobiographical graphic novels about her teenage years. During the summer following each year at Berkeley High School in California, Ariel wrote a comic book about her experiences, which she would then photocopy and sell around school. ... Weiterlesen

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan: Naomi & Ely's No Kiss List

USA 2008, 230 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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Naomi loves Ely. And she's kinda in love with him. Ely loves Naomi. But he prefers to be in love with boys. Naomi and Ely have been inseparable since childhood - partially because they've grown up across the hall from each other in the same Manhattan apartment building, and also because they're best friends. Soul mates. Or are they? Just ... Weiterlesen

Michael Harmon: The Last Exit to Normal

USA 2008, 275 pp., hardback, € 12.99
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It's true: After 14-year-old Ben's father announces he's gay and the family splits apart, Ben does everything he can to tick him off: skip school, smoke pot, skateboard nonstop, get arrested. Three years, countless joints, and one arrest later Ben finds himself yanked out of his city life and plunked down into a small Montana town with his dad and ... Weiterlesen

Susan Driver (ed.): Queer Youth Cultures

USA 2008, 307 pp., brochure, € 29.20
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Engaging a wide range of cultural practices, including zine-making, drag performance, online chatting, music, gay porn, and organizing resistance, the essays explore the creative, political, energetic, and artistic worlds of contemporary queer youth. The research in this collection bridges the perspectives of academics and queer youth, and the voices the youth resonate throughout the analyses of their communities and lives. ... Weiterlesen

Laurent Achard (R): The Last of the Crazy People

Le dernier des fous. F 2007, frz.OF, engl.UT, 95 min., € 19.99
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Martin is not like other children. Neglected by his parents, he watches the extraordinary events that occur in and around the family home from a distance. His mother is crazy, his father is absent nearly all the time, and his much older, gay brother suffers from depressive moods. When Martin's brother Didier discovers that his lover will marry a local ... Weiterlesen

C.J. Pascoe: Dude, You're a Fag

Masculinity and Sexuality in High School. USA 2007, 228 pp., brochure, € 18.29
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High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are explored in this incisive ethnography. Based on 18 months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, this book plumbs the dynamics of masculinity among high school boys and sheds new light on the complex interplay of masculinity, homophobia, sexuality, and the body, compelling us to rethink ... Weiterlesen