Georgia Oakley (R): Blue Jean

UK 2022, engl. OF, dt. UT, 97 min., € 19.99
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Salzgeber
Nordengland, 1988: Die Sportlehrerin Jean sieht sich zu einem Doppelleben gezwungen: Margaret Thatcher hat mit ihrer konservativen Parlamentsmehrheit gerade Section 28 verabschiedet - ein homophobes Gesetz, das »die Förderung von Homosexualität« verbietet. Deswegen darf in der Schule niemand wissen, dass Jean lesbisch ist - andernfalls könnte sie ihren Job verlieren. An den Wochenenden taucht die Lehrerin mit ihrer kämpferischen Partnerin ... Weiterlesen

Ron Peck / Paul Hallam (R): Nighthawks

UK 1978, engl. OF, dt. UT, 113 min., € 17.99
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Salzgeber - gay classics
Dieser Klassiker des britischen queeren Kinos aus den späten 1970ern erscheint nun in einer digital restaurierten Fassung auf DVD und schrieb seinerzeit Filmgeschichte als erster Schwulenfilm, der ein Doppelleben zwischen homophober Umwelt und Londoner Gay Scene - an Originalschauplätzen gedreht - thematisiert.- London, Mitte der 1970er Jahre: Tagsüber arbeitet Jim als ungeouteter Lehrer in einer Schule. Dort weiß niemand von ... Weiterlesen

Bret Easton Ellis: The Shards

USA 2023, 608 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Random House
17-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret - being gay - is obsessed with Mallory, an obsession that is equaled ... Weiterlesen
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David Levithan: Answers in the Pages

USA 2022, 210 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Penguin USA
Donovan didn't mean for this to happen. When he left his book on the counter he didn't think his mom would read it - much less have a problem with it. But before Donovan even has the chance to hear her point of view his mom is trying to get the book removed from the district curriculum. Interspersed with the ... Weiterlesen

Casey McQuiston: I Kissed Shara Wheeler

USA 2022, 368 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Macmillan
Swoon-worthy rom-coms and Casey McQuiston have become synonymous in our minds, and McQuiston's YA debut »I Kissed Shara Wheeler« is no exception. Chloe is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school she's spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy. The thing thats ... Weiterlesen

Emily M. Danforth: Plain Bad Heroines

USA 2021, 640 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Harper Collins
In 1902, Flo and Clara, two impressionable students at Bookhants School for Girls, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club - »The Plain Bad Heroine Society«. They meet in secret in a nearby ... Weiterlesen

Colson Whitehead: The Nickel Boys

UK 2019, 211 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Little Brown
The story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis - abandoned by his parents - is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South in the ... Weiterlesen

Alice Oseman: Heartstopper Vol. One

Boy Meets Boy. UK 2019, 288 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Hodder and Stoughton - Heartstopper 1
Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's not being bullied anymore, and he's sort of got a boyfriend, even if he's kind of mean ... Weiterlesen

Kristof de Witte / Oliver Holz / Lotte Geunis (eds: Somewhere over the Rainbow

Discussions on Homosexuality in Education Across Europe. D 2018, 168 pp., brochure, € 30.99
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Schools should offer a safe and secure environment for all young people to develop, to learn, and to thrive. Sadly, for many, they fall short. Homophobic and transphobic behaviour is still painfully common in schools across Europe. A significant number of LGBT pupils experience homophobic and transphobic bullying, and they are more likely to experience violence than heterosexual peers. This ... Weiterlesen

Alexander Chee: Edinburgh

USA 2016, 240 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Mariner
12-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys' choir. But when Fee learns how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, his best friend, is in line to be next. When the director ... Weiterlesen

Nina LaCour and David Levithan: You Know Me Well

USA 2016, 248 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Macmillan
Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed. That is, until Kate spots Mark miles away from home, out in the city for a wild, unexpected night. Kate is lost, having just run away from a chance to finally meet ... Weiterlesen

Michelle L. Teichman: The Space Between

D 2016, 280 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Ylva Verlag
Everything's great for Harper Isabelle, the most popular girl in grade nine. That is, until she meets Sarah Jamieson. Sarah is a reclusive artist, a loner who wears black makeup and doesn't have any friends, but for some reason, Harper can't stop thinking about her. Sarah isn't used to people looking her way, especially popular girls like Harper Isabelle. Scared, ... Weiterlesen

Becky Albertalli: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

USA 2015, 303 pp., brochure, € 11.99
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Harper Collins
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed. If he doesn't play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone's business. Worse, the privacy ... Weiterlesen

Michelle Theall: Teaching the Cat to Sit

A Memoir. USA 2014, 275 pp., hardbound, € 24.99
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Simon and Schuster
Even when society, friends, the legal system, and the Pope himself swing toward acceptance of the once unacceptable, Michelle Theall still waits for the one blessing that has always mattered to her the most: her mother's. Michelle grew up in the conservative Texas Bible Belt, bullied by her classmates and abandoned by her evangelical best friend before she'd ever even ... Weiterlesen

Judith Schalansky: The Giraffe's Neck

Transl. by Shaun Whiteside. UK 2014, 213 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Bloomsbury
Adaptation is everything, something Frau Lohmark is well aware of as the biology teacher at the Charles Darwin High School in a country backwater of the former East Germany. It is the beginning of the new school year, but, as people look west in search of work and opportunities, it's future begins to be in doubt. Frau Lohmark has no ... Weiterlesen

Mark McCormack: The Declining Significance of Homophobia

How Teenage Boys Are Redefining Masculinity and Heterosexuality. USA 2013, 166 pp., brochure, € 43.95
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Oxford University Press
Research has traditionally shown high schools to be hostile environments for LGBT youth. Boys have used homophobia to prove their masculinity and distance themselves from homosexuality. Despite these findings over the last three decades, »The Declining Significance of Homophobia« tells a different story. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews of young men in three British high schools, the author shows how ... Weiterlesen

John Schwartz: Oddly Normal

One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality. USA 2012, 290 pp., hardbound, € 23.49
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Penguin USA
Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent for »The New York Times«, got a call that every parent hopes never to receive: his 13-year-old son, Joe, was in the hospital following a suicide attempt. Mustering the courage to come out to his classmates, Joe had delivered a tirade about homophobic and sexist attitudes that was greeted with unease and ... Weiterlesen

Dan Savage, Terry Miller (eds.): It Gets Better

Coming out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living. USA 2011, 339 pp.,brochure, € 17.95
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Plume
Growing up isn't easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, making them feel like they have nowhere to turn. This is especially true for LGBT kids and teens who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. Without other openly gay adults and mentors in their lives, they can't imagine what their future may hold. In many cases, ... Weiterlesen