Daniel Brook: The Einstein of Sex

Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin. UK 2025, 320 pp., illustrated, hardbound, € 49.95
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W. W. Norton
More than a century ago, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld first argued that gender and sexuality were fluid. Dubbed »the Einstein of Sex«, Hirschfeld grew famous (and infamous) for his liberating theory of sexual relativity. He was a gay Jewish socialist sexologist. Today, he's been largely forgotten outside of the LGBTIQ communities. Journalist Daniel Brook reinvigorates Hirschfeld's legacy, recovering one of the ... Weiterlesen

David Wojnarowicz: Memories That Smell Like Gasoline

UK 2025, 96 pp., brochure, € 27.95
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Nightboat Books
Not content to be a tremendous photographer, painter, film-maker, performance artist and activist David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992) was also the author of three classic books: »Close to the Knives,« »The Waterfront Journals« and »Memories That Smell Like Gasoline,« now back in print from Artspace. This volume collects four tales - »Into the Drift and Sway,« »Doing Time in a Disposable Body,« ... Weiterlesen

Ian Leslie: John and Paul

A Love Story in Songs. UK 2025, 424 pp. with numerous b/w and colour photographs, brochure, € 17.95
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Faber and Faber
John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for 23 years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world.- The Beatles shook the world to its core in the 1960's and, to this day, remain an active ingredient in our cultural bloodstream, as new generations fall in ... Weiterlesen

Joe Westmoreland: Tramps Like Us

USA 2025, 384 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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SMP
Abused by his father and stifled by closeted life as a teenager in Kansas City, Joe, the wide-eyed narrator, graduates from high school in 1974 and hits the road hitchhiking. But it isn't until he reunites with Ali, his hometown's other queer outcast, that Joe finds a partner in crime. When the two of them finally wash up in New ... Weiterlesen

Luke Evans: Boy from the Valleys: My Unexpected Journey

UK 2025, 306 pp., pb., € 19.95
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Penguin UK
Growing up in a small village in the Rhymney Valley, south Wales, Luke Evans' early life was shaped by his Jehovah's Witness upbringing. While most children of his age spent their Saturday mornings watching Going Live on television, young Luke would dress in a suit and tie and join his parents to knock on doors to spread the word of ... Weiterlesen

Judith Kessler: Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein?

Auf den Spuren des Liedtexters Bruno Balz. D 2025, 200 S., geb., € 24.70
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Nicolai
Als Bruno Balz 1924 »Bubi, lass uns Freunde sein« textete, war das einer der ersten schwulen Schlager. In der Folge schrieb er Hunderte Lieder und arbeitete an unzähligen Kinofilmen mit. Ob »Ich brech' die Herzen der stolzesten Frau'n« und »Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern« für Heinz Rühmann oder »Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein« für Zarah Leander, seine Liedtexte ... Weiterlesen

Michael Roth: Zonen der Angst

Über Leben und Leidenschaft in der Politik. D 2025, 302 S., geb., € 26.80
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Beck Verlag
Der langjährige SPD-Außenpolitiker Michael Roth schreibt von den »Zonen der Angst« in der Berufspolitik. Vom innerparteilichen Machtkampf. Den sozialen Medien und dem drohenden Shitstorm. Dem Pranger, weil man die Rituale und die Sprache der eigenen Bubble, Partei oder Peergroup als schwuler Mann infrage stellt. Dem falschen politischen Spiel mit gesellschaftlichen Ängsten. Darunter hat Michael Roth menschlich immer stärker zu leiden ... Weiterlesen

Harry Graf Kessler: Erinnerungen eines Europäers

D 2025, 255 S., Broschur, € 16.50
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Steidl
Harry Graf Kessler lässt uns in seinen Erinnerungen in die aristokratisch-bourgeoise Welt des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts eintauchen. Sein Memoirenband ist das erste einer auf drei Bücher angelegten autobiographischen Reihe, die leider unvollendet geblieben ist. Hier beschreibt er seine Kindheits- und Schuljahre und seine Studienzeit, in der er seine Liebe zu Nietzsches Schriften entdeckt, nach Italien reist und beinahe ganz natürlich ... Weiterlesen

Francis Schichtel (ed.): Paul Thek and Peter Hujar: Stay Away from Nothing

USA 2025, 192 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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Primary Information
»Stay away from nothing« shines a spotlight on the deep relationship between Paul Thek and Peter Hujar through the artists' letters and photographs. Beginning in 1956 and spanning two decades, the publication opens a window into their intimate, complex, and beautiful lives, starting with a sequence of images by Hujar that showcases the two of them in innocent moments of ... Weiterlesen

Sandro Siller: Mein f*cking erstes Kochbuch ...

Wie ich fast 30 wurde und dafür ein Ei kochte. Teil 1. Ö 2025, 205 S. mit zahlreichen Abb., Broschur, € 45.99
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Epubli
Was soll das eigentlich sein? Ein Kochbuch? Memoiren? Oder einfach ein weiterer Beweis dafür, dass Quarterlife-Krisen nicht nur existieren, sondern auch noch ziemlich lecker sein können? Dieses Buch ist jedenfalls alles - nur kein klassisches »Hier 50 Rezepte, guten Appetit«-Ding. Stell dir vor: jemand mit einer Menge Fernweh, einer leichten Allergie gegen langweilige Routinen und einer großen Liebe zu Essen ... Weiterlesen

George Takei / Steven Scott: It Rhymes With Takei

USA 2025, 336 pp., hardbound, € 39.95
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Top Shelf Productions
George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist, helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing—one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared ... Weiterlesen

Greg Cope White: The Pink Marine

USA 2025, 287 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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About Face
»The Pink Marine« is the story - full of hilarity and heartbreak-of how a teenage boy who struggles with self-acceptance and doesn't fit the traditional definition of masculinity finds acceptance and self-worth in Marine Corps boot camp. When Greg Cope White's best friend tells him he's spending his summer in Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, all ... Weiterlesen

Roland Philipps: Broken Archangel : The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement

UK 2025, 400 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Vintage
Celebrated reformer and proud nationalist, romantic radical and vilified traitor: this is the story of Roger Casement, one of the 20th century's most complex and compelling individuals. It was a life caught between fault lines. As a British ambassador, Casement exposed the horrors of the Belgian Congo, pioneering modern human rights. He fought passionately for Irish independence, even as each ... Weiterlesen

Martin Sherman: On the Boardwalk

UK 2025, 278 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Inkandescent
A memoir from the writer of »BENT« with a foreword by Ian McKellen. Sherman takes us on a journey through America in the mid twentieth century, starting in New Jersey - where he was born in the 1930s to a Jewish immigrant family - ending on Broadway with the premier of his seminal play »Bent« starring Richard Gere. On route, ... Weiterlesen

Will Tosh: Straight Acting

The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare. UK 2025, 304 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Hodder and Stoughton
Was Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think.- Shakespeare's work was profoundly influenced by the queer culture of his time - much of it totally integrated into mainstream society. From a relentless schooling in Latin and Greek homoeroticism, to a less formal education on the streets and in smoky taverns, from the gender-bending ... Weiterlesen