Femme/Femme erotica is much more than a simple girl + girl formula, or something we're programmed to do by watching Madonna kiss Britney (and Christina). What makes this lesbian collection truly special is that the contributing authors respect and value femmeness in their portraits of bold femme women who desire other femmes, and explore the glorious confusion and arousal that ... Weiterlesen

George K. Ilsley: ManBug

CAN 2006, 228 pp., brochure, € 15.69
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When Tom, a dyslexic bisexual Buddhist, attempts to give his boyfriend, Sebastian, a gay entomologist with Asperger's syndrome, an ironic superhero nickname, he transposes the words »bug man«. »ManBug« is the result. Author George K. Ilsley's debut novel follows the bumpy course of their relationship as they traverse Tom's addiction to deflowering sensitive »manboys« and Sebastian's Gregor Samsa-esque identification with ... Weiterlesen

Charles Winecoff: Anthony Perkins

USA 2006, 449 pp., brochure, € 13.89
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Paramount groomed him to replace James Dean and become Hollywood's hottest hertthrob. But his landmark performance as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's »Psycho« killed that - and spawned an image of Anthony »Tony« Perkins that eerily paralleled his conflicted, fractured off-screen life. These performances overwhelmed Perkins's career - increasingly during the decades leading up to his death from AIDS at ... Weiterlesen

Keith Boykin: Beyond the Down Low

USA 2006, 311 pp., brochure, € 14.79
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Writer and activist Boykin addresses what he sees as the implicitly racist and homophobic undertones of the media's coverage. He offers a point-by-point refutation of King's take »On the Down Low«, Boykin accuses King of serving up another »stereotypical image of black men as pathological liars, surreptitiously satisfying their primitive sexual cravings by cheating on their wives«. Boykin details how ... Weiterlesen

Sage Vivant, M. Christian (eds.): The Best of Both Worlds

USA 2005, 232 pp., brochure, € 25.95
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Scorching erotica for everyone who loves both men and women. Rejected by the popular girl he's got a crush on, Todd finds satisfaction in the arms of his high school's only »out« gay student. Two dark-skinned lesbian lovers go on the prowl for a »white boy« to take to their bed. A clandestine real-life encounter between a married man and ... Weiterlesen

James Robert Parish: Katharine Hepburn - The Untold Story

USA 2005, 328 pp., hardcover, € 25.30
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One of the most singular performers of the 20th century, Hepburn was known as a no-nonsense woman who flouted the rules of stardom. Yet her biographer believes her mannish attitudes, attire, and manners were far more indicative of her sexual nature than a reflection of her role as a pioneering feminist. According to the biographer, Hepburn's offstage image as a ... Weiterlesen

Almudena Grandes: Lulú

Dt.v. Christiane Rasche. D 2005, 285 S., Pb, € 8.12
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Mit 15 wird Lulú von einem um 12 Jahre älteren Freund der Familie verführt. Dieses Ereignis bindet Lulú an Pablo. Sie heiraten. Eines Tages spürt Lulú jedoch ein Defizit in ihrem Leben. Über Nacht entschlüpft sie dem Korsett bürgerlicher Moralvorstellungen. Nach der Trennung von Pablo nehmen ihre Ausflüge in die Welt ungezügelter Lust immer zwanghaftere, bizarrere Formen an. Als besondere ... Weiterlesen

Darwin Porter: Howard Hughes - Hell's Angel

USA 2005, 814 pp., cloth, € 22.89
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Thanks in part to »The Aviator«, the world already knows about Howard Hughes's filming of »Hell's Angels«, his links to blonde goddess Jean Harlow, his transglobal flight, his drug addictions, his obsessive-compulsive disorder, and his role as America's 1st billionaire. Hughes led a life of almost unprecedented debauchery. The biography documents that corruption and the A-list legends who collaborated. Hughes's ... Weiterlesen

Hella Joof (R): Shake It All About

DEN 2004, OF, dt. UT (nicht ausblendbar), 96 min., € 24.99
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Einen perfekteren Schwulen könnte man sich schier nicht ausdenken! So scheint es. Jacob sieht gut aus, hat Karriere gemacht, hat neben vielen guten Freunden einen langjährigen Boyfriend, den er nun heiraten will. Zu dumm, dass Jacob ausgerechnet während der Verlobungsfeier Augen für Caroline bekommt. Die ist mit dem jüngeren Bruder seines Verlobten verheiratet. Nicht nur, dass Jacobs Leben jetzt richtig ... Weiterlesen

Ronald C. Fox (ed.): Current Research on Bisexuality

USA 2004, 280 pp., brochure, € 22.59
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A crucial guide to current theory, research, and practice on bisexuality, which should be required reading for sex researchers - clinicians, academicians, and students alike - and practitioners. This book dispels myths about bisexuality, presenting quantitative and qualitative analyses, and conveys the rich lives of bisexual people with abundant anecdotes. It also shows that the subdiscipline of bisexual studies has ... Weiterlesen

Virginia S. Carr: Paul Bowles

A Life. USA 2004, 411 pp., hardback, € 31.30
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Paul Bowles - novelist, composer, expatriate, rebel, and bisexual - grew up in Jamaica, N.Y., a precocious child who could read and was writing stories by an early age. At 18, he embarked on an artistic journey that led him all over the world. Bowles entered the vibrant art and literary world of the late 1920s as a poet and ... Weiterlesen

Darwin Porter: Katharine the Great

A Lifetime of Secrets Revealed. USA 2004, 569 pp., brochure, € 16.59
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»The Advocate« had thrown down the gauntlet for someone willing to go behind the carefully constructed public persona Hepburn protected throughout her years in film. Celebrity expose author Darwin Porter accepted the challenge, and released »Katherine the Great«, a mammoth volume presenting a wealth of evidence that the late, great Kate was not necessarily straight. »Katharine the Great« takes an ... Weiterlesen

Katharine Hepburn: Ich

Geschichten meines Lebens. D 2004, 394 S., Pb, € 10.23
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Neuauflage der Memoiren der Hepburn, die im vergangenen Jahr verstorben ist. Die Hollywood-Diva und vierfache Oscar-Preisträgerin ging bedingungslos ihren eigenen Weg und eckte mit ihrem öffentlich zelebrierten Individualismus immer wieder an. Doch sie ließ sich nicht unterkriegen. Die Memoiren zeigen eine mutige Individualisten, die es liebte, gegen den Strom zu schwimmen, und die gerne gegen Konventionen verstieß. In ihren selbstironisch ... Weiterlesen

Andrew R. Gottlieb: Sons Talk About Their Gay Fathers

USA 2003, 183 pp., pb, € 17.49
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In this book, Andrew Gottlieb explores another side of the impact of homosexuality on families: He looks at how sons react to learning that their fathers are gay, allowing us to see, over time, how this has changed their family relationships and their own lives. Simply and elegantly written, this psychoanalytically oriented qualitative research study is accessible to both the ... Weiterlesen

Christine Fischer-Defoy (Hg.): Marlene Dietrich Adressbuch

D 2003, 319 S., geb., € 9.99
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Im ersten Moment wirkte es übertrieben, ein Adressbuch des Weltstars Marlene Dietrich herauszubringen, einzelne Blätter sorgsam faksimiliert und kommentiert: gibt es sonst nichts mehr zu berichten. Auf den zweiten Blick erweist sich das Gedenk-Buch, herausgegeben von der Filmemacherin Christine Fischer-Defoy, jedoch als originelle und detailgenaue Biografie. Die Autorin skizziert das Verhältnis der Dietrich zu den im Adressbuch erwähnten Personen und ... Weiterlesen

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