Sacha Coward: Queer as Folklore

The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters. UK 2025, 352 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Manchester University Press
Join any Pride march and you will see a glorious display of papier-mâché unicorn heads, drag queens in mermaid tails and more fairy wings than you can shake a trident at. These are not just they are queer symbols with historic roots. To truly understand who queer people are today, we must confront the twisted tales of the past. »Queer ... 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

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

Mario Kiesenhofer: AURA

8. Okt - 2. Nov 2025. Ö 2025, 24 S., Farbe, Broschur, € 5.00
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QWien
Begleitheft zu Mario Kiesenhofers Ausstellung AURA (8.10. - 2.11.2025, QWien). Mit einem Text zur Ausstellung von Walter Seidl sowie Texten von Andreas Brunner zu den von Kiesenhofer fotografierten Qwien Archivalien.

Mario Kiesenhofers fotografische Serie von Archivalien des Qwien fokussiert die Geschichte queerer und insbesondere schwuler Lebensweisen, für die er die Objekte in ein auratisiertes Erscheinungsbild rückt. Der Künstler verwendet dabei In-Camera-Effekte, ... Weiterlesen

Christiane Kruse / Sven Christian Schuch / Ileana Pascalau / Mona Behfeld (eds.): Make - Get - Be Visible

A Queer_Feminist Perspective of Art and Design. D 2025, 304 pp., brochure, € 60.70
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de Gruyter
Making queer and feminist positions visible in art is an aesthetic strategy with political impact, marking the transition from a state of invisible powerlessness to powerful visibility and political relevance. This volume brings together theoretical contributions and artistic interventions by practitioners in the field of queer and feminist art. They address the conditions confronting queer and feminist artists in diverse ... Weiterlesen

Anthony Shapland: A Room Above a Shop

UK 2025, 160 pp., hardback, € 24.95
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Granta Books
When two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead. M has inherited his family's ironmongery business and B is younger by eleven years and can see no future in the place where he has grown up, but when M offers him a job and lodgings, he accepts. As the two men work side by side ... Weiterlesen

Ryan Gilbey: It Used to be Witches

Under the Spell of Queer Cinema. UK 2025, 352 pp., hardback, € 34.95
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Faber and Faber
Playfully blending personal memoir, criticism and candid new interviews with filmmakers from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum, Ryan Gilbey's engaging book is a non-chronological treasure-hunt through queer cinema past and present. Andrew Haigh (»All of Us Strangers«), Cheryl Dunye (»The Watermelon Woman«), and Bruce LaBruce (»No Skin Off My Ass«) are among the directors who reveal how queer artists use film ... 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

Chelsea McCracken / Matt Connolly: 100 Queer Films Since Stonewall

UK 2025, 224 pp., b/w and colour illustrations, brochure, € 39.95
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bfi
»100 Queer Films« identifies 100 films that shaped the trajectory of queer cinema, connected with larger movements, and showcased the artistry of queer filmmaking. In addition to those films that already hold significant places in queer film canons, this volume examines often-overlooked titles. By highlighting hidden gems alongside well known classics, this book makes a valuable, accessible contribution to queer ... Weiterlesen

Jon Savage: The Secret Public

UK 2025, 784 pp., brochure, € 17.99
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Faber and Faber
An electrifying look at key moments in music and entertainment history between 1955 and 1979, which helped move gay culture from the margins to the mainstream and changed the face of pop forever - from the ambiguous sexuality of stars such as Little Richard in the 1950s through to David Bowie, glam rock and Sylvester's »You Make Me Feel (Mighty ... Weiterlesen

Gay Times (ed.): Gay Times June 2025 Pride Edition

UK 2025, 120 pp., illustrated, brochure, € 17.95
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Gay Times
»Gay Times« returns to print for a special Pride zine recapping favourite stories of the year. About: gay farmers, queers in Dagestan, Is DEI really dead?, transmisogyny, Botox for your hole, polyamorous perspectives, Where have all the condoms gone in gay TV?, Growing your own dick, Dick! Pics!, Black transmasculine utopia, and Folsom Europe.

Andy Campbell: Queer X Design

50 Years of Signs, Symbols, Banners, Logos and Graphic Art of LGBTQ. USA/CAN 2025, 240 pp. illustrated, hardback, € 39.95
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Leventhal
The first-ever illustrated history of the iconic designs, symbols, and graphic art representing more than 5 decades of LGBTQ pride and activism - from the evolution of Gilbert Baker's rainbow flag to the NYC Pride typeface launched in 2017 and beyond. Organized by decade beginning with Pre-Liberation and then spanning the 1970s through the millennium, »Queer X Design« will be ... Weiterlesen

Yilmaz Dziewior / Achim Hochdörfer (Hg.): Fünf Freunde

Merce Cunningham - Cy Twombley - Robert Rauschenberg - Jasper Johns - John Cage. D 2025, 332 S. mit zahlreichen Farbabb., geb., € 59.70
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Schirmer/Mosel
Sie haben die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts entscheidend geprägt: der Musiker und Theoretiker John Cage, der Choreograf und Tänzer Merce Cunningham sowie die Maler und Bildhauer Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg und Cy Twombly. Die fünf schwulen Künstler waren durch einzigartige Freundschaften miteinander verbunden, die geprägt waren von gemeinsamen Arbeiten, intensiven Debatten, Liebesbeziehungen und schmerzhaften Trennungen. Auf ihrer Suche nach neuen ... Weiterlesen

Paul P. Martineau / Ryan Linkof (eds.): Queer Lens

A History of Photography. USA 2025, 342 pp. with numerous colour illustrations, hardbound, € 119.95
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Getty Museum
Photography's power to capture a subject - representing reality, or a close approximation - has inherently been linked with the construction and practice of identity. Since the camera's invention in 1839, and despite periods of severe homophobia, the photographic art form has been used by and for individuals belonging to dynamic LGBTQ+ communities, helping shape and affirm queer culture and ... Weiterlesen

Andreas Brunner / Hannes Sulzenbacher: Geschichte machen

Ein queeres Jahrtausend in 27 unglaublichen Objekten. Ö 2025, 82 S. mit zahlreichen Abb., Broschur, € 13.90
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QWien
Über Jahrhunderte wurden Zeugnisse queerer Liebe marginalisiert, versteckt, verschwiegen und vernichtet. Lediglich die Dokumente der Verfolgung blieben größtenteils erhalten. Eine historische Ausstellung, die vom Leben und der Liebe, vom Alltag und der Identität queerer Menschen erzählt, wäre weitgehend eine Schau ohne Objekte. Dank einer ausdrücklich unglaubwürdigen Recherche ist es QWien nun gelungen, die großartigsten Schätze aus der queeren Vergangenheit Österreichs ... Weiterlesen