By Noah Tsika. This book examines Gods and Monsters from a variety of perspectives, highlighting the complexity and significance of its achievements, including its fusion of fantasy and biography. It also delves into a history of gay Hollywood during this era, including both its homophobic surface and its queer underpinnings.
By José Quiroga. This book examines the political and social context in which Almodóvar created Law of Desire, as well as its impact on LGBT cinema both in Europe and around the world.
By Jon Davies. The book examines the film in the context of Morrissey and Warhol's legendary partnership, with a special focus on Woodlawn's acclaimed performance: a glorious embodiment of "trash" and glamour that was so stunning, director George Cukor led a campaign (albeit unsuccessful) to win her an Oscar nomination.
By Steve Honan & Lee Hudson. The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia. A concise and balanced guide to the history, people, places, and ideas important to lesbian and gay comunities world wide. Linking detailed chronology of homosexual life and achievement to nearly six hundred fascinating articles. It explores in remarkable depth more facets of today’s gay and lesbian subcultures that any other one-volume reference work.It features fascinating quotes, little-known facts, reading lists, and useful tables: from lists of famous pseudonyms to gay detective novels.
Ted Gideonse and Rob Williams £10.99 paperback
Gay Men Write About Growing Up
More than an anthology of coming out stories, From Boys to Men is a stunning collection of essays about what it is like to be gay and young, to be different and be aware of that difference from the earliest of ages. In these memoirs,
Skira Mini Art Books. From the classical ideal to contemporary icons, the male body is a symbol of perfection in art. This pocked size volume, which aims to offer a fascinating visual survey of the nude, features nearly 60 paintings, sculptures and photographs spanning from classic to contemporary art.
300 Years of Great Athletes Whose Sexual Orientation Was Different. By Patricia Nell Warren. Some are legendary – such as pilot Amelia Earhart, others are less familiar – ballonist Alberto Santos-Dumont. Some went public – downhill skier Erik Schinegger, others, such as Wilhelm von Homburg, were known only to sport insiders. Some, like racehorse breeder George Villiers, were historical figures, others, like Martina Navratilova and skater John Curry, competed in modern Olympics. But they have something in common: they were gay, lesbian or bisexual, and they stood out extraordinarily in their chosen sport.Their stories, carefully researched and movingly written by author Patricia Nell Warren.
A Tale of Jarheads, Eggheads, Serial Killers & Bad Sex. A chance letter sparks off an hilariously doomed transatlantic literary romance involving Marines, glory holes, cats, intellectuals, transsexuals and a bizarre love-triangle rivalry with gay serial-killer and Gianni Versace's assassin Andrew Cunanan.
If you believe the old adage that something is funny because it's true and true because it's funny, The Queen is Dead will kill you. Or at least make you laugh and cry until you wish that you'd been lied to instead. Provocative, revealing, startling and scandalously
By David Waters. Men today are increasingly interested in the way they look. This book covers every man’s grooming need, from simple routines for the ultimate close shave, to Fragrance – what scent to use and when. From no-nonsense advice for clean, healthy skin, to style- from wardrobe basics to picking the suit that best complements your shape.
Gay & Lesbian Life in the Middle East. By Brian Whitaker. Homosexuality is a taboo subject in the Middle East. If mentioned at all, it is seen as a repulsive Western perversion. Clerics denounce it as a heinous sin, while newspapers talk critically of ‘shameful acts’. While many parts of the world are accepting sexual diversity, the Islamic world is moving in the opposite direction. Guardian journalist Brian Whitaker paints a disturbing picture of people who live secretive, fearful lives, often jailed, beaten and ostracised by their families or sent to be ‘cured’ by psychiatrists. This book draws attention to the rights of homosexuals in the Middle East, which are ignored in the wider debate about reform.
