The author, a German refugee, examines the climate and conditions that gave rise to a vicious campaign against Germany's gays, as directed by Himmler and his SS--persecution that resulted in tens of thousands of arrests and thousands of deaths.In this Nazi crusade, homosexual prisoners were confined to death camps where, forced to wear pink triangles, they constituted the lowest rung in the camp hierarchy. The horror of camp life is described through diaries, previously untranslated documents, and interviews with and letters from survivors, revealing how the anti-homosexual campaign was conducted, the crackpot homophobic fantasies that fueled it, the men who made it possible, and those who were its victims, this chilling book sheds light on a corner of twentieth-century history that has been hidden in the shadows much too long.

    Sloane and the farce hit Loot, and was completing What the Butler Saw; but less than three months later, his longtime companion, Kenneth Halliwell, smashed in Orton’s skull with a hammer before killing himself. The Orton Diaries, written during his last eight months, chronicle in a remarkably candid style his outrageously unfettered life: his literary success, capped by an Evening Standard Award and overtures from the Beatles; his sexual escapades—at his mother's funeral, with a dwarf in Brighton, and, extensively, in Tangiers; and the breakdown of his sixteen-year "marriage" to Halliwell, the relationship that transformed and destroyed him. Edited with a superb introduction by John Lahr, The Orton Diaries is his crowning achievement.

    Peabody writes with a blunt straightforward style that hits home in our hearts, our minds, and our beliefs. She brings into sharp focus the very personal and real struggles that families, friends, and health care providers of AIDs patients undergo each day. This book is strongly recommended for all laypersons and health care workers for whom the term AIDS has a personal or professional significance. Mark L. Dembert, M.D., Navy Environmental Health Ctr., Norfolk, Va.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

    Some are nude, some rude and others explicitly erotic. In miniature format, the collection presents one of Mapplethorpe's most controversial and accomplished portfolios.

    Fiction. Poetry. Essays. African American Studies. LGBT Studies. In IN THE LIFE, 29 black authors explore what it means to be doubly different--both black and gay--in modern America. These stories, verses, works of art and theater pieces voice the concerns and aspirations of an often silent minority. They can be poignant, erotic, resolute, or angry, but always reflect the affirming power of coming together to build a strong black gay community. In the introduction to the original 1986 edition, editor Joseph Beam wrote, The bottom line is this: We are Black men who are proudly gay. What we offer is our lives, our love, our visions...We are coming home with our heads held up high. This twentieth anniversary edition includes a new introduction by James Earl Hardy.

    Evacuated in 1944 from the bustling but starving city of Amsterdam to the fertile farmland of Friesland, young Jeroen learns about another way of life and experiences both love and loss as he lives out the final months of the war and welcomes the Allied soldiers who free his country.

    From the busy, eccentric family home in Hampstead to a secluded farmhouse in Provence.'Backcloth' highlights the people, emotions and experiences that forged the man from the child. Written with all the honesty, wit and intelligence that have made Dirk Bogarde one of the world's most popular writers, 'Backcloth' is the vivid, eloquent, moving and reflective portrait of a life.

    Gay & Lesbian Studies, Homosexuality, Women's Studies

    Edited and with an Introduction by Natalia Danesi Murray; Index; photographs.

    

    

    Dos Lesbos by Terry Baum and Carolyn Myers, Immediate Family by Terry Baum, 8x10 Glossy and Ruby Christmas by Sarah Dreher, Going Up by Julia Willis, Out of Bounds by Mariah Burton Nelson, and Soup by Ellen Gruber Garvey.

    

    Biography, Entertaiment

    

    

    Fourteen-year-old Win undergoes tremendous conflict when teased that his new "Big Brother" is a homosexual, but as he grows to respect Elliott's values and the broadening experiences that Elliott introduces, he comes to realize that he must place more importance on his own beliefs than on the perceptions of others.

    Each title features: - An in-depth critical portrait of an essential writer presented in a historical context - A useful chronology - An introduction by Harold Bloom.

    Original.

    

    After he engages gay designer Adam Green, Marc Street, head of a garment house in New York, is catapulted to fashion stardom, until Adam's dissolution, his own love affair, and his connections to the criminal underworld threaten his company.

    Parents of gay children share their experiences.

    For the third edition Simon Watney has provided a new preface, a compelling new concluding essay, and a directory for AIDS information that includes electronic resources."A far-reaching analysis of images of AIDS and homosexuality in the media.... In Policing Desire, Simon Watney called the media on its own game, and the media actually changed its coverage of AIDS and queer issues". Voice Literary Supplement"Simon Watney's Policing Desire is essential reading for anyone who wants to press the question of how the media represents AIDS ... it will stand as a great work of criticism written from the trenches". New York Native"A landmark work in AIDS analysis because of the combination of emotional urgency and analytical insight that it manifests". American Book Review