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Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.

Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling was glamour personified, bu…

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Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt and created the basis for Egyptology.

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The Male Gazed

Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the service of helping us reframe how we talk about (desiring) men—this insightful memoir-in-essays is as …

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The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry Mitchell with lush illustrations by Ned Asta, published by Calamus Press in 1977. Part-fable, part-ma…

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Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

There's a secret storyline hidden across some of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century.

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'The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.'

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The Racket

'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar

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Angels in America

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Room to Dream

In this memoir, David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive - opens up about a lifetime o…

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In Tongues

A young gay man upends the lives of a powerful art-world couple in this steamy novel of self-discovery.

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Where Angels Fear to Tread

Chaperoned by her young friend Caroline Abbott, free-spirited, recently widowed Lilia Herriton journeys to the Tuscan town of Monteriano where she falls in love with Gino Carella, a dashing villager w…

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