A Florida Enchantment (1914)
A wildly unusual silent-era comedy in which magical seeds spark gender-swapping chaos, queer-coded flirtation, and one of early cinema’s most fascinating, complicated glimpses at identity and transformation.
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A wildly unusual silent-era comedy in which magical seeds spark gender-swapping chaos, queer-coded flirtation, and one of early cinema’s most fascinating, complicated glimpses at identity and transformation.

An oral history of Chicago’s Belmont Rocks, a legendary queer gathering place where community, visibility, and freedom flourished in broad daylight. Paperback, April 5, 2026. ISBN: 1968983023.

A deeply researched second volume exploring the lives of thirty-nine men connected to the 1902 Lord Battersea scandal, expanding the hidden history behind a pivotal queer historical event.

Written by Oscar Wilde’s grandson, After Oscar explores the lasting impact of scandal, tracing Wilde’s shifting reputation and cultural legacy over the decades. Hardcover, April 7, 2026. ISBN: 9798889661764.

A groundbreaking 1918 queer memoir and one of the earliest published autobiographies by a gender-nonconforming author. Autobiography of an Androgyne offers a rare firsthand account of queer identity, “fairie” culture, and underground LGBTQ+ life in turn-of-the-century America.
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Drawing on newly uncovered archival research, this landmark biography reveals how James Baldwin’s intimate relationships shaped his extraordinary literary career, political voice, and enduring legacy.

A fascinating new biography of George Sand, the trailblazing nineteenth-century writer who challenged social conventions, transformed literature, and redefined what it meant to be a woman, artist, and public intellectual.

A Cold War cautionary short that warns teenage boys about “dangerous strangers,” now remembered as a chilling artifact of mid-century anti-gay hysteria.

Spanning decades from rural China to modern New York, Cinema Love is a powerful LGBTQ literary novel about forbidden relationships, immigrant survival, hidden queer lives, and the enduring weight of memory and desire.

A gifted Sicilian performer rises from poverty to international fame in the worlds of theater and silent film, where he finds passionate love amid the glamour and dangers of early twentieth-century queer life. Creatures of Light is a lush historical LGBTQ romance filled with artistry, ambition, and heartbreak.

Oscar Wilde’s legendary prison letter, written during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol in 1897. De Profundis is a powerful meditation on suffering, love, art, disgrace, spirituality, and queer identity, revealing a deeply personal side of Wilde rarely seen in his more famous comedies and novels. A landmark work of LGBTQ+ literary history.
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A haunting blend of queer speculative fiction, poetry, and feminist rage, Dead Boys in Space imagines the generation lost to AIDS not as gone, but as having vanished into the cosmos, leaving future queer generations to inherit their grief, memory, and unfinished stories.

Blending memoir, queer history, romance, and political reflection, Deep House tells the story of two men building a life together during the fight over the Defense of Marriage Act in the 1990s. Funny, intimate, and deeply insightful, Jeremy Atherton Lin’s acclaimed memoir explores love, immigration, queer community, and the hidden histories of outlaw relationships.

One of the earliest LGBTQ films ever made, this groundbreaking 1919 silent drama boldly challenged Germany’s anti-gay laws through the tragic story of a violinist persecuted for his sexuality.

A warm, funny, and powerful memoir about growing up gay and Chinese American in 1980s Detroit, centered on a beloved family restaurant that became a refuge for an entire community. Hardcover.

Presented as a series of vivid memory fragments, Jim Petosa’s moving memoir recounts a couple’s journey through the AIDS crisis between 1985 and 1990. Blending love, grief, humor, and survival, F R A G M E N T S is both a deeply personal story and an important act of remembrance for a generation shaped by the AIDS pandemic.

A fiery, one-issue Harlem Renaissance magazine that broke every rule. Featuring Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, and bold art by Aaron Douglas, Fire!! remains a landmark of Black modernism, rebellion, and unapologetic expression.
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A dreamlike, homoerotic short where a young man’s violent fantasy blurs desire, repression, and surreal imagery.
Celebrate the life, artistry, and enduring legacy of Frida Kahlo with this beautifully illustrated 2027 wall calendar. Featuring vibrant portraits inspired by the iconic Mexican artist, it’s a stunning tribute to one of the twentieth century’s most influential cultural figures.

An iconic visual history of 1990s gay New York nightlife, featuring over 230 original club flyers from legendary venues, with commentary from Michael Musto, Lady Bunny, and other nightlife legends. Hardcover.

A Korean War-era classroom film urging teenage boys to whip themselves into military-ready shape through exercise and discipline.

A bizarre and groundbreaking docudrama exploring cross-dressing and gender identity, narrated with surreal flair by Bela Lugosi.

A landmark 1906 gay novel, Imre: A Memorandum tells the quietly powerful story of two men navigating love, identity, and truth in a society that offered no place for either.
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A foundational Christian text arguing for LGBTQ inclusion through biblical, theological, and scientific perspectives. This revised edition updates a groundbreaking work that continues to guide faith-based conversations on acceptance and equality.

A moving memoir of self-discovery, love, and resilience that follows one gay man’s journey through the sexual revolution, the AIDS crisis, and the search for belonging in an often hostile world.

A rare 1895 collection of Fire Island ghost stories and coastal folklore, filled with shipwrecks, buried treasure, and eerie Long Island legends retold in vivid period prose.
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Sarah Schulman’s groundbreaking history of ACT UP New York reveals how a diverse group of activists transformed AIDS policy, medicine, and culture through fearless protest and radical solidarity—an essential blueprint for today’s resistance movements.

A visually striking avant-garde retelling of the biblical Sodom story, steeped in stylized decadence and coded queer imagery.

A moving memoir of acceptance and unconditional love, Love, Ellen follows a mother’s journey to understanding her gay daughter—and becoming an advocate for LGBTQ+ families everywhere.

A luminous, heartbreaking poetry collection reflecting on love, loss, and survival during the AIDS epidemic, where grief and beauty exist side by side.

A feminist reexamination of Regency England that spotlights queer women, women of color, Jewish pioneers, and scientific trailblazers erased from popular history. Mad and Bad reveals a Regency far richer and more radical than the myths suggest.

An illuminating memoir from one of America’s foremost LGBTQ historians, tracing his journey from a devout Catholic upbringing in the Bronx to becoming a pioneering voice in gay history and social justice.

An essential true crime investigation into the Toronto serial killings, Missing from the Village exposes how systemic racism and homophobia failed queer lives—and why accountability still matters.

A riveting history of the Public Universal Friend, a nonbinary religious leader whose radical vision of gender, faith, and freedom challenged the limits of the American Revolution.

A moral panic lecture disguised as a documentary, condemning obscenity while inadvertently revealing the era’s anxieties about sexuality.

Greta Garbo stars as the gender-defying Swedish monarch in a lush historical drama rich with queer subtext.

A landmark work of queer horror, RED X blends supernatural terror, memoir, and LGBTQ+ history into a haunting exploration of loss, memory, and the lives erased during the AIDS era.

A richly illustrated and deeply researched portrait of poet Rupert Brooke, bringing together biography, literary commentary, personal letters, and his complete poetry. This revised second edition reveals the real Brooke behind the wartime myth, exploring his life, relationships, and bisexuality while restoring his work to its full historical and emotional context.

A hypnotic silent-era vision of obsession, desire, and queer theatricality, Salomé transforms Oscar Wilde’s infamous play into one of the most visually striking and groundbreaking art films of the 1920s.

A riveting true crime history that uncovers a sensational 1922 murder case, exposing the intersections of wealth, media, class, and hidden queer lives during the Jazz Age.

This powerful history of ACT UP Shreveport tells the story of a small but fearless group of AIDS activists who challenged discrimination, transformed healthcare access, and fought for dignity and equality in the Deep South during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

A powerful memoir of art, survival, Buddhism, and queer identity, Taking Refuge in the Fire follows Charlie Vazquez’s journey through the AIDS era, family trauma, and spiritual awakening toward a transformative practice of “creative presence.”

This lyrical biography in verse explores the life and revolutionary vision of Harry Hay, pioneering founder of the Mattachine Foundation and early architect of the modern gay rights movement.

A classic culinary memoir blending recipes, art, and bohemian life, The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book is famous for its wit—and its legendary “Haschich Fudge.” Paperback, May 18, 2021. ISBN: 0063043807.

A mustached man in drag, a hotel full of chaos, and a political convention on the brink—The Gay Nighties (1933) delivers rapid-fire slapstick and gleeful gender-bending hijinks in classic pre-Code style.

Larry Kramer’s landmark AIDS drama The Normal Heart is a furious, heartbreaking, and historically vital portrait of queer activism, love, and survival during the early years of the epidemic.

An early adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s tale of vanity and corruption, where eternal youth comes at a haunting moral cost.

Colette’s daring literary masterpiece returns in a brilliant new English translation, offering an unforgettable exploration of love, gender, desire, and queer life in Belle Époque Paris.

A classic work of decadent and queer literature, The Songs of Bilitis presents the lyrical, sensual poems of Bilitis, a fictional contemporary of Sappho. Filled with moonlit longing, pastoral beauty, and sapphic romance, this landmark collection remains one of the most influential LGBTQ+ literary works of the late 19th century.
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Set amid the glittering cabarets and collapsing society of Weimar Berlin, this haunting historical novel explores grief, guilt, queer friendship, and the seductive escape offered by a city dancing on the edge of catastrophe.

Jean Genet’s groundbreaking silent short film, Un Chant d’Amour is a poetic and deeply influential work of queer cinema exploring desire, longing, and intimacy within the walls of a prison.

A rare and compassionate glimpse into pre-Stonewall gay life, following two men whose chance meeting in a New York bathhouse becomes an unexpectedly intimate conversation about loneliness, identity, and connection.

A British barrister risks everything to expose a blackmail ring targeting gay men in this landmark drama that challenged unjust laws.

Inspired by the true history of the infamous Magdalene-style reform schools, this powerful historical novel follows six young women whose courage, friendship, and resilience become their greatest acts of defiance.

John Birdsall explores the hidden history of queer influence on modern food culture, tracing how LGBTQ+ communities used cooking, dining, and hospitality as acts of creativity, resistance, survival, and joy. Rich with cultural history and unforgettable personalities, What Is Queer Food? is a groundbreaking celebration of food and queer identity.