The Bookshop
WHAT
GAY DVDS, GAY CALENDARS, GAY MAGAZINES, GAY COMICS, GAY FICTION, GAY GAYS
WHERE
THE BOOKSHOP, 207 OXFORD ST, DARLINGHURST
WHO
FAIRIES, QUEERS, LESBIANS, BEARS, ETC
CONTACT
9331 1103 OR HERE
Gay bookshops used to be a staple of every gay ghetto. They helped build community, foster a common gay 'identity' and were rallying point for politically-minded locals.
Nowadays, the idea's passé. Most gay dudes are more interested in getting high and getting off than getting equality. And our hard fought 'gay' identity (Madonna, WILL & GRACE, Abercrombie & Fitch) is pretty damn revolting.
The Bookshop embodies the glory(hole) days of yesteryear, when it was still acceptable for gays to read, think, be 'sensitive', and not fit some chiseled queen mold.
Where else in Sydney can you find obscure influential films from Andy Warhol, Derek Jarman, Kenneth Anger, and Bruce La Bruce (most for under $20!); hip zines like BUTT, THEY SHOOT HOMOS DON'T THEY?, STRAIGHT TO HELL and HONCHO; and books on underground legends like Tom of Finland and the Athletic Model Guild?
The service is sassy and unsympathetic, the place is a mess, and your fellow shoppers are all old or lecherous - or both. And you know what? That's the way it should be.
Format: Book
Motivation: Good with a whiskey in the bath
Keywords: Gay/Lesbian, Gay Bash, Magazines, Zines, Shop, Darlinghurst
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