For over 35 years, the gay porn shop Circus of Books gave Los Angeles’ LGBT+ community a space to socialize and celebrate themselves without judgment. Executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Circus ...

With the rise of internet porn and dating apps, stores like Circus of Books have become financially unfeasible to maintain. In August 2016, Karen and Barry closed their Silver Lake location and ...

In “Circus of Books,” Mason’s documentary about her parents’ bookstore, she explores what it meant for her “nice, straight Jewish parents” to own a gay porn and adult goods store in ...

One Circus Books customer says that the store “was the first glimpse that I wasn’t alone as a gay person.” Circus of Books comes to Netflix April 22. You can watch the full trailer above.

Circus of Books also provided a genuine haven for a primarily gay male clientele under siege from repressive powers-that-be, in addition to a disease (AIDS) that was quickly decimating the community.

With Netflix documentary 'Circus of Books,' director Rachel Mason documents her parents’ secret life as ’80s gay porn merchants.

In the documentary Circus of Books, director Rachel details the 35 years her parents, a Jewish couple with three children, ran an iconic gay porn shop in West Hollywood, ...

Netflix's "Circus of Books" tells the story of how a straight couple came to run a gay porn shop. Here's what the know about the famous store now.

But “Circus of Books” is at its heart a family story, centering on the relationship between the forceful, opinionated Karen and her youngest son, Josh, who comes out as gay while in college.

The Masons became the owners of Book Circus in 1982, and changed the name of the business to Circus of Books. But just because a pair of straight-laced, conservative Jewish parents were the new ...

About the Author Lee Stath (Marilees) is a circus cather who retired and looks back to the wonderful life he had lived at the circus, the place where he met his beloved wife, Mary. His book "She ...

The Circus of Dr. Lao, by Charles G. Finney (Bison Books) Who doesn’t love the magic and wonder of a circus? For the residents of Abalone, Ariz., however, in a reissue of Charles G. Finney’s ...