Foerster Media

Foerster Media is a German publishing house and video producer focused on gay male erotica. It was founded in 1977 by Kurt-Joachim Foerster in Frankfurt am Main under the name Fotokunst-Verlag (FKV), later renamed Foerster-Verlag and eventually Foerster Media. The company is now headquartered in Offenbach am Main. It began as a pure book publisher and in the early 1980s became Germany's first gay book and magazine publisher. In the mid-1990s it expanded into gay video and DVD production. The company's most important magazine was ADAM, published from late 1984 until 2011. Alongside Du & Ich (launched October 1969 by Jackwerth Verlag), ADAM (first published May 1976) was one of the oldest gay titles still on the German magazine market. Its target audience was gay men "to whom one does not have to explain homosexuality month after month." Until the mid-1990s Foerster Media also produced the now-discontinued magazines Adonis and DON, which were later merged as DON & ADONIS. A range of pornographic magazines such as Homoh XXL, Boy oh Boy and Kinky Twinks also appeared under the imprint. The publisher has released around 50 books with homoerotic content. Early titles included Der heimliche Sexus – homosexuelle Belletristik in Deutschland 1920–1970 (1979), Der unterdrückte Sexus – historische Texte zur Homosexualität (1977) and Sexualforschung und -Aufklärung in der Weimarer Republik (1985). Later, Kurt J. Foerster published scientific books on the topic of pedophilia, with notable authors including Frits Bernard and Joachim S. Hohmann. These books were freely sold from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s but were indexed from the late 1990s onward. The book Leben, Lieben, Legenden (1989) by Hermann J. Huber caused a sensation due to Bild headlines because it portrayed prominent homosexuals in the German-speaking world for the first time; the scandal was triggered by the listing of Schlager singer Rex Gildo. The Gay Video Guide series (from 1999) is one of the publisher's important publications and a pioneer on this topic in the German-speaking region. Another controversial book was Pädophilie heute, an anthology published in 1980 reflecting the positions of the pedophile movement, which was added to Part A of the list of media harmful to young people in 2004. In the video and DVD sector, the publisher was among the first German producers not only to import gay pornographic films from America, Scandinavia and the Netherlands but also to produce and distribute them itself. At the same time, it supported today's successful international productions such as the US labels Titan Media and Raging Stallion. The company also conducted studies: the ADAM study "Was Schwule wirklich wollen" (October 2007) examined attitudes toward partnership and sex among different age groups of gay men on the contact portal homo.net; the ADAM study "Adam sucht Adonis – oder Herkules?" (January 2008) investigated partner preferences of gay contact portal participants in relation to their own body image; and the ADAM study "Traummann gesucht: Der gewöhnliche Homosexuelle" (ADAM No. 246, March 2008) examined lifestyle groups among homo.net contact forum participants through social-scientific evaluation of their leisure interests. Today Foerster Media operates an online shop at foerstermedia.shop, which requires age verification and a customer account to view or purchase products. Payment is possible only by advance payment or SEPA direct debit, as PayPal & Co. do not work with companies offering pornographic content. The company emphasizes youth protection, customer satisfaction and transparency, and states that data is never shared with third parties and that the online shop operates only over secure connections.

Foerster Media, formerly Foerster-Verlag, formerly Fotokunst-Verlag (FKV), was founded in 1977 by Kurt-Joachim Foerster (* 1952) in Frankfurt am Main as a book publisher. The company headquarters is now in Offenbach. From a pure book publisher, it developed in the early 1980s into Germany's first gay book and magazine publisher, which in the mid-1990s was expanded with the gay video and gay DVD divisions. The most important magazine title was ADAM, published by the house from late 1984 to 2011. Alongside Du & Ich (October 1969) from Jackwerth Verlag, ADAM (May 1976) was the oldest gay title still on the German magazine market. The target audience was gay men "to whom one does not have to explain homosexuality month after month." Until the mid-1990s, Foerster Media produced the now-discontinued magazines Adonis and DON, which were later merged as DON & ADONIS. In addition, a series of pornographic magazines appeared (Homoh XXL, Boy oh Boy, Kinky Twinks). Around 50 books with homoerotic content have been published by the house. Among the first books were Der heimliche Sexus – homosexuelle Belletristik in Deutschland 1920–1970 (1979), Der unterdrückte Sexus – historische Texte zur Homosexualität (1977) and Sexualforschung und -Aufklärung in der Weimarer Republik (1985). Later, Kurt J. Foerster published scientific books on the topic of pedophilia. Outstanding authors here were Frits Bernard and Joachim S. Hohmann. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s these books were freely sold, but from the late 1990s they were indexed. The book Leben, Lieben, Legenden (1989) by Hermann J. Huber caused a sensation thanks to Bild headlines, in which prominent homosexuals were portrayed for the first time in the German-speaking region. The trigger of the scandal was the listing of Schlager singer Rex Gildo. The book series Gay Video Guide (from 1999) is one of the important publications and a pioneer on this topic in the German-speaking region. Another controversial book was Pädophilie heute, a 1980 anthology reflecting the positions of the pedophile movement, which was added to Part A of the list of media harmful to young people in 2004. In video and DVD, the publisher was among the first German producers not only to import gay pornographic films from America, Scandinavia and the Netherlands but also to produce and distribute them themselves. At the same time, today's successful international productions such as the US labels Titan Media and Raging Stallion were supported. Studies: 1. ADAM Study (Was Schwule wirklich wollen, October 2007) The gay magazine ADAM examined attitudes toward partnership and sex in different age groups among gay men on the contact portal homo.net. It showed that relationship orientation in online partner search decreased with increasing age. 2. ADAM Study (Adam sucht Adonis – oder Herkules?, January 2008) The magazine examined the partner preference of gay contact portal participants on homo.net in relation to their own body image. The result is that almost all gay men prefer their own body type. 3. ADAM Study (Traummann gesucht: Der gewöhnliche Homosexuelle, ADAM No. 246 Foerster Media March 2008) Here, the lifestyle groups among homo.net contact forum participants were examined through social-scientific evaluation of the mentioned leisure interests.

• 2011

  ADAM magazine ceases publication.

• 2008

  Second and third ADAM studies published in January and March.

• 2007

  First ADAM study (Was Schwule wirklich wollen) published in October.

• 2004

  Pädophilie heute is added to Part A of the list of media harmful to young people.

• 1999

  Start of the Gay Video Guide book series.

• 1989

  Publication of Leben, Lieben, Legenden by Hermann J. Huber, causing a scandal.

• 1985

  Publication of Sexualforschung und -Aufklärung in der Weimarer Republik.

• 1984

  ADAM magazine begins publication (late 1984).

• 1980

  Publication of the controversial anthology Pädophilie heute.

• 1979

  Publication of one of the first books, Der heimliche Sexus – homosexuelle Belletristik in Deutschland 1920–1970.

• 1977

  Founded as Fotokunst-Verlag (FKV) by Kurt-Joachim Foerster in Frankfurt am Main as a book publisher.

Germany's first gay book and magazine publisher, a pioneer in gay erotica and adult media since 1977.

• ADAM

  Most important magazine title, published from late 1984 to 2011; one of the oldest gay titles on the German market.

• Du & Ich

  Gay magazine from Jackwerth Verlag (October 1969), mentioned as a contemporary title.

• Adonis

  Discontinued magazine produced until the mid-1990s, later merged into DON & ADONIS.

• DON

  Discontinued magazine produced until the mid-1990s, later merged into DON & ADONIS.

• DON & ADONIS

  Merged title of Adonis and DON.

• Homoh XXL

  Pornographic magazine.

• Boy oh Boy

  Pornographic magazine.

• Kinky Twinks

  Pornographic magazine.

• Der heimliche Sexus – homosexuelle Belletristik in Deutschland 1920–1970

  Published 1979, one of the first books.

• Der unterdrückte Sexus – historische Texte zur Homosexualität

  Published 1977.

• Sexualforschung und -Aufklärung in der Weimarer Republik

  Published 1985.

• Leben, Lieben, Legenden

  By Hermann J. Huber, published 1989; caused a scandal by portraying prominent homosexuals.

• Gay Video Guide

  Started 1999; important publication and pioneer on this topic in the German-speaking region.

• Pädophilie heute

  1980 anthology reflecting positions of the pedophile movement; added to Part A of the list of media harmful to young people in 2004.

• Leben, Lieben, Legenden scandal

• Pädophilie heute indexing

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