Circus of Books
Couple Karen and Barry Mason were just looking to make a living when they took a job distributing adult magazines in 1976. Unexpectedly, they became owners of the largest gay pornography store in the US, leading a double life as parents in an era when LGBT was still taboo. From the threat of prison to being a refuge during the AIDS crisis, their story is a rarely heard piece of queer history—told by their own daughters. Who really are the Mason family?