Bruno Gmünder

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Bruno Gmünder (born June 29, 1956 in Spaichingen ) is an activist of the German gay movement and until 2011 was the publisher of the Bruno Gmünder Verlag, named after him .

From 1969 to 1975 Gmünder was a boarding school student and was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper Intern for several years . He also got involved with Amnesty International at an early age . After graduation (1975) he took up in 1978 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich law but not graduated from. During his studies he was involved in the left political spectrum, sympathized with Leninism , Stalinism , Maoism and also worked with the Red Aid in Munich. Gmünder also took part in the Stammheim trials as a listener .

Logo of the publisher named after Gmünder

In 1977 he met Gerd-Christian Freiherr von Maltzahn and in 1978 moved from Munich to Berlin. From 1979 Gmünder worked in the Prinz Eisenherz bookstore, which had existed since 1978 . In 1981 Maltzahn and Gmünder founded the publishing house named after Gmünder, in which they published the Berlin city ​​guide from behind as the first publication . In 1982, through the mediation of Berthold Spangenberg, a new edition of the early gay novel by Klaus Mann took place : Der pious dance , at the same time a magazine called Torso was founded (published until 1983).

From 1982 on, Gmünder became an activist against the spread of AIDS . In 1986 he took over the publication of the Spartacus International Gay Guide . A year later he brought out the magazine MÄNNER for the first time . In 1988 bruno's , a book and pornography shop for gays, opened.

In June 2011 Gmünder sold the publishing house to Nikolaus Reis, Tino Henn and Michael Taubenheim. After the Bruno Gmünder Group filed for insolvency in May 2014, Bruno Gmünder, as a minority shareholder, bought the Gmünder Group again together with the lawyer Frank Zahn . It was continued as Bruno Gmünder GmbH. In December 2015, Gmünder left the GmbH as a partner. This GmbH also filed for insolvency in March 2017.

Publications (selection)

  • Bruno Gmünder, Christian von Maltzahn: Berlin from behind. Reading and travel book for gays, gays and other friends. Gmünder, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-9800578-0-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ taz , June 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ Börsenblatt, November 26, 2014: Zahn and Gmünder take over ( Memento from December 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ M-Men, December 22nd, 2015: Gmünder is leaving as a partner
  4. ↑ Queer.de opened insolvency proceedings against Bruno Gmünder Verlag on June 5, 2017, accessed on August 7, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Gmünder, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Spaichingen