In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine. What was expected to be a brief sideline led to their becoming fully immersed in the LGBT community as they took over a local store, Circus of Books. A decade later, they had become the biggest distributors of gay porn in the US. The film focuses on the double life they led, trying to maintain the balance of being parents at a time when LGBT culture was not yet accepted. Their many challenges included facing jail time for a federal obscenity prosecution and enabling their store to be a place of refuge at the height of the AIDS crisis. Circus of Books offers a rare glimpse into an untold chapter of queer history, and it is told through the lense of the owners' own daughter, Rachel Mason, an artist, filmmaker and musician. 译文(3): 1976年，凯伦和【ZiYuanTun.Com】巴里·梅森（Barry Mason）在《洛杉矶时报》（Los Angeles times）上的一则广告中，陷入了困境，他们正在寻找一种方式来支持他们年轻的家{资源屯-ziyuantun.com}。拉里·弗林特正在为《骗子杂志》寻找分销商。当他们接管当地一家名为Circus of Books的商店时，原本只是一个短暂的副业，结果他们完全沉浸在LGBT社区中。十年后，他们成为美国最大的同性恋色情发行商。
