List of LGBT bookstores
This is a list of LGBT bookstores. The bookstores listed are brick and mortar stores with a focus on the LGBT community and literature.
LGBT bookstores
- Antigone Books, Tucson, Arizona
- Charis Books and More, Atlanta, GA[1]
- Unabridged Bookstore, Chicago, Illinois
- Women & Children First, Chicago[1]
- Firestorm Books & Coffee, Asheville, North Carolina
- Bureau of General Services—Queer Division (Hosted by The LGBT Community Center), New York[1]
- Philly AIDS Thrift at Giovanni's Room Bookstore, Philadelphia[2][1]
- Book Woman, Austin, Texas
- A Room of One's Own Bookstore, Madison, Wisconsin
- Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee, Milwaukee[1]
- Dog-Eared Books Castro, San Francisco
- Glad Day Bookshop, Toronto, Canada[1]
- Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium, Vancouver, Canada[1]
- Gay's the Word Bookshop, London, UK
- Category Is Books, Glasgow, UK
- Prinz Eisenherz Buchladen, Berlin, Germany
- Buchladen Erlkönig, Stuttgart, Germany
- Voces en Tinta, Zona Rosa, Mexico City
- El Armario Abierto, Mexico City
- Libreria Berkana, Madrid, Spain
- Libreria Complices, Barcelona, Spain
- Antinous, Barcelona, Spain
- GinGin Store, Taipei, Taiwan
- Hares & Hyenas, Melbourne, Australia
- Les Mots à la bouche, Paris, France
- Libreria Antigone, Milan, Italy
- The Portal Bookshop, York, UK
- Buchhandlung Löwenherz, Vienna, Austria
- Paned o Gê, Cardiff, Wales
Closed bookstores
- After Stonewall – Ottawa, Canada (still open, but no longer primarily a bookstore)[3]
- Amazon. True Colors Bookstore – Minneapolis
- A Brother's Touch Bookstore – Minneapolis
- Buchladen Männerschwarm, Hamburg, Germany
- Der Andere Buchladen, Mannheim, Germany
- Decatur Street Bookshop, New Orleans
- Calamus, Boston
- A Different Light Bookstore – Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
- Faubourg Marigny Art and Books, New Orleans[1]
- Lavender Menace Bookshop, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Librairie L'Androgyne – Montreal, Quebec, Canada[4]
- Libreria Babele - Milan, Italy
- Libreria Nuestras Letras – San José, Costa Rica
- Lobo Book Shop, Dallas, Texas
- Lobo Book Shop, Austin, Texas
- Lobo Book Shop, Oklahoma City
- Lobo Bookshop Cafe, Houston, Texas
- Lambda Rising Bookstore – Washington, D.C.
- Oscar Wilde Bookshop – New York;[5]
- Outloud Bookstore – Nashville, Tennessee[6]
- Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse – Atlanta
- Otras Letras – Buenos Aires[7]
- Query Books – Minneapolis
- Wild Iris Books, Gainesville, Florida[8]
- Common Language Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sheets, Cassie (March 11, 2016). "10 Amazing LGBT Bookstores Worthy of a Road Trip". Pride.com.
- ^ "Philly AIDS Thrift to reopen LGBT bookstore Giovanni's Room". The Inquirer. August 21, 2014.
- ^ "Stonewall won't hit a stone wall; LGBT bookstore avoids closing". Ottawa Citizen, December 21, 2012.
- ^ "L’Androgyne ferme ses portes". Fugues, July 25, 2002.
- ^ Stewart, Chuck (2014). Proud Heritage: People, Issues, and Documents of the LGBT Experience [3 volumes]: People, Issues, and Documents of the LGBT Experience. ABC-CLIO. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-61069-399-8.
- ^ Raymundo, Oscar (9 January 2012). "Why We Need to Save the World's Last Remaining LGBT Bookstores". The Huffington Post.
- ^ "Librería Otras Letras".
- ^ Jarrard, Sydney (March 26, 2015). "Despite Small Footprint, Wild Iris Delivers Big on Mission". American Booksellers Association.
- ^ Reporter, Julia Ford Daily News. "LGBTQ bookstore, Ann Arbor mainstay closes after 27 years". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
Further reading
- LGBT Bookstores, Lambda Literary
- GLBTQ Bookstores, American Library Association