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, Georgia[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
  • Proud Geek, Birmingham, UK
  • 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
  • The Bookshop, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
  • Les Mots à la bouche, Paris, France
  • Librairie Vigna, Nice, 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 City[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
  1. Sheets, Cassie (March 11, 2016). "10 Amazing LGBT Bookstores Worthy of a Road Trip". Pride.com.
  2. "Philly AIDS Thrift to reopen LGBT bookstore Giovanni's Room". The Inquirer. August 21, 2014.
  3. "Stonewall won't hit a stone wall; LGBT bookstore avoids closing". Ottawa Citizen, December 21, 2012.
  4. "L’Androgyne ferme ses portes". Fugues, July 25, 2002.
  5. 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.
  6. Raymundo, Oscar (9 January 2012). "Why We Need to Save the World's Last Remaining LGBT Bookstores". The Huffington Post.
  7. "Librería Otras Letras".
  8. Jarrard, Sydney (March 26, 2015). "Despite Small Footprint, Wild Iris Delivers Big on Mission". American Booksellers Association.
  9. Reporter, Julia Ford Daily News. "LGBTQ bookstore, Ann Arbor mainstay closes after 27 years". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 2019-10-07.

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