List of LGBT bookstores

LGBTQIA++ Bookstores

The following list article contains the names and locations of LGBTQ+ bookstores, sorted by location. The bookstores listed are brick and mortar stores with a focus on the LGBT community and literature.

## Open bookstores

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### Asia

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Taiwan | Taipei | Gin Gin[1] | 1999[2]

### America

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Canada | Toronto | Glad Day Bookshop[3][4] | 1970[5][2] |
Vancouver | Spartacus Books[6] | 1973[7] |
Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium[8] | 1983[9] |
Costa Rica | San José | Nuestras Letras[9][10] | 2010[11] |
United States | Tucson, Arizona | Antigone Books[12] | 1973[13] |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Giovanni's Room Bookstore[14] | 1973[9][15][16] |
Decatur, Georgia | Charis Books & More[17] | 1974[18] |
Madison, Wisconsin | A Room of One's Own[19] | 1975[2] |
Austin, Texas | Book Woman[20] | 1977[21] |
The Little Gay Shop[22] | 2019[23] |
New Orleans, Louisiana | Frenchmen Art and Books[24][25]
Previously Faubourg Marigny Art and Books  | 1978[26] |
Chicago, Illinois | Women & Children First | 1979[27] |
Unabridged Bookstore | 1980[28][29] |
San Francisco, California | Fabulosa Books
Dog Eared Books until 2021[30][31] | 1992[32] |
Asheville, Carolina del Norte | Firestorm Books & Coffee | 2008[33] |
Salt Lake City, Utah | Under the Umbrella Bookstore[34] | 2021[35] |
Washington, D.C. | Little District Books[36] | 2022[37] |
Mexico | Ciudad de México | El Armario Abierto[38] | 1998[39] |
Somos voces[40][41][42]
Voces en Tinta until 2012  | 2005[2] |

### Europe

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Country  | City  | Name  | Opening Year  | Image

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Germany | Mannheim
Cologne | Der Andere Buchladen[43][44] | 1978[45] |
Berlín | Prinz Eisenherz[4] | 1978[46][2] |
Stuttgart | Erlkönig[47][4] | 1983[48] |
Austria | Vienna | Berg und Löwenherz[49] | 1993[50] |
Spain | Madrid | Berkana[51][52] | 1993[53] |
A Different Life[54][55] |  |
Mary Read[56] | 2020  |
Barcelona | Antinous[57] | 1997[58] |
La Raposa[59][60] | 2017[61] |
Acció Perifèrica | 2022[62] |
France | Paris | Les Mots à la Bouche[63][9] | 1980[64][2] o 1981[65] |
Nice | Librairie Vigna[66] | 2011[67] |
England | London | Gay's the Word[9][4] | 1979[68][2] |
The Common Press[69] | 2021[70] |
York | The Portal Bookshop | 2019[71] |
Birmingham | Proud Geek[72] | 2020[73] |
Leeds | The Bookish Type | 2020[74] |
Manchester | Queer Lit | 2021[75] |
Manchester | Gay Pride Shop  | 2014  |
Darlington | The Queerish Bookshop  | 2023  |
Durham | Bookwyrm  | 2022  |
Scotland | Edinburgh | Lavender Menace Bookshop[76]
Now also an archive  | 1982[77] |
Lighthouse[78] | 2017[79] |
Glasgow | Category Is Books[80] | 2018[81] |
Wales | Aberystwyth | Gayberystwyth Books[82] | 2023  |
Cardiff | Shelf Life[83] | 2019[84] |
Paned o Gê[85] | 2020[86] |
Hay-On-Wye | Gay on Wye[87] | 2023[88] |
Italy | Milan
Rome | Antigone Books[89] | 2016[2] |
Netherlands | Utrecht | Boekwinkel Savannah Bay[90] | 1975[91][2] |
Portugal | Oporto | Livraria aberta[92] | 2021[93] |
Sweden | Malmö | PAGE 28[94] | 2020[95] |
Switzerland | Basel | Arcados[96] | 1974[97] |
Bern | Queerbooks[98][99] | 2013[100] |
Poland | Poznań | Księgarnia Stonewall[101] | 2015[102] |

### Oceania

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Australia | Sydney | The Bookshop Darlinghurst[103] | 1982[104] |
Melbourne | Hares & Hyenas[105] | 1991[2]

## Closed bookstores

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### Asia

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Taiwan | Taipei  | Fembooks
(女書店)
Now online[106] | 1994 to 2017[107] |

### America

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Country | City | Name | Years | Image

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Argentina | Buenos Aires | Otras Letras[108][109] | 2009 to 2013[110][111] |
Canada | Montreal | Librairie L'Androgyne | 1973 to 2002[112] |
Ottawa | After Stonewall[113]
Now also an art gallery  | 1990 to ¿?  |
United States | Ellis Island, New York  | Adonis Books[114][115][116] | 1967 to ¿?[117] |
New Orleans, Louisiana  | Beckham’s Bookshop[118][119]
No longer focusing on LGBT+ books  | 1967 to ¿?  |
New York, New York  | Oscar Wilde Bookshop[4][120] | 1967 to 2009[121][122] |
Minneapolis, Minnesota | Amazon Bookstore Cooperative[123] | 1970 to 2012[124] |
A Brother's Touch Bookshop[125] | 1983 to 2014[126] |
Dalas, Texas
Austin, Texas
Houston, Texas  | Lobo Bookshop[127] | 1973 to 1988[128]
1986 to 2004[128] |
Washington D. C.
Baltimore, Maryland
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Norfolk, Virginia | Lambda Rising[129][130] | 1974 to 2008
1984 to 2008
1991 to 2010
1996 to 2007[131] |
San Francisco, California  | Paperback Traffic[132] | 1972 to 1982[114] |
Old Wives Tales[133][134] | 1976 to 1995[135] |
Walt Whitman Bookshop[136][137] | 1978 to 1980[114] |
Noe Books and News[138] | 1980s a ¿?[114] |
Love That Dares[139] | 1987 to 1988[114] |
Los Angeles, California
San Francisco, California
New York, New York  | A Different Light[114] | 1979 to 2009[9]
1985 to 2001[9][140]
1983 to 2011[141] |
Bloomington, Indiana | Dreams and Swords
Previously Aquarius Books  | 1986 to 1988[142] |
Houston, Texas  | Wilde 'N' Stein[143][144][145] | 1977 to 1986[128] |
Inklings Bookshop[146][145] | 1988 to 1997[128] |
Crossroads Market[147] | 1992 to 2002[128] |
San Diego, California  | Obelisk Shoppe[148] | 1992 to 2011[9] |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin  | Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee[149]
Previously Afterwords Bookstore and Espresso Bar  | 1993 to 2023[150] |
Atlanta, Georgia  | Outwrite[9][151] | 1994 to 2012[152] |
Nashville, Tennessee | Outloud[153][154] | 1995 to 2010[155] |
Boston, Massachusetts | Calamus[9][156][157] | 2000 to 2016[158] |
West Hollywood, California  | Circus of Books[159] |  |

### Europe

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Germany | Hamburg | Männerschwarm[160] | 1981 to 2015[161] |
Frankfurt | Oscar Wilde[162] | 1994 to ¿?[163][164] |
Scotland | Edinburgh  | First of May Bookshop | 1977 to 1990[165] |
Spain | Barcelona  | Cómplices[9] | 1994 to 2022[166] |
Bilbao | Safo de Lesbos[167] | 2005 to ¿?[168] |
Sevilla | Librería Mira[169][170] |  |
Valencia | El Cobertizo[171] | 1997 to 2004  |
France | Paris  | Blue Book[172] | 2003 to 2008[4] |
Lyon | Etat d’Esprit[173] | ¿? a 2009  |
Marsella | Les Mots pour le dire[172] | ¿? a 2008[4] |
Italy | Milan | Babele[174][175][176] | 1987 to 2012[177] |
Rome | 1993 to 2009[177] |
Netherlands | Nijmegen | De Feeks[178][179] | 1977 to 2022[180] |
Amsterdam | Intermale[181] | 1984 to 2011[182][183] |
Vrolijk[184][185]
Now online  | 1984 to ¿?  |
Portugal | Lisboa | Esquina Cor de Rosa[186] | 1999 to 2006[4] |
Sweden | Stockholm | Rosa Rummet[187][188][189] | 1981 to 2001[190] |

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## Further reading

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* GLBTQ Bookstores, American Library Association