List of LGBTQ 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

Asia

Country	City	Name	Opening Year	Image
Taiwan	Taipei	Gin Gin[1]	1999[2]

America

Country	City	Name	Opening year	Image
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]
	Seattle, Washington	Charlie's Queer Books	2023[33]
	Asheville, North Carolina	Firestorm Books & Coffee	2008[34]
	Salt Lake City, Utah	Under the Umbrella Bookstore[35]	2021[36]
	Washington, D.C.	Little District Books[37]	2022[38]
Mexico	Mexico City	El Armario Abierto[39]	1998[40]
		Somos voces[41][42][43] Voces en Tinta until 2012	2005[2]

Europe

Country	City	Name	Opening Year	Image
Germany	Mannheim Cologne	Der Andere Buchladen[44][45]	1978[46]
	Berlín	Prinz Eisenherz[4]	1978[47][2]
	Stuttgart	Erlkönig[48][4]	1983[49]
Austria	Vienna	Berg und Löwenherz[50]	1993[51]
Spain	Madrid	Berkana[52][53]	1993[54]
		A Different Life[55][56]
		Mary Read[57]	2020
	Barcelona	Antinous[58]	1997[59]
		La Raposa[60][61]	2017[62]
		Acció Perifèrica	2022[63]
France	Paris	Les Mots à la Bouche[64][9]	1980[65][2]
	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	Porto	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

Country	City	Name	Opening year	Image
Australia	Sydney	The Bookshop Darlinghurst[103]	1982[104]
	Melbourne	Hares & Hyenas[105]	1991[2]

Closed bookstores

Asia

Country	City	Name	Years	Image
Taiwan	Taipei	Fembooks (女書店) Now online[106]	1994 to 2017[107]

America

Country	City	Name	Years	Image
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

Country	City	Name	Years	Image
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]
	Seville	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	Lisbon	Esquina Cor de Rosa[186]	1999 to 2006[4]
Sweden	Stockholm	Rosa Rummet[187][188][189]	1981 to 2001[190]