List of LGBT 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, Carolina del Norte	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	Ciudad de México	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] o 1981[66]
	Nice	Librairie Vigna[67]	2011[68]
England	London	Gay's the Word[9][4]	1979[69][2]
		The Common Press[70]	2021[71]
	York	The Portal Bookshop	2019[72]
	Birmingham	Proud Geek[73]	2020[74]
	Leeds	The Bookish Type	2020[75]
	Manchester	Queer Lit	2021[76]
	Manchester	Gay Pride Shop	2014
	Darlington	The Queerish Bookshop	2023
	Durham	Bookwyrm	2022
Scotland	Edinburgh	Lavender Menace Bookshop[77] Now also an archive	1982[78]
		Lighthouse[79]	2017[80]
	Glasgow	Category Is Books[81]	2018[82]
Wales	Aberystwyth	Gayberystwyth Books[83]	2023
	Cardiff	Shelf Life[84]	2019[85]
		Paned o Gê[86]	2020[87]
	Hay-On-Wye	Gay on Wye[88]	2023[89]
Italy	Milan Rome	Antigone Books[90]	2016[2]
Netherlands	Utrecht	Boekwinkel Savannah Bay[91]	1975[92][2]
Portugal	Oporto	Livraria aberta[93]	2021[94]
Sweden	Malmö	PAGE 28[95]	2020[96]
Switzerland	Basel	Arcados[97]	1974[98]
	Bern	Queerbooks[99][100]	2013[101]
Poland	Poznań	Księgarnia Stonewall[102]	2015[103]

Oceania

Country	City	Name	Opening year	Image
Australia	Sydney	The Bookshop Darlinghurst[104]	1982[105]
	Melbourne	Hares & Hyenas[106]	1991[2]

Closed bookstores

Asia

Country	City	Name	Years	Image
Taiwan	Taipei	Fembooks (女書店) Now online[107]	1994 to 2017[108]

America

Country	City	Name	Years	Image
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Otras Letras[109][110]	2009 to 2013[111][112]
Canada	Montreal	Librairie L'Androgyne	1973 to 2002[113]
	Ottawa	After Stonewall[114] Now also an art gallery	1990 to ¿?
United States	Ellis Island, New York	Adonis Books[115][116][117]	1967 to ¿?[118]
	New Orleans, Louisiana	Beckham’s Bookshop[119][120] No longer focusing on LGBT+ books	1967 to ¿?
	New York, New York	Oscar Wilde Bookshop[4][121]	1967 to 2009[122][123]
	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Amazon Bookstore Cooperative[124]	1970 to 2012[125]
		A Brother's Touch Bookshop[126]	1983 to 2014[127]
	Dalas, Texas Austin, Texas Houston, Texas	Lobo Bookshop[128]	1973 to 1988[129] 1986 to 2004[129]
	Washington D. C. Baltimore, Maryland Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Norfolk, Virginia	Lambda Rising[130][131]	1974 to 2008 1984 to 2008 1991 to 2010 1996 to 2007[132]
	San Francisco, California	Paperback Traffic[133]	1972 to 1982[115]
		Old Wives Tales[134][135]	1976 to 1995[136]
		Walt Whitman Bookshop[137][138]	1978 to 1980[115]
		Noe Books and News[139]	1980s a ¿?[115]
		Love That Dares[140]	1987 to 1988[115]
	Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California New York, New York	A Different Light[115]	1979 to 2009[9] 1985 to 2001[9][141] 1983 to 2011[142]
	Bloomington, Indiana	Dreams and Swords Previously Aquarius Books	1986 to 1988[143]
	Houston, Texas	Wilde 'N' Stein[144][145][146]	1977 to 1986[129]
		Inklings Bookshop[147][146]	1988 to 1997[129]
		Crossroads Market[148]	1992 to 2002[129]
	San Diego, California	Obelisk Shoppe[149]	1992 to 2011[9]
	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee[150] Previously Afterwords Bookstore and Espresso Bar	1993 to 2023[151]
	Atlanta, Georgia	Outwrite[9][152]	1994 to 2012[153]
	Nashville, Tennessee	Outloud[154][155]	1995 to 2010[156]
	Boston, Massachusetts	Calamus[9][157][158]	2000 to 2016[159]
	West Hollywood, California	Circus of Books[160]

Europe

Country	City	Name	Years	Image
Germany	Hamburg	Männerschwarm[161]	1981 to 2015[162]
	Frankfurt	Oscar Wilde[163]	1994 to ¿?[164][165]
Scotland	Edinburgh	First of May Bookshop	1977 to 1990[166]
Spain	Barcelona	Cómplices[9]	1994 to 2022[167]
	Bilbao	Safo de Lesbos[168]	2005 to ¿?[169]
	Sevilla	Librería Mira[170][171]
	Valencia	El Cobertizo[172]	1997 to 2004
France	Paris	Blue Book[173]	2003 to 2008[4]
	Lyon	Etat d’Esprit[174]	¿? a 2009
	Marsella	Les Mots pour le dire[173]	¿? a 2008[4]
Italy	Milan	Babele[175][176][177]	1987 to 2012[178]
	Rome		1993 to 2009[178]
Netherlands	Nijmegen	De Feeks[179][180]	1977 to 2022[181]
	Amsterdam	Intermale[182]	1984 to 2011[183][184]
		Vrolijk[185][186] Now online	1984 to ¿?
Portugal	Lisboa	Esquina Cor de Rosa[187]	1999 to 2006[4]
Sweden	Stockholm	Rosa Rummet[188][189][190]	1981 to 2001[191]

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Further reading

• GLBTQ Bookstores, American Library Association