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em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p data-no-id="1" class="body-dropp css-hxci et3p2gv0">In March 2020, married uple Amy Elkavich and MerryBeth Burgs were gettg ready to lnch their pennt, LGBTQ- and woman-foced bookstore, <style data-emotn="css 9cezh6">{-webk-text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn-thickns:0.0625rem;text-ratn-lor:her;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;lor:#E61957;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;}{lor:#595959;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;}</style><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="hello aga books" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">hello aga books</a>, their zy ltle Florida nook of Coa Village. Loted along Florida’s “Space Coast,” known for s proximy to the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, Coa Village is an eclectic muny wh clothg boutiqu, gift shops, rtrants, and craft breweri; once upon a time, there even ed to be a gay bookstore and bar, but those had long sce closed when Elkavich and Burgs moved there. </p><style data-emotn="css aeyldl">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p data-no-id="2" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Still, the pair saw an opportuny—a need, as Elkavich told Oprah Daily, to “serve as an clive and safe space for those who seek one,” to make their muny a more welg and iendly space. “Visibily is everythg small towns, where books are some of the only wdows to a more acceptg world.”</p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="3" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><style data-emotn="css 1eiql25">{text-align:center;marg:0rem;paddg-top:0.9375rem;paddg-bottom:0.9375rem;}</style><blockquote class="css-1eiql25 e1pe3zr91"><style data-emotn="css 1um4foy">{ntent:'“';display:block;font-fay:Juana,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:4.375rem;le-height:1.1;font-weight:300;height:2.25rem;marg-bottom:1.2rem;}</style><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1um4foy eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css aqnz0y">{font-fay:Juana,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.625rem;font-weight:300;letter-spacg:0.01em;le-height:1.2;marg:0rem;text-transform:upperse;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.25rem;le-height:1;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:2.375rem;le-height:1;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.75rem;le-height:1;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><blockquote class="css-aqnz0y e1pe3zr90">“Visibily is everythg small towns, where books are some of the only wdows to a more acceptg world.”</blockquote><style data-emotn="css 5cb97h">{ntent:'”';display:block;font-fay:Juana,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:4.375rem;le-height:1.1;font-weight:300;height:2.25rem;marg-top:0.9375rem;}</style><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-5cb97h eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="4" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Visibily allows people wh margalized inti to see themselv and their stori reflected and worthy of art. <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="As Oprah herself recently wrote" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">As Oprah herself recently wrote</a>: “When we see ourselv, our prence and existence the world has been validated.” Addnally, reprentatn n help prospective alli unrstand and bee better advot for dividuals and groups whose experienc diverge om theirs. Or as Ey Autenrieth, owner of <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="A Seat at the Table" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">A Seat at the Table</a> Elk Grove, California, puts : “We’re here both for the margalized groups that need that kd of safe, clive space, and for all the people our muny who want to be good alli or acplic but don’t yet know how.”</p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="5" data-embed="edorial-lk" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><style data-emotn="css y6rgkz">{borr:th solid #CDCDCD;borr-bottom:th solid black;borr-left:0;borr-right:0;borr-top:th solid black;borr-width:0.75rem;marg-bottom:1.875rem;marg-top:1.875rem;paddg:0.625rem 0 0.25rem;}@media(max-width: 73.75rem){{marg-top:1.875rem;marg-bottom:1.875rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{marg-top:2.5rem;marg-bottom:2.5rem;}}</style><asi class="css-y6rgkz e6pr2lz5"><style data-emotn="css whsy2b">{borr-bottom:th solid black;display:block;font-fay:Juana,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:500;letter-spacg:0.1em;marg:0rem;marg-bottom:0.3125rem;paddg-bottom:0.625rem;text-transform:upperse;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.2;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.3125rem;le-height:1.2;}}</style><h6 class="css-whsy2b e6pr2lz3"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css 8lle59">{max-width:lc(100% - 120px - .625rem);}</style><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">Related Stori</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></h6><style data-emotn="css c4s2gi">{paddg:0rem;marg:0rem;list-style:none;}</style><ul class="css-c4s2gi e6pr2lz4"><style data-emotn="css 1b7ml99">{font-fay:Juana,Geia,Tim,Serif;paddg-top:0.9375rem;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{font-size:1.125rem;le-height:1.2;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.2;}}{borr-bottom:th solid black;paddg-bottom:1.25rem;} a{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;lor:her;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;} a:hover{lor:#595959;} a>img{borr-radi:0.1875rem;}</style><li class="css-1b7ml99 e6pr2lz2"><style data-emotn="css 1bn7a5e">{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-box-flex-wrap:wrap;-webk-flex-wrap:wrap;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;-webk-flex-directn:row;-ms-flex-directn:row;flex-directn:row;-webk-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webk-jtify-ntent:flex-start;jtify-ntent:flex-start;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;}</style><a href="/entertament/books/a33497812/black-owned-bookstor/" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="A Directory of Black-Owned U.S. Bookstor" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Edorial Lks" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" class="css-1bn7a5e e1c1bym14"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css 1l0u1">{marg-right:0.625rem;height:to;}</style><img src="" alt="black bookstor map" tle="A Directory of Black-Owned U.S. Bookstor" width="120" height="100%" dg="async" loadg="lazy" image-align="left" class="css-1l0u1 e6pr2lz0" /><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">A Directory of Black-Owned U.S. Bookstor</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></a></li><li class="css-1b7ml99 e6pr2lz2"><a href="/entertament/books/g27455697/bt-lgbtq-books-ever/" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="115 Queer Authors Share Their Fave LGBTQ Books" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Edorial Lks" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" class="css-1bn7a5e e1c1bym14"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><img src="" alt="lgbtq books" tle="115 Queer Authors Share Their Fave LGBTQ Books" width="120" height="100%" dg="async" loadg="lazy" image-align="left" class="css-1l0u1 e6pr2lz0" /><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">115 Queer Authors Share Their Fave LGBTQ Books</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></a></li><li class="css-1b7ml99 e6pr2lz2"><a href="/entertament/books/g33510335/bt-lgbtq-books-2021/" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="The Bt LGBTQ Books of 2021 So Far" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Edorial Lks" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" class="css-1bn7a5e e1c1bym14"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><img src="" alt="lgbtq books 2021" tle="The Bt LGBTQ Books of 2021 So Far" width="120" height="100%" dg="async" loadg="lazy" image-align="left" class="css-1l0u1 e6pr2lz0" /><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">The Bt LGBTQ Books of 2021 So Far</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></a></li></ul></asi></div><p data-no-id="6" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A Seat at the Table also opened 2020, first as a pop-up but wh plans to eventually open a physil lotn. Their hometown, a “quiet ltle suburb” 20 mut outsi Sacramento, has not tradnally been a bastn of progrsivism, but that is rapidly changg, wh Autenrieth as one of the entreprenrs at the foreont of that shift. Her store's name is a nod to the progrs beg ma, and was created to be a bean of Elk Grove’s creasg diversy.</p><p data-no-id="7" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A Seat at the Table and hello aga books are jt a few of many LGBTQ-owned stor we spoke to for this article that have spng up wh the past two years specifilly. Montgomery, Alabama’s <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="1977 Books" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">1977 Books</a> opened September of 2019, as did Mneapolis, Mnota’s <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="The Irreverent Bookworm" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">The Irreverent Bookworm</a>. In early 2020, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Tombolo Books" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Tombolo Books</a>—so named for the bridge that nnects an island to the maland—opened St. Petersburg, Florida. And more are on the way: After a succsful crowdfundg mpaign, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="The Salt Eaters" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">The Salt Eaters</a> Inglewood, California—a lerary hub centered on the stori of Black women, girls, femm, and nonbary people—is set to open s physil lotn later this year. Dto for <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Unr the Umbrella Bookstore" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Unr the Umbrella Bookstore</a> Salt Lake Cy, Utah, forthg this fall. </p><p data-no-id="8" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">But LGBTQ-owned bookstor have been around for s. Found 1973 the Cy of Brotherly Love, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Philly AIDS Thrift @ Gvanni’s Room" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Philly AIDS Thrift @ Gvanni’s Room</a>—honorg <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Jam Baldw’s queer classic" data-vars-ga-product-id="5b114439-b1f2-459c-885f-9ab13c7ed2e0" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$12.88" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="7e0e5088-a14e-42eb-85e2-c3beb353967a" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Horror" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">Jam Baldw’s queer classic</a>—is perhaps the olst survivg LGBTQ and femist bookstore Ameri. <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Charis Books and More" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Charis Books and More</a>, Detur, Geia, was lnched a year later. <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="A Room of One's Own" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">A Room of One's Own</a> has been a fixture downtown Madison, Wisns sce 1975, and Chigo’s <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Women and Children First" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Women and Children First</a> was started 1979 by two women who fell love as stunts at the Universy of Illois. </p><p data-no-id="9" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">The stor are more than shops to browse for books; they are hubs for both entertament and enlightenment, meetg grounds for hearts and mds. They are, above all, val muny spac. </p><p data-no-id="10" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">As Shane Khosropour, Manager and Frontlist Buyer at <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Unabridged Bookstore" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Unabridged Bookstore</a> Chigo, told : “I have heard om so many queer people over the years that Unabridged has been a sacred space for them, a place where they feel like they belong, where they will not be judged, where they feel seen and nnected.” </p><p data-no-id="11" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Below, we’ve put together a prehensive directory of LGBTQ-owned bookstor across Ameri, shops that go above and beyond sellg hardvers and paperbacks to foster a sense of muny, acceptance, and solidary. We'll ntue to add to this list, and if there are any that we missed, please make sure to let know the ments below! From New York to San Francis, om Montgomery, Alabama to Verona, Wisns, we hope you'll fd an die bookstore near you to support—durg Pri month and beyond. </p><p data-no-id="12" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="back" data-no-id="13"><br /></div><p data-no-id="14" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><style data-emotn="css 1m6q79k">{font-fay:Juana,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:normal;letter-spacg:-0.005em;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.875rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(max-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.125rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg-top:1.875rem;marg-bottom:1.875rem;font-size:2.375rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.625rem;le-height:1.1;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><h2 data-no-id="15" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0">Fd a Bookstore by State</h2><p data-no-id="16" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><a href="#arizona" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Alabama</a> | <a href="#arizona" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Arizona</a> | <a href="#arkansas" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Arkansas</a> | <a href="#lifornia" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">California</a> | <a href="#florida" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Florida</a> | <a href="#geia" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Geia</a> | <a href="#hawaii" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Hawaii</a> | <a href="#illois" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Illois</a> | <a href="#louisiana" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Louisiana</a> | <a href="#maryland" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Maryland/Washgton D.C.</a> | <a href="#massachetts" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Massachetts</a> | <a href="#mnota" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Mnota</a> | <a href="#mississippi" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Mississippi</a> | <a href="#missouri" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Missouri</a> | <a href="#montana" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Montana</a> | <a href="#newjersey" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">New Jersey</a> | <a href="#newyork" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">New York</a> | <a 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The bety of specializg romance is that TRB's shelv n f a broad range of this credibly diverse genre, cludg books om die prs where margalized romance stori thrive.” <br /><br />—Casey McQuiston, thor of <em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="One Last Stop" data-vars-ga-product-id="1c72f0e0-5e75-49d6-b740-d0884f264b" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="St. Mart's Griff" data-vars-ga-product-price="$15.80" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a114418b-c954-4b9a-a306-198c6c9f6ac9" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="St. Mart's Griff" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Ctom Stor" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">One Last Stop</a></em> </p><ul data-no-id="42" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Lavenr Library</strong>, Sacramento, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li><li><strong>Dog Eared Books</strong>, San Francis, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="43" class="body-tip css-1x55rhv et3p2gv0">“I love Dog Eared Books' taste and curatn, and I've also found them to be credibly kd. 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There was no sneakg a py of <em>Gvanni's Room</em> to the safer Entertament sectn to get a taste of Jam Baldw's electric prose, or hidg a py of <em>The Advote</em> si an issue of <em>Popular Mechanics</em>. LGBTQ bookstor celebrated who I was and ma me feel like I too might one day have a voice. Unabridged Bookstore has been a Chigo stutn for more than forty years. Owners Ed Deverex and Patrick Gart have assembled an credible team of booksellers and kept the store foced on the one thg a bookstore should put ont and center: <em>books</em>. When I vis Unabridged, I do so as the btsellg thor of three queer novels—somethg I uld barely allow myself to dream when I was young. But the thrill is still the same. A maze of tightly packed shelv. Booksellers who are book <em>lovers</em>, and who proudly look you the eye and se. Story after story that celebrat diversy and livg open and thentic liv. And no ls feels like home.” <br /><br />—Steven Rowley, thor of <em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="The Guncle" data-vars-ga-product-id="0dc4fc-bf81-4a63-90be-2a734167da32" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="G.P. Putnam's Sons" data-vars-ga-product-price="$25.11" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="147ccd9c-cf60-4c9f-8468-a31a9c5449" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="G.P. Putnam's Sons" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Fay Life" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">The Guncle</a></em></p><ul data-no-id="72" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>L. on Fire Books</strong>, Peoria, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><hr data-no-id="73" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="74" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em><strong><a href="#back" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">BACK TO THE TOP</a></strong></em></p><p data-no-id="75" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="louisiana" data-no-id="76"><br /></div><p data-no-id="77" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><hr data-no-id="78" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><h2 data-no-id="79" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">Louisiana<br /></h2><ul data-no-id="80" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Besoleil Books</strong>, Lafayette, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li><li><strong>Tubby & Coo's Mid-Cy Book Shop</strong>, New Orleans, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li></ul><p data-no-id="81" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="maryland" data-no-id="82"><br /></div><p data-no-id="83" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><hr data-no-id="84" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><h2 data-no-id="85" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">Maryland/Washgton D.C.<br /></h2><ul data-no-id="86" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehoe</strong>, Baltimore, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li><li><strong>Kramers</strong>, Washgton D.C., <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li><li><strong>Loyalty Bookstor</strong>, Silver Sprg, MD & Washgton D.C., <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="87" class="body-tip css-1x55rhv et3p2gv0">“Loyalty Bookstore go above and beyond to promote queer books. Hannah Oliver Depp is not only a fabulo bookseller, but she is also one of the bt people I have ever met. Everyone who works there is so smart and talented! The tim that I've been able to hang out there person have been some of the nict tim of my life. They are really creative wh book events, too: They threw a bnch for my book tour that had THEMED COCKTAILS! Incredible! Their staff is supremely knowledgeable, the book selectn is next level and extremely gay, and they work so tirelsly to brg their muny together. I drk ffee out of my Loyalty Bookstore ffee mug every morng!” <br /><br />—Kristen Art, thor of <em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Wh Teeth" data-vars-ga-product-id="3f2cd7f7-dcba-4e6b-9e-1c39b97ddccb" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$25.11" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="3a93df09-58ba-4f6b-9a26-aa1b97891c9a" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Fay Life Fictn" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">Wh Teeth</a></em></p><p data-no-id="88" class="body-tip css-1x55rhv et3p2gv0">“I suppose 's panmic-appropriate that my favore queer-owned bookstore is one I haven't set foot . Loyalty ptured my heart when I did <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="a readg" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">a readg</a> they sponsored wh a bunch of AAPI wrers back April, and my admiratn for the wonrful folks there led by owner Hannah Oliver Depp and Programs Manager Christe Bollow has only grown sce. Whether checkg out their latt staff picks or lookg through their amazg thor events, I always know that the folks at Loyalty are puttg queer and BIPOC books ont and center, which has allowed them to build an amazg muny both on and offle. I n't wa to drop by the next time I'm DC!” <br /><br />—Meredh Talan, thor of <em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Fairt" data-vars-ga-product-id="3b8dc105-64b2-4ac0-aba2-db998b512841" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$24.84" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="79a44762-f723-4e53-87bd-dfb7759fd451" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">Fairt</a></em><br /></p><p data-no-id="89" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="massachetts" data-no-id="90"><br /></div><p data-no-id="91" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="92" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0"><hr class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /></h2><h2 data-no-id="93" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">Massachetts</h2><ul data-no-id="94" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>East End Books</strong>, Provcetown, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="95" class="body-tip css-1x55rhv et3p2gv0">“Provcetown’s East End Books is posned directly on the beach, wh a view of the town wharf, two lightho, swimmers, and boats movg and out of the harbor. But you’d be fiven if you were too absorbed wh the books on the tabl to lift your head. Jeff Peters’ store rri both the latt LGBTQ and general lerary tl, but s foundatn the former is clear on every shelf. The store also hosts a lively seri of early eveng events, eher onle or -person, that make for pleasg relief after a hot day at the beach or walkg up and down Commercial Street.”<br /><br />—Pl Lisicky, thor of <em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Later: My Life at the Edge of the World" data-vars-ga-product-id="dd30bf40-0a20-4ec1-8fc5-40ab781c6ee2" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$14.72" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="63cea590-2b1c-4a59-a562-c793948fb7" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Historil" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">Later: My Life at the Edge of the World</a></em><br /></p><ul data-no-id="96" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Womencrafts</strong>, Provcetown, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li><li><strong>All She Wrote</strong>, Somerville, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li></ul><p data-no-id="97" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="mnota" data-no-id="98"><br /></div><p data-no-id="99" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><hr data-no-id="100" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><h2 data-no-id="101" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">Mnota<br /></h2><ul data-no-id="102" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Black Gar Books</strong>, Mneapolis, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li><li><strong>The Irreverent Bookworm</strong>, Mneapolis, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><hr data-no-id="103" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="104" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><a href="#back" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><em><strong>BACK TO THE TOP</strong></em></a></p><hr data-no-id="105" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="106" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="mississippi" data-no-id="107"><br /></div><p data-no-id="108" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="109" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">Mississippi<br /></h2><ul data-no-id="110" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Vlet Valley</strong>, Water Valley, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="111" class="body-tip css-1x55rhv et3p2gv0">“The Vlet Valley Bookstore Water Valley, MS, is nothg short of a miracle. When I first vised, I had been gog around the state, promotg my short story llectn, and I stopped to sign some pi of my book. Loted a narrow buildg on Water Valley’s Ma Street, the store is a small oasis of queer joy and acceptance. So much Southern queerns one place: Fannie Flag, Dorothy Alison, Jericho Brown, Thomas Hal Phillips, Randall Kenan, Mnie Bce Pratt. I purchased some books, bought a pk Vlet Valley T-shirt, and had my picture taken ont of the rabow flag that hangs bi the sh register. I may have also shed a few tears. As a closeted teenager, growg up about an hour away, I never uld have imaged such a place would ever exist my neck of the woods. For the first time my life, I felt at home while at home. Vlet Valley is more than a bookstore; is a ttament to queer gumptn and rilience.”<br /><br />—Nick Whe, thor of <em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Sweet and Low" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">Sweet and Low</a></em></p><p data-no-id="112" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="missouri" data-no-id="113"><br /></div><p data-no-id="114" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="115" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0"><hr class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /></h2><h2 data-no-id="116" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">Missouri</h2><ul data-no-id="117" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Left Bank Books</strong>, St. Louis, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="118" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="montana" data-no-id="119"><br /></div><p data-no-id="120" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><hr data-no-id="121" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><h2 data-no-id="122" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">Montana<br /></h2><ul data-no-id="123" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Montana Book Company</strong>, Helena, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="124" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="newjersey" data-no-id="125"><br /></div><p data-no-id="126" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><hr data-no-id="127" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><h2 data-no-id="128" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">New Jersey<br /></h2><ul data-no-id="129" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Here’s the Story</strong>, Unn, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><hr data-no-id="130" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="131" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em><strong><a href="#back" class="css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">BACK TO THE TOP</a></strong></em></p><p data-no-id="132" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="newyork" data-no-id="133"><br /></div><p data-no-id="134" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><hr data-no-id="135" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><h2 data-no-id="136" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">New York<br /></h2><ul data-no-id="137" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Rt Belt Books</strong>, Buffalo, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li><li><strong>Blutockgs Bookstore</strong>, Cafe & Activist Center, New York, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="138" class="body-tip css-1x55rhv et3p2gv0">“I uldn’t be gay Jamai. And when I moved to Ameri to attend llege, I didn’t e out there eher. However, one place where I uld be myself was between the pag of books. My iend Micheal, who was a gay man of Honduran and Mexin scent, troduced me to Blutockgs Bookstore the East Village. We lived on Long Island but would hop on the LIRR on weekends the summers to the cy where we uld eely dulge queer fictn whout our immigrant fai fdg out. I was forted by the fact that so many others felt the way I did. I sought solace lbian and gay fictn si Blutockgs. For the first time ever, I felt a sense of muny and acceptance.”<br /><br />—Nile Dennis-Benn, thor of <em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Patsy" data-vars-ga-product-id="97d0cf28-2bf5-4b60-82fb-6ebd39c96fb9" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$15.59" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="4eadf1c5-55ec-407b-9dd4-97f69efa8e8e" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Cricism & Theory" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">Patsy</a></em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn data-vars-ga-product-id="48cc13fe-c920-4207-9eae-e2b0f165ec2c" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$0.00" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="da8ffc4a-54f6-43d1-b495-cc7bcfac02a6" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0"><br /></a></p><ul data-no-id="139" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Bure of General Servic</strong>—Queer Divisn, New York, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" data-vars-ga-product-id="48cc13fe-c920-4207-9eae-e2b0f165ec2c" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$0.00" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="da8ffc4a-54f6-43d1-b495-cc7bcfac02a6" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="140" class="body-tip css-1x55rhv et3p2gv0">“The Bure of General Servic—Queer Divisn is an pennt, all-volunteer queer cultural center, bookstore, and event space loted si of <a href=";!!Ivohdkk!0n6plT8Wcf39lE4IsHLtoj_zOI3mmkCe_sfgUycjbgWnBv8JMvp1zfiIcfKv$" tle=";!!Ivohdkk!0n6plT8Wcf39lE4IsHLtoj_zOI3mmkCe_sfgUycjbgWnBv8JMvp1zfiIcfKv$" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=";!!Ivohdkk!0n6plT8Wcf39lE4IsHLtoj_zOI3mmkCe_sfgUycjbgWnBv8JMvp1zfiIcfKv$" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0">The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center</a> New York Cy. I've eher attend or participated some of the most memorable readgs of my life at BSGQD. I saw Sybil Lamb climb the walls here durg a readg, I bated Jackie Ess about trans l, I've seen most of the wrers I know read here at one time or another. The people who n are jt down for lettg queer lerary people experiment for an dience their space. And then afterward, you n go walk down the hall and hang out the former bathroom/pricels piece of art, pated on every wall by Keh Harg.” <br /><br />—Torrey Peters, thor of <em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Detransn, Baby" data-vars-ga-product-id="2b47e092-f3c7-42be-a189-dc3399a0d3aa" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-price="$25.11" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="50aa294f-be7b-4e07-b563-d65d041f2593" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">Detransn, Baby</a></em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"><br /></a></p><ul data-no-id="141" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>W.Whman Books</strong>, Middleburgh, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li><li><strong>One Grand Books</strong>, Narrowsburg, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="142" class="body-tip css-1x55rhv et3p2gv0">“How do we fd out about great gay novels—on that speak to and for and not jt about ? Usually, that om personal remendatns by great gay iends. In 2015, former <em>Out Magaze</em> edor Aaron Hickl took his love of books 125 north of New York Cy and opened his own bookstore, One Grand Books, the ty village of Narrowsburg, right on the bend of the Delaware River. At first, Hickl’s ncept may seem a touch smopolan for untry life. He asks celebrated biblphil for a list of their ten favore books, and the shelv of his adorable, mornist shop are filled wh their h-lists of readg treasur. This approach mak for an timate experience, where a lot of queer wrers hand-select the tl that have spired them, many of which you might not fd the petive marketg of tradnal retail bookstor. Wrers clu Alan Hollghurst, Marlon Jam, Eileen Myl, Ja Mock, Edmund Whe, and Douglas Stuart. Hickl’s bookstore has proven such a succs, he’s started a l magaze, a podst, a summer lerary ftival, and he’s openg a send One Grand a nearby town upstate. So, yeah, let’s not ever aga let LGBTQ books be nmned to a sgle alternative-liftyle shelf the back of a bookstore.”<br /><br />—Christopher Bollen, thor of <em><a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="A Betiful Crime" data-vars-ga-product-id="a987b1ad-70cf-41da-966d-2764a0d0c6" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Harper" data-vars-ga-product-price="$28.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="6d8cd4f1-b27c-4bdb-9ff4-6156c6ad09a5" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Harper" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Psychologil" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">A Betiful Crime</a></em><br /></p><ul data-no-id="143" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Astoria Bookshop</strong>, Queens, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="144" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="northrola" data-no-id="145"><br /></div><p data-no-id="146" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><hr data-no-id="147" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><h2 data-no-id="148" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">North Carola<br /></h2><ul data-no-id="149" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Firtorm Books & Coffee</strong>, Asheville, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li><li><strong>Foggy Pe Books</strong>, Boone, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li><li><strong>Rofhiwa Book Café</strong>, Durham, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="150" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="oregon" data-no-id="151"><br /></div><p data-no-id="152" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><hr data-no-id="153" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><h2 data-no-id="154" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">Oregon<br /></h2><ul data-no-id="155" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Another Read Through</strong>, Portland, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li><li><strong>Broadway Books</strong>, Portland, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="156" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="pennsylvania" data-no-id="157"><br /></div><p data-no-id="158" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="159" class="body-h2 css-1m6q79k et3p2gv0"><hr class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /></h2><h2 data-no-id="160" class="body-h3 css-1hebhcf et3p2gv0">Pennsylvania </h2><ul data-no-id="161" class="css-19p7hma et3p2gv0"><li><strong>Big Blue Marble Books</strong>, Philalphia, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a> </li><li><strong>Philly AIDS Thrift @ Gvanni’s Room</strong>, Philalphia, <a href=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn=" class="body-lk css-9cezh6 et3p2gv0"></a></li></ul><p data-no-id="162" class="body-tip css-1x55rhv et3p2gv0">“Many of the LGBTQIA+ bookstor I ed to patronize are, sadly, no longer operatn. But one that I vis whenever I’m Philly still stands: Gvanni’s Room. Named after the classic novel by Jam Baldw, Gvanni’s Room has been operatn sce 1973—although , too, closed s doors 2014, but was thankfully revived by the Philly AIDS Thrift anizatn. One of my favore thgs about the bookshop, other than beg a safe space where members of LGBTQIA+ muni n fd both historil and ntemporary works by and about , is the lovely ltle red brick buildg ’s hoed . It’s quat enough to have been plucked om the pag of some 18th-century novel, and mak me thk of romance whenever I see . 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However, when you buy somethg through our retail lks, we may earn an affiliate missn.</p></div></div></div><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bectqB body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Queer love has existed for as long as romance self has been around. And ever sce the advent of <a href=" target="_blank">romance books</a>, there has been a quiet rner of the shelf dited to LGBTQ+ stori — but that rner has been gettg lour and bigger recent years. Queer fictn, and queer romance specifilly, has seen a huge spike sal, even as anti-LGBTQ+ policians have sentially <a href=" target="_blank">clared a war on books</a> schools and public librari. You n try to put obstacl their way, but rears will get what they want.</p><p>Wh LGBTQ+ romance stori more mastream and easier to fd than ever, we’re a ltle spoiled for choice. And ’s about time! We all want to see our own reali reflected the stori we read. Reprentatn is credibly important. As much as we may want to unqutnably love and value our own experienc wh love, there’s somethg powerful about the validatn we get om seeg our love stori reflected back to ntemporary fictn. </p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>While there are a wealth of excellent LGBTQ+ novels that are worth a read right now, below are 10 of the bt ntemporary romance novels celebratg queer and trans love.</p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Friday, I’m Love</strong></em> <strong>by Camryn Garrett</strong></div><div data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Friday I’m Love by Camryn Garrett","brand":{"name":""},"id":"63e17cc9d34a14fe724d21","offers":[{"offerUrl":"18","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="63e17cc9d34a14fe724d21" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Friday I’m Love by Camryn Garrett</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$18atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="63e17cc9d34a14fe724d21" aria-label="$18 at Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$18</span> at Bookshop</span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Come for the betiful, vibrant book ver, and stay for the heart-warmg love story.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>In Camryn Garrett’s <a href=" target="_blank">mt-read YA rom-</a>, ’s too late for protagonist Mahalia to have a Sweet Sixteen Party, but ’s the perfect time for her to have a g out party! But if Mahalia wants to have the celebratn of her dreams, she’ll have to save, budget, try on drs, and plan everythg so that the whole thg go off whout a hch… all while keepg up her gras school and dog her bt to ignore sni remarks om her bigoted classmat.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="whhkof"></div></div><p>This book tells the bt kd of love story — one that foc on fdg romance by first fdg self-love. It’s a story about embracg and celebratg everythg that mak you unique. In other words, this is the perfect romance novel to read at a time when we’re all workg toward embracg our full selv.</p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Never Ever Gettg Back Together</strong></em> <strong>by Sophie Gonzal</strong></div><div data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Never Ever Gettg Back Together by Sophie Gonzal","brand":{"name":""},"id":"63e17dda566ab3dcf5648375","offers":[{"offerUrl":"18","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="63e17dda566ab3dcf5648375" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Never Ever Gettg Back Together by Sophie Gonzal</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$18atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="63e17dda566ab3dcf5648375" aria-label="$18 at Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$18</span> at Bookshop</span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>If you’ve been watchg <a href=" target="_blank"><em>The Bachelor</em></a> and sperately hopg would get a whole lot queerer, <em>Never Ever Gettg Back Together</em> is your book. Two years ago, Maya dumped her boyiend Jordy after she found out he cheated on her. Now she n’t stop seeg his face everywhere. After Jordy’s sister married a royal, Jordy beme a media darlg. 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Did you know there’s a whole slew of rom- books set on realy okg shows? The bt (and queert) of those is <em>Love & Other Disasters</em> by Ana Kelly. </p><p>Dahlia Woodson is reverg om her recent divorce and she’s ready to do somethg dargly out-of-character, so she signs up to pete on the realy TV petn show <em>Chef’s Special.</em> Dahlia has her heart set on wng to prove herself, but then she meets nonbary nttant London. London Parker knows their journey on <em>Chef’s Special</em> won’t be an easy one after they announce their pronouns on natnal televisn. But they’re here to prove the trolls (and their father) wrong. Fallg love wh a fellow nttant wasn’t part of the plan, but Dahlia is hard to rist.</p><p><em>Love & Other Disasters</em> is a steamy romantic but that will get your pulse racg. 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