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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 . So ’s easy to perpetually fall love whenever I vis.”<br /><br />—Robert Jon, Jr., 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 Prophets" data-vars-ga-product-id="b182362f-bb0b-42d1-8a79-a7c4bb9c0aa0" 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="f218212e-daac-4bbd-97a1-0e45fa660aaa" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Horror" class="body-lk product-lks css-9cezh6 ebsw2pb0">The Prophets</a></em></p><p data-no-id="163" 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="164" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><div id="texas" data-no-id="165"><br /></div><p data-no-id="166" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><hr data-no-id="167" 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GAY BOOKSTOR AROUND THE WORLD
EXPLORE 8 OF THE WORLD'S ONLY REMAG GAY BOOKSTORTHE BOOKSHOPS STAND THE TT OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLASEPTEMBER 19, 2017/7:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GAY'S THE WORDBY SAM MANZELLASEPTEMBER 19, 2017 / 7:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EXPLORE 8 OF THE WORLD'S ONLY REMAG GAY BOOKSTOR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-19T11:11:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-19T11:11:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE UPON A TIME, EVERY MAJOR CY HAD A GAY BOOKSTORE—THEY WEREN'T JT PLAC TO STOCK UP ON QUEER L, BUT FACTO MUNY CENTERS. GAY BOOKSTOR OFFERED A SPACE TO MEET OTHER LGBT PEOPLE (BIS THE BARS) AND WERE OFTEN THE FIRST STOP FOR SOMEONE NEW TO TOWN. (REMEMBER, THIS IS BEFORE THE INTER.)GLAD DAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SADLY, BRICK-AND-MORTAR DITED TO LGBT TL ARE FIGHTG TO SURVIVE THE AGE OF AMAZON. BUT SEVERAL VENERABLE REPOSORI REMA, TREASURE TROV FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AND WONR FOR QUEER PEOPLE AND ALLI. BELOW, WE CELEBRATE SOME OF OUR FAVORE LGBT BOOKSTOR STILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURE OF GENERAL SERVIC-QUEER DIVISN BOOKSTORE, NEW YORKBURE OF GENERAL SERVIC-QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}208 WT 13TH STREET, ROOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NTLED SI THE NEW YORK LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR COMMUNY CENTER, THE BURE BOASTS A REFULLY CURATED LLECTN OF BOOKS, ARTWORK, Z, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OPENED BY GREG NEWTON AND DONNIE JOCHUM 2012, ALSO OFFERS A DIVERSE ROSTER OF TALKS, READGS, FILM SCREENGS, BOOK GROUPS, AND WORKSHOPS. RECENT GALLERY SHOWS CLU "LOVE ME TENR," A SURVEY OF ARTIST JARED BUCKHITER'S WORK ADDRSG THE EROTICISM OF AMERIN ARCHETYP, AND A 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBN ON THE LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GLAD DAY BOOKSHOP, TORONTOGLAD DAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}99 CHURCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOUND 1970, GLAD DAY IS THOUGHT TO BE THE OLST LGBT BOOKSHOP THE WORLD. AFTER NEARLY GOG OUT OF BS 2011, WAS PURCHASED BY A LLECTIVE AND MOVED TO A BIGGER NEW LOTN ON CHURCH STREET. GLAD DAY ALSO ALSO S OFFERGS TO CLU A FFEE SHOP, Fé, AND CKTAIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY'S THE WORD, LONDONGAY'S THE WORD/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}66 MARCHMONT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOASTG "TEXTUAL ORIENTATN" SCE 1979, GAY'S THE WORD IS A BOOKSTORE, EVENT VENUE, AND MEETG SPACE LONDON'S LERARY BLOOMSBURY NABE. LGBT GROUPS LIKE THE LBIAN DISCSN GROUP AND THE GAY BLACK GROUP HAVE MET FOR YEARS, FOSTERG A MUNY BEYOND THE WRTEN WORD. (IF YOU'RE WONRG, THE SHOP'S NAME OM A 1951 WT END MIL BY IVOR NOVELLO AND ALAN MELVILLE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUTWORDS, MILWKEEOUTWORDS: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2710 N. MURRAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER BOOKSTORE-FFEEHOE BO, OUTWORDS HAS SERVED MILWKEE'S QUEER MUNY SCE 1993. THE SHOP OFFERS A SIZEABLE LLECTN OF QUEER BOOKS, MAGAZ, AND MEDIA, AS WELL ENOUGH RABOW GEAR TO CK OUT A PRI FLOAT. CHECK THE STORE'S WEBSE FOR UPG BOOK-CLUB MEETGS AND THOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}L MOTS à LA BOUCHE, PARISWIKIPEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6 RUE SATE-CROIX LA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROUGHLY TRANSLATG TO "AT THE TIP OF THE TONGUE," THIS QUEER BIBLPHILE'S HNT IS APPROPRIATELY LOTED THE PARISIAN GAYBORHOOD OF LE MARAIS. IT OFFERS THOANDS OF FICTN TL, BGRAPHI AND HISTORIL TREATIS, AS WELL AS ICS, MAGAZ, AND DVDS (MANY OF WHICH ARE ENGLISH).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GVANNI'S ROOM, PHILALPHIAWIKIPEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}345 S 12TH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAMED AFTER JAM BALDW'S 1956 NOVEL, THIS PHILALPHIA BOOKSTORE HAS BEEN AROUND SCE THE '70S. IT CLOSED BRIEFLY 2014, REOPENG LATER THE SAME YEAR UNR THE OWNERSHIP OF PHILLY AIDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW A BATN BOOKSHOP-THRIFT STORE, GVANNI'S ROOM OFFERS A LARGE SELECTN OF NEW AND ED LGBT FICTN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRZ EISENHERZ BUCHLAN, BERLPRZ EISENHERZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOTZSTRASSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OPENED 1978, PRZ EISENHERZ BUCHLAN RRI AN EXTENSIVE ARRAY OF LGBT NOVELS, NONFICTN, PERDILS, AND Z. THE OWNERS PRI THEMSELV ON THE SHOP'S LONG HISTORY, AND S NNECTN TO THE CY'S THRIVG LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRZ EISENHERZ BUCHLAN MOVED LOTNS THREE TIM BEFORE SETTLG TO S CURRENT SPACE THE CENTRAL SCHöNEBERG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIBRERIA COMPLIC, BARCELONALIBRERIA COMPLIC | {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CARRER CERVANT, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SPAC SHOP, WHOSE NAME TRANSLAT TO "ACPLIC," SELLS TL ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND CATALAN. CATERG TO BOTH TOURISTS AND LOLS, LIBRERIA COMPLIC HAS SERVED THE CY'S LGBT MUNY SCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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GAY BOOKSTOR AROUND THE WORLD

* gay bookstores in dallas *

The three Dallas New Fe Arts lotns (and their sister stor Paris Bookstore and the gay-iendly New Fe Arts Alternativ adjacent to the Mockgbird Lane store) pack an imprsive array of toys, lub and DVDs (which people who haven't heard of the Inter still buy, apparently).

Follow along on a gay wrer’s thought-provokg Kentucky road trip and learn about the tropil honeymoon hotspot that embrac all genrs. Then, fd spiratn for your future trips wh our guis to the s and outs of gay cisg, charmg LGBTQ+ bookstor you n support, and the world’s most vibrant gay villag.

EXPLORE 8 OF THE WORLD'S ONLY REMAG GAY BOOKSTORTHE BOOKSHOPS STAND THE TT OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLASEPTEMBER 19, 2017/7:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GAY'S THE WORDBY SAM MANZELLASEPTEMBER 19, 2017 / 7:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EXPLORE 8 OF THE WORLD'S ONLY REMAG GAY BOOKSTOR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-19T11:11:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-19T11:11:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE UPON A TIME, EVERY MAJOR CY HAD A GAY BOOKSTORE—THEY WEREN'T JT PLAC TO STOCK UP ON QUEER L, BUT FACTO MUNY CENTERS. GAY BOOKSTOR OFFERED A SPACE TO MEET OTHER LGBT PEOPLE (BIS THE BARS) AND WERE OFTEN THE FIRST STOP FOR SOMEONE NEW TO TOWN. (REMEMBER, THIS IS BEFORE THE INTER.)GLAD DAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SADLY, BRICK-AND-MORTAR DITED TO LGBT TL ARE FIGHTG TO SURVIVE THE AGE OF AMAZON. BUT SEVERAL VENERABLE REPOSORI REMA, TREASURE TROV FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AND WONR FOR QUEER PEOPLE AND ALLI. BELOW, WE CELEBRATE SOME OF OUR FAVORE LGBT BOOKSTOR STILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BURE OF GENERAL SERVIC-QUEER DIVISN BOOKSTORE, NEW YORKBURE OF GENERAL SERVIC-QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}208 WT 13TH STREET, ROOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NTLED SI THE NEW YORK LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR COMMUNY CENTER, THE BURE BOASTS A REFULLY CURATED LLECTN OF BOOKS, ARTWORK, Z, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OPENED BY GREG NEWTON AND DONNIE JOCHUM 2012, ALSO OFFERS A DIVERSE ROSTER OF TALKS, READGS, FILM SCREENGS, BOOK GROUPS, AND WORKSHOPS. RECENT GALLERY SHOWS CLU "LOVE ME TENR," A SURVEY OF ARTIST JARED BUCKHITER'S WORK ADDRSG THE EROTICISM OF AMERIN ARCHETYP, AND A 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBN ON THE LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GLAD DAY BOOKSHOP, TORONTOGLAD DAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}99 CHURCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOUND 1970, GLAD DAY IS THOUGHT TO BE THE OLST LGBT BOOKSHOP THE WORLD. AFTER NEARLY GOG OUT OF BS 2011, WAS PURCHASED BY A LLECTIVE AND MOVED TO A BIGGER NEW LOTN ON CHURCH STREET. GLAD DAY ALSO ALSO S OFFERGS TO CLU A FFEE SHOP, Fé, AND CKTAIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY'S THE WORD, LONDONGAY'S THE WORD/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}66 MARCHMONT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOASTG "TEXTUAL ORIENTATN" SCE 1979, GAY'S THE WORD IS A BOOKSTORE, EVENT VENUE, AND MEETG SPACE LONDON'S LERARY BLOOMSBURY NABE. LGBT GROUPS LIKE THE LBIAN DISCSN GROUP AND THE GAY BLACK GROUP HAVE MET FOR YEARS, FOSTERG A MUNY BEYOND THE WRTEN WORD. (IF YOU'RE WONRG, THE SHOP'S NAME OM A 1951 WT END MIL BY IVOR NOVELLO AND ALAN MELVILLE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUTWORDS, MILWKEEOUTWORDS: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2710 N. MURRAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER BOOKSTORE-FFEEHOE BO, OUTWORDS HAS SERVED MILWKEE'S QUEER MUNY SCE 1993. THE SHOP OFFERS A SIZEABLE LLECTN OF QUEER BOOKS, MAGAZ, AND MEDIA, AS WELL ENOUGH RABOW GEAR TO CK OUT A PRI FLOAT. CHECK THE STORE'S WEBSE FOR UPG BOOK-CLUB MEETGS AND THOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}L MOTS à LA BOUCHE, PARISWIKIPEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6 RUE SATE-CROIX LA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROUGHLY TRANSLATG TO "AT THE TIP OF THE TONGUE," THIS QUEER BIBLPHILE'S HNT IS APPROPRIATELY LOTED THE PARISIAN GAYBORHOOD OF LE MARAIS. IT OFFERS THOANDS OF FICTN TL, BGRAPHI AND HISTORIL TREATIS, AS WELL AS ICS, MAGAZ, AND DVDS (MANY OF WHICH ARE ENGLISH).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GVANNI'S ROOM, PHILALPHIAWIKIPEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}345 S 12TH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAMED AFTER JAM BALDW'S 1956 NOVEL, THIS PHILALPHIA BOOKSTORE HAS BEEN AROUND SCE THE '70S. IT CLOSED BRIEFLY 2014, REOPENG LATER THE SAME YEAR UNR THE OWNERSHIP OF PHILLY AIDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW A BATN BOOKSHOP-THRIFT STORE, GVANNI'S ROOM OFFERS A LARGE SELECTN OF NEW AND ED LGBT FICTN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRZ EISENHERZ BUCHLAN, BERLPRZ EISENHERZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOTZSTRASSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OPENED 1978, PRZ EISENHERZ BUCHLAN RRI AN EXTENSIVE ARRAY OF LGBT NOVELS, NONFICTN, PERDILS, AND Z. THE OWNERS PRI THEMSELV ON THE SHOP'S LONG HISTORY, AND S NNECTN TO THE CY'S THRIVG LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRZ EISENHERZ BUCHLAN MOVED LOTNS THREE TIM BEFORE SETTLG TO S CURRENT SPACE THE CENTRAL SCHöNEBERG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIBRERIA COMPLIC, BARCELONALIBRERIA COMPLIC | {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CARRER CERVANT, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SPAC SHOP, WHOSE NAME TRANSLAT TO "ACPLIC," SELLS TL ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND CATALAN. CATERG TO BOTH TOURISTS AND LOLS, LIBRERIA COMPLIC HAS SERVED THE CY'S LGBT MUNY SCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The artfully rated store on Wt 13th Street, tucked away the vibrant Wt Village (an epicenter of the cy's gay culture) is the place for queer books, art & poetry, readgs, film screengs, workshops, and jt pla ol' socializg.

In fact, they promise no matter how many tim you vis, you’ll still “fd somethg good n’ gay to go home wh!

Wh a huge selectn of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer fictn and non-fictn, there’s plenty to keep your shelf full.

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Gvanni's Room | Khalib OwenGvanni’s Room PhilalphiaNamed after Jam Baldw's gay novel of the same name, Gvanni’s Room is the olst gay bookstore the untry. After beg found by three gay activists 1973, the store was forced to close s doors almost immediately due to a homophobic landlord. But sce 1979, ’s been at s current home at the rner of 12th and Pe Streets Philalphia's thrivg gayborhood, Washgton Square Wt.

Courty of Unabridged BooksUnabridged Bookstore ChigoFound 1980, Unabridged Bookstore ss on the edge of Chigo's Boystown neighborhood, one of the most famo gay villag the US. In addn to beg known as Chigo’s go-to for LGBTQIA+ lerature and an in the gay muny, the store also hosts a monthly queer book club.

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