List of LGBTQ bookstores
LGBTQIA++ Bookstores
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The following list article contains the names and locations of LGBTQ+ bookstores, sorted by location. The bookstores listed are brick and mortar stores with a focus on the LGBT community and LGBTQ literature.
Open bookstores
Asia
America
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Europe
| Country | City | Name | Opening Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany |
Mannheim Cologne |
Der Andere Buchladen[47][48] | 1978[49] |  |
| Berlin | Prinz Eisenherz[4] | 1978[50][2] |  | |
| Stuttgart | Erlkönig[51][4] | 1983[52] |  | |
 Austria |
Vienna | Berg und Löwenherz[53] | 1993[54] |  |
 Spain |
Madrid | Berkana[55] | 1993 |  |
| A Different Life[56] | ||||
| Mary Read[57] | 2020 | |||
| Plastic Books[58] | 2024 |  | ||
| Barcelona | Antinous[59] | 1997 | ||
| La Raposa[60] | 2017 |  | ||
| Acció Perifèrica[61] | 2022 |  | ||
 France |
Paris | Les Mots à la Bouche[62] | 1980 |  |
| Nice | Librairie Vigna[63] | 2011 | ||
 England |
London | Gay's the Word[9][4] | 1979[64][2] |  |
| The Common Press[65] | 2021[66] | .jpg) | ||
| York | The Portal Bookshop | 2019[67] | ||
| Birmingham | Proud Geek[68] | 2020[69] | ||
| Leeds | The Bookish Type | 2020[70] | ||
| Manchester | Queer Lit | 2021[71] | ||
| Manchester | Gay Pride Shop | 2014 | ||
| Darlington | The Queerish Bookshop | 2023 | ||
| Durham | Bookwyrm | 2022 | ||
 Scotland |
Edinburgh | Lavender Menace Bookshop[72] Now also an archive |
1982[73] | |
| Lighthouse[74] | 2017[75] | |||
| Glasgow | Category Is Books[76] | 2018[77] | ,_Glasgow,_Scotland_09.jpg) | |
 Wales |
Aberystwyth | Gayberystwyth Books[78] | 2023 | |
| Cardiff | Shelf Life[79] | 2019[80] | ||
| Paned o Gê[81] | 2020[82] | |||
| Hay-On-Wye | Gay on Wye[83] | 2023[84] | ||
 Italy |
Milan Rome |
Antigone Books[85] | 2016[2] |  |
 Netherlands |
Utrecht | Boekwinkel Savannah Bay[86] | 1975[87][2] | |
 Portugal |
Porto | Livraria aberta[88] | 2021[89] | |
 Sweden |
Malmö | PAGE 28[90] | 2020[91] | |
 Switzerland |
Basel | Arcados[92] | 1974[93] | |
| Bern | Queerbooks[94][95] | 2013[96] | ||
 Poland |
Poznań | Księgarnia Stonewall[97] | 2015[98] |
Oceania
Closed bookstores
Asia
America
| Country | City | Name | Years | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
Buenos Aires | Otras Letras[104][105] | 2009 to 2013[106][107] | |
 Canada |
Montreal | Librairie L'Androgyne | 1973 to 2002[108] |  |
| Ottawa | After Stonewall[109] Now also an art gallery |
1990 to ¿? | ||
 United States |
Austin, Texas | Liberty Books[110][111][112] | 1986 to 1996[113][114] | |
| Ellis Island, New York | Adonis Books[115][116][117] | 1967 to ¿?[118] | ||
| New Orleans, Louisiana | Beckham's Bookshop[119][120] No longer focusing on LGBT+ books |
1967 to ¿? |  | |
| New York, New York | Oscar Wilde Bookshop[4][121] | 1967 to 2009[122][123] |  | |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | Amazon Bookstore Cooperative[124] | 1970 to 2012[125] | _cropped.jpg) | |
| A Brother's Touch Bookshop[126] | 1983 to 2014[127] | |||
| Dallas, Texas Austin, Texas Houston, Texas |
Lobo Bookshop[128] | 1973 to 1988[129] 1986 to 2004[129] |
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| Washington D. C. Baltimore, Maryland Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Norfolk, Virginia |
Lambda Rising[130][131] | 1974 to 2008 1984 to 2008 1991 to 2010 1996 to 2007[132] |
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| San Francisco, California | Paperback Traffic[133] | 1972 to 1982[115] | ||
| Old Wives Tales[134][135] | 1976 to 1995[136] |  | ||
| Walt Whitman Bookshop[137][138] | 1978 to 1980[115] | |||
| Noe Books and News[139] | 1980s a ¿?[115] | |||
| Love That Dares[140] | 1987 to 1988[115] | |||
| Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California New York, New York |
A Different Light[115] | 1979 to 2009[9] 1985 to 2001[9][141] 1983 to 2011[142] |
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| Bloomington, Indiana | Dreams and Swords Previously Aquarius Books |
1986 to 1988[143] | ||
| Houston, Texas | Wilde 'N' Stein[144][145][146] | 1977 to 1986[129] | ||
| Inklings Bookshop[147][146] | 1988 to 1997[129] | |||
| Crossroads Market[148] | 1992 to 2002[129] | |||
| San Diego, California | Obelisk Shoppe[149] | 1992 to 2011[9] | ||
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee[150] Previously Afterwords Bookstore and Espresso Bar |
1993 to 2023[151] | ||
| Atlanta, Georgia | Outwrite[9][152] | 1994 to 2012[153] |  | |
| Nashville, Tennessee | Outloud[154][155] | 1995 to 2010[156] | ||
| Boston, Massachusetts | Calamus[9][157][158] | 2000 to 2016[159] | ||
| West Hollywood, California | Circus of Books[160] | .jpg) |
Europe
| Country | City | Name | Years | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
Hamburg | Männerschwarm[161] | 1981 to 2015[162] | |
| Frankfurt | Oscar Wilde[163] | 1994 to ¿?[164][165] | ||
| Scotland |
Edinburgh | First of May Bookshop | 1977 to 1990[166] | |
| Spain |
Barcelona | Cómplices[9] | 1994 to 2022[167] |  |
| Bilbao | Safo de Lesbos[168] | 2005 to ¿?[169] | ||
| Seville | Librería Mira[170][171] | |||
| Valencia | El Cobertizo[172] | 1997 to 2004 | ||
| France |
Paris | Blue Book[173] | 2003 to 2008[4] | |
| Lyon | Etat d'Esprit[174] | ¿? to 2009 | ||
| Marsella | Les Mots pour le dire[173] | ¿? to 2008[4] | ||
| Italy |
Milan | La Babele[175][176][177] | 1987 to 2012[178] |  |
| Rome | 1993 to 2009[178] |  | ||
| Netherlands |
Nijmegen | De Feeks[179][180] | 1977 to 2022[181] | |
| Amsterdam | Intermale[182] | 1984 to 2011[183][184] |  | |
| Vrolijk[185][186] Now online |
1984 to ¿? |  | ||
| Portugal |
Lisbon | Esquina Cor de Rosa[187] | 1999 to 2006[4] | |
| Sweden |
Stockholm | Rosa Rummet[188][189][190] | 1981 to 2001[191] |