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
Country City Name Opening Year ImageTaipeiGinGin 1999 TaipeiFembooks(女書店)1994
America Country City Name Opening year ImageTorontoGlad Day Bookshop1970Vancouver Spartacus Books1973Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium1983 San José Nuestras Letras2010New York, New YorkBureau of General Services—Queer Division (BGSQD)2012Yu & Me Books2021The Nonbinarian Bookstore2024Hive Mind Books2025Gladys Books & Wine2025Tucson, ArizonaAntigone Books1973 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaGiovanni's Room Bookstore1973Decatur, GeorgiaCharis Books & More1974 Marietta, GeorgiaThe Lavender Bookshop2024Madison, WisconsinA Room of One's Own1975 Austin, TexasBook Woman1977 The Little Gay Shop2019New Orleans, LouisianaFrenchmen Art and BooksPreviously Faubourg Marigny Art and Books1978 Chicago, IllinoisWomen & Children First1979Unabridged Bookstore1980 San Francisco, CaliforniaFabulosa Books Dog Eared Books until 20211992 Seattle, WashingtonCharlie's Queer Books2023 Asheville, North CarolinaFirestorm Books & Coffee2008 Salt Lake City, UtahUnder the Umbrella Bookstore2021 Washington, D.C.Little District Books2022Tallahassee, FloridaCommon Ground Books2023Mexico CityEl Armario Abierto1998Somos voces Voces en Tinta until 20122005
Europe Country City Name Opening Year ImageMannheim CologneDer Andere Buchladen1978 BerlinPrinz Eisenherz1978StuttgartErlkönig1983ViennaBerg und Löwenherz1993MadridBerkana1993A Different LifeMary Read2020Plastic Books2024BarcelonaAntinous1997La Raposa2017Acció Perifèrica2022ParisLes Mots à la Bouche1980ParisViolette and Co2004NiceLibrairie Vigna2011LondonGay's the Word1979The Common Press2021 YorkThe Portal Bookshop2019 BirminghamProud Geek2020 LeedsThe Bookish Type2020 ManchesterQueer Lit2021 ManchesterGay Pride Shop2014DarlingtonThe Queerish Bookshop2023DurhamBookwyrm2022EdinburghLavender Menace BookshopNow also an archive1982Lighthouse2017GlasgowCategory Is Books2018AberystwythGayberystwyth Books2023CardiffShelf Life2019Paned o Gê2020Hay-On-WyeGay on Wye2023Milan RomeAntigone Books2016 UtrechtBoekwinkel Savannah Bay1975 PortoLivraria aberta2021 MalmöPAGE 282020 BaselArcados1974 BernQueerbooks2013 PoznańKsięgarnia Stonewall2015
Oceania Country City Name Opening year ImageSydneySappho BooksMelbourneHares & Hyenas1991
Closed bookstores
Asia Country City Name Years Image
America Country City Name Years ImageBuenos Aires Otras Letras 2009 to 2013 Montreal Librairie L'Androgyne1973 to 2002Ottawa After StonewallNow also an art gallery1990 to ¿? Austin, TexasLiberty Books1986 to 1996Ellis Island, New York Adonis Books1967 to ¿?New Orleans, LouisianaBeckham's BookshopNo longer focusing on LGBT+ books1967 to ¿? New York, New York Oscar Wilde Bookshop 1967 to 2009 Bluestockings Bookstore1999-2025Minneapolis, Minnesota Amazon Bookstore Cooperative 1970 to 2012A Brother's Touch Bookshop 1983 to 2014Dallas, Texas Austin, Texas Houston, TexasLobo Bookshop 1973 to 19881986 to 2004Washington D. C. Baltimore, Maryland Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Norfolk, VirginiaLambda Rising1974 to 2008 1984 to 2008 1991 to 2010 1996 to 2007San Francisco, California Paperback Traffic1972 to 1982 Old Wives Tales 1976 to 1995Walt Whitman Bookshop1978 to 1980Noe Books and News1980s a ¿? Love That Dares1987 to 1988 Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California New York, New York A Different Light 1979 to 2009 1985 to 2001 1983 to 2011 Bloomington, Indiana Dreams and SwordsPreviously Aquarius Books 1986 to 1988Houston, TexasWilde 'N' Stein 1977 to 1986Inklings Bookshop1988 to 1997Crossroads Market 1992 to 2002San Diego, California Obelisk Shoppe 1992 to 2011 Milwaukee, WisconsinOutwords Books, Gifts & CoffeePreviously Afterwords Bookstore and Espresso Bar1993 to 2023Atlanta, Georgia Outwrite1994 to 2012 Nashville, Tennessee Outloud1995 to 2010 Boston, MassachusettsCalamus 2000 to 2016 West Hollywood, CaliforniaCircus of Books
Europe
Country City Name Years ImageHamburgMännerschwarm1981 to 2015FrankfurtOscar Wilde1994 to ¿?EdinburghFirst of May Bookshop1977 to 1990BarcelonaCómplices1994 to 2022BilbaoSafo de Lesbos2005 to ¿? SevilleLibrería MiraValenciaEl Cobertizo1997 to 2004ParisBlue Book2003 to 2008LyonEtat d'Esprit¿? to 2009MarsellaLes Mots pour le dire¿? to 2008MilanLa Babele1987 to 2012Rome1993 to 2009NijmegenDe Feeks1977 to 2022AmsterdamIntermale1984 to 2011Vrolijk Now online1984 to ¿?LisbonEsquina Cor de Rosa1999 to 2006StockholmRosa Rummet1981 to 2001
Oceania Country City Name Years ImageSydney The Bookshop Darlinghurst1982 - 2025
References
Further reading GLBTQ Bookstores, American Library Association