# List of LGBTQ bookstores

The following list article contains the names and locations of LGBTQ+ bookstores, sorted by location. The bookstores listed are brick and mortar stores with a focus on the LGBT community and literature.

## Open bookstores
### Asia

| Country | City | Name | Opening Year | Image |
| Taiwan | Taipei | Gin Gin | 1999 |

### America

| Country | City | Name | Opening year |
| Canada | Toronto | Glad Day Bookshop | 1970 |
| Canada | Vancouver | Spartacus Books | 1973 |
| Canada | Vancouver | Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium | 1983 |
| Costa Rica | San José | Nuestras Letras | 2010 |
| United States | Tucson, Arizona | Antigone Books | 1973 |
| United States | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Giovanni's Room Bookstore | 1973 |
| United States | Decatur, Georgia | Charis Books & More | 1974 |
| United States | Madison, Wisconsin | A Room of One's Own | 1975 |
| United States | Austin, Texas | Book Woman | 1977 |
| United States | Austin, Texas | The Little Gay Shop | 2019 |
| United States | New Orleans, Louisiana | Frenchmen Art and Books Previously Faubourg Marigny Art and Books | 1978 |
| United States | Chicago, Illinois | Women & Children First | 1979 |
| United States | Chicago, Illinois | Unabridged Bookstore | 1980 |
| United States | San Francisco, California | Fabulosa Books Dog Eared Books until 2021 | 1992 |
| United States | Seattle, Washington | Charlie's Queer Books | 2023 |
| United States | Asheville, North Carolina | Firestorm Books & Coffee | 2008 |
| United States | Salt Lake City, Utah | Under the Umbrella Bookstore | 2021 |
| United States | Washington, D.C. | Little District Books | 2022 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | El Armario Abierto | 1998 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | Somos voces Voces en Tinta until 2012 | 2005 |

### Europe

| Country | City | Name | Opening Year |
| Germany | Mannheim Cologne | Der Andere Buchladen | 1978 |
| Germany | Berlín | Prinz Eisenherz | 1978 |
| Germany | Stuttgart | Erlkönig | 1983 |
| Austria | Vienna | Berg und Löwenherz | 1993 |
| Spain | Madrid | Berkana | 1993 |
| Spain | Madrid | A Different Life | |
| Spain | Madrid | Mary Read | 2020 |
| Spain | Barcelona | Antinous | 1997 |
| Spain | Barcelona | La Raposa | 2017 |
| Spain | Barcelona | Acció Perifèrica | 2022 |
| France | Paris | Les Mots à la Bouche | 1980 |
| France | Nice | Librairie Vigna | 2011 |
| England | London | Gay's the Word | 1979 |
| England | London | The Common Press | 2021 |
| England | York | The Portal Bookshop | 2019 |
| England | Birmingham | Proud Geek | 2020 |
| England | Leeds | The Bookish Type | 2020 |
| England | Manchester | Queer Lit | 2021 |
| England | Manchester | Gay Pride Shop | 2014 |
| England | Darlington | The Queerish Bookshop | 2023 |
| England | Durham | Bookwyrm | 2022 |
| Scotland | Edinburgh | Lavender Menace Bookshop Now also an archive | 1982 |
| Scotland | Edinburgh | Lighthouse | 2017 |
| Scotland | Glasgow | Category Is Books | 2018 |
| Wales | Aberystwyth | Gayberystwyth Books | 2023 |
| Wales | Cardiff | Shelf Life | 2019 |
| Wales | Cardiff | Paned o Gê | 2020 |
| Wales | Hay-On-Wye | Gay on Wye | 2023 |
| Italy | Milan Rome | Antigone Books | 2016 |
| Netherlands | Utrecht | Boekwinkel Savannah Bay | 1975 |
| Portugal | Porto | Livraria aberta | 2021 |
| Sweden | Malmö | PAGE 28 | 2020 |
| Switzerland | Basel | Arcados | 1974 |
| Switzerland | Bern | Queerbooks | 2013 |
| Poland | Poznań | Księgarnia Stonewall | 2015 |

### Oceania

| Country | City | Name | Opening year | Image |
| Australia | Sydney | The Bookshop Darlinghurst | 1982 | |
| Australia | Melbourne | Hares & Hyenas | 1991 |

## Closed bookstores
### Asia

| Country | City | Name | Years | Image |
| Taiwan | Taipei | Fembooks (女書店) Now online | 1994 to 2017 | |

### America

| Country | City | Name | Years |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | Otras Letras | 2009 to 2013 |
| Canada | Montreal | Librairie L'Androgyne | 1973 to 2002 |
| Canada | Ottawa | After Stonewall Now also an art gallery | 1990 to ¿? |
| United States | Ellis Island, New York | Adonis Books | 1967 to ¿? |
| United States | New Orleans, Louisiana | Beckham's Bookshop No longer focusing on LGBT+ books | 1967 to ¿? |
| United States | New York, New York | Oscar Wilde Bookshop | 1967 to 2009 |
| United States | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Amazon Bookstore Cooperative | 1970 to 2012 |
| United States | Minneapolis, Minnesota | A Brother's Touch Bookshop | 1983 to 2014 |
| United States | Dalas, Texas Austin, Texas Houston, Texas | Lobo Bookshop | 1973 to 1988 1986 to 2004 |
| United States | Washington D. C. Baltimore, Maryland Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Norfolk, Virginia | Lambda Rising | 1974 to 2008 1984 to 2008 1991 to 2010 1996 to 2007 |
| United States | San Francisco, California | Paperback Traffic | 1972 to 1982 |
| United States | San Francisco, California | Old Wives Tales | 1976 to 1995 |
| United States | San Francisco, California | Walt Whitman Bookshop | 1978 to 1980 |
| United States | San Francisco, California | Noe Books and News | 1980s a ¿? |
| United States | San Francisco, California | Love That Dares | 1987 to 1988 |
| United States | Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California New York, New York | A Different Light | 1979 to 2009 1985 to 2001 1983 to 2011 |
| United States | Bloomington, Indiana | Dreams and Swords Previously Aquarius Books | 1986 to 1988 |
| United States | Houston, Texas | Wilde 'N' Stein | 1977 to 1986 |
| United States | Houston, Texas | Inklings Bookshop | 1988 to 1997 |
| United States | Houston, Texas | Crossroads Market | 1992 to 2002 |
| United States | San Diego, California | Obelisk Shoppe | 1992 to 2011 |
| United States | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee Previously Afterwords Bookstore and Espresso Bar | 1993 to 2023 |
| United States | Atlanta, Georgia | Outwrite | 1994 to 2012 |
| United States | Nashville, Tennessee | Outloud | 1995 to 2010 |
| United States | Boston, Massachusetts | Calamus | 2000 to 2016 |
| United States | West Hollywood, California | Circus of Books | |

### Europe

| Country | City | Name | Years |
| Germany | Hamburg | Männerschwarm | 1981 to 2015 |
| Germany | Frankfurt | Oscar Wilde | 1994 to ¿? |
| Scotland | Edinburgh | First of May Bookshop | 1977 to 1990 |
| Spain | Barcelona | Cómplices | 1994 to 2022 |
| Spain | Bilbao | Safo de Lesbos | 2005 to ¿? |
| Spain | Seville | Librería Mira | |
| Spain | Valencia | El Cobertizo | 1997 to 2004 |
| France | Paris | Blue Book | 2003 to 2008 |
| France | Lyon | Etat d'Esprit | ¿? a 2009 |
| France | Marsella | Les Mots pour le dire | ¿? a 2008 |
| Italy | Milan | Babele | 1987 to 2012 |
| Italy | Rome | Babele | 1993 to 2009 |
| Netherlands | Nijmegen | De Feeks | 1977 to 2022 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | Intermale | 1984 to 2011 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | Vrolijk Now online | 1984 to ¿? |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Esquina Cor de Rosa | 1999 to 2006 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | Rosa Rummet | 1981 to 2001 |