List of LGBTQ bookstores

{{short description|LGBTQIA++ 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 =

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CountryCityNameOpening YearImage
{{TWN}}

|Taipei

|Gin Gin{{Cite web |last=Xinhua Writer Guo Likun |title=Taiwan's first gay bookstore flies its own way |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2010-11/01/c_13585264.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121033812/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2010-11/01/c_13585264.htm |archive-date=2017-01-21}}

|1999

= America =

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CountryCityNameOpening yearImage
rowspan="3" |{{CAN}}

|Toronto

|Glad Day Bookshop{{Cite web |url=https://www.gladdaybookshop.com/ |title=Glad Day Bookshop}}

|1970{{Cite web |url=https://www.queerty.com/worlds-oldest-gay-bookstore-might-be-facing-its-final-chapter-20120102 |title=World's Oldest Gay Bookstore Might Be Facing Its Final Chapter |access-date=2024-01-16 |last=Avery |first=Dan |date=2012-01-02 |website=Queerty}}

|

rowspan="2" |Vancouver

|Spartacus Books{{Cite web |url=https://scoutmagazine.ca/2021/12/07/vancouvers-best-bookstores-mapped-2/ |title=Vancouver's Best Bookstores, Mapped |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=says |first=JAK R. KING |date=2021-12-07 |website=Scout Magazine}}

|1973{{Cite web |url=https://spartacusbooks.net/history/ |title=History |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Spartacus Books}}

|File:Spartacus Books Hangout Zone.jpg

Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium{{Cite web |url=https://www.littlesisters.ca/ |title=Little Sisters}}

|1983

|File:Little Sister s Book and Art Emporium.jpg

{{CRI}}

|San José

|Nuestras Letras{{Cite web |url=http://www.queerty.com/the-last-chapter-a-look-at-lgbt-bookstores-around-the-world-20120106/5 |title=The Last Chapter: A Look At LGBT Bookstores Around The World - Libreria Nuestras Letras |access-date=2024-01-01|author=Oscar Raymundo |date=2012-01-06|website=Queerty}}{{Cite web |url=http://nuestrasletras-cr.blogspot.com/ |title=Librería Nuestras Letras |access-date=2024-01-01|website=Blog de Nuestras Letras |language=es}}

|2010{{Cite web |url=http://espacionicaragua.blogspot.de/2010/09/primera-libreria-gay-en-costa-rica.html |title=Primera librería gay en Costa Rica |access-date=2024-01-01|date=2010-09-02|website=Espacio Nicaragua |language=es}}

|

rowspan="14" |{{USA}}

|Tucson, Arizona

|Antigone Books{{Cite web |url=https://www.antigonebooks.com |title=Homepage |website=Antigone Books}}

|1973{{Cite web |url=https://gaytucson.com/businesses/antigone-books/ |title=Antigone Books |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=GayTucson.com - Tucson Gay Bars, Gay Tucson Realtor}}

|File:Antigone Books, Fourth Avenue, Tucson (5620719647).jpg

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Giovanni's Room Bookstore{{Cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/style/Philly-AIDS-Thrift-to-reopen-LGBT-bookstore-Giovannis-Room.html |title=Philly Aids Thrift|date=21 August 2014 }}

|1973{{Cite web |url=https://www.2mecs.de/wp/2014/04/giovannis-room-aeltester-schwuler-buchladen-der-usa-schliesst/ |title=Giovanni's Room - ältester schwuler Buchladen der USA |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Würdemann |first=Ulrich |date=2014-04-29 |website=2mecs |language=de-DE}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-last-day-at-giovannis-room-americas-oldest-gay-bookstore-94901/ |title=The Last Day at Giovanni's Room, America's Oldest Gay Bookstore |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Gillespie |first=Tyler |date=2014-05-21 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

|File:Giovannis Room Philly.JPG

Decatur, Georgia

|Charis Books & More{{Cite web |url=https://www.charisbooksandmore.com |title=Charis books and more}}

|1974{{Cite web |url=https://southernspaces.org/2009/atlantas-charis-books-and-more-histories-feminist-space/ |title=Atlanta's Charis Books and More: Histories of a Feminist Space |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Southern Spaces}}

|

Madison, Wisconsin

|A Room of One's Own{{Cite web |url=https://www.roomofonesown.com/storehistory |title=About Us - A Room Of One's Own Books & Gifts |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.roomofonesown.com}}

|1975

|File:A Room Of One's Own bookstore interior.jpg

rowspan="2" |Austin, Texas

|Book Woman{{Cite web |url=https://www.ebookwoman.com/ |title=EBookWoman}}

|1977{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2024/01/19/bookwoman-austin-texas-profile/72283761007/ |title=BookWoman in Austin champions queer, feminist works: 'Fighting for a better tomorrow' |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=usatoday.com}}

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The Little Gay Shop{{Cite web |url=https://www.austinmonthly.com/austins-little-gay-shop-is-making-a-big-impact/ |title=Austin's Little Gay Shop is Making a Big Impact |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Fletcher |first=Manuela Guerra |date=2020-08-13 |website=Austin Monthly Magazine}}

|2019{{Cite web |url=https://www.austintexas.org/listings/the-little-gay-shop/11232/ |title=The Little Gay Shop -Austin, TX |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=austintexas.org}}

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New Orleans, Louisiana

|Frenchmen Art and Books{{Cite web |url=https://www.frenchmenartandbooks.com/ |title=Frenchmen Art & Books |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=frenchmenartandbooks.com}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.librarything.com/venue/2558/Faubourg-Marigny-Art-and-Books |title=Faubourg Marigny Art and Books |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=LibraryThing.com}}
Previously Faubourg Marigny Art and Books

|1978{{Cite web |url=https://issuu.com/ambushpublishing/docs/ambush_magazine_volume_37_issue_22 |title=Ambush Magazine Volume 37 Issue 22 by Ambush Publishing - Issuu |access-date=2024-01-21 |date=2019-10-22 |website=issuu.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224010320/https://issuu.com/ambushpublishing/docs/ambush_magazine_volume_37_issue_22 |archive-date=2023-02-24}}

|File:New Orleans, LA (Fabourg Marigny) Bookshop.jpg

rowspan="2" |Chicago, Illinois

|Women & Children First

|1979{{Cite web |url=https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/wcf-history-and-purpose |title=Mission & History |access-date=2024-01-21 |date=2009-09-30 |website=Women & Children First}}

|File:Women & Children First bookstore inside.jpg

Unabridged Bookstore

|1980{{Cite web |url=https://www.unabridgedbookstore.com/store-information |title=Store Information |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.unabridgedbookstore.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103134540/https://www.unabridgedbookstore.com/store-information |archive-date=2024-01-03}}{{Cite web |url=https://unabridgedbookstore.wordpress.com/about-the-author/ |title=Unabridged Bookstore |access-date=2024-01-21 |date=2016-08-28 |website=Unabridged Bookstore}}

|File:Classic storefront.jpg

San Francisco, California

|Fabulosa Books
Dog Eared Books until 2021{{Cite web |title=Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states |url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=books&id=326800 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031143735/https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=books&id=326800 |archive-date=2023-10-31}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.fabulosabooks.com/ |title=Fabulosa Books}}

|1992{{Cite web |url=https://www.dogearedbooks.com/about |title=About |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Dog Eared Books Valencia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818224809/https://www.dogearedbooks.com/about |archive-date=2021-08-18}}

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Seattle, Washington

|Charlie's Queer Books

|2023{{Cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=This new Seattle bookstore is devoted to LGBTQ+ works |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/charlies-queer-books-in-fremont-centers-lgbtq-literature-community/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=The Seattle Times}}

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Asheville, North Carolina

|Firestorm Books & Coffee

|2008{{Cite web |url=https://firestorm.coop/about.html |title=About Us |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=firestorm.coop}}

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Salt Lake City, Utah

|Under the Umbrella Bookstore{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/11/03/under-the-umbrella-salt-lake-city-bookstore-profile/71438731007/ |title=Why we love Under the Umbrella, Salt Lake City's little queer bookstore |access-date=2024-01-21|website=usatoday.com}}

|2021{{Cite web |url=https://www.slugmag.com/community/shop-local/under-the-umbrella-salt-lakes-queer-little-bookstore/ |title=Under the Umbrella: Salt Lake's Queer Little Bookstore - SLUG Magazine |access-date=2024-01-21 |date=2022-06-01 |website=slugmag.com}}

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Washington, D.C.

|Little District Books{{Cite web |url=https://dcist.com/story/22/09/12/meet-little-district-books-owner-lqbtq-bookstore-capitol-hill/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912183331/https://dcist.com/story/22/09/12/meet-little-district-books-owner-lqbtq-bookstore-capitol-hill/ |url-status=live |archive-date=September 12, 2022 |title=Talking With Patrick Kern, Owner Of DC's New LGBTQ Bookstore |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=DCist}}

|2022{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/08/08/this-new-dc-bookstore-sells-only-queer-focused-books/ |title=This New DC Bookstore Sells Only Queer-Focused Books |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Deng |first=Grace |date=2022-08-08}}

|File:Littledistrictfeb24.jpg

rowspan="2" |{{MEX}}

| rowspan="2" |Mexico City

|El Armario Abierto{{Cite web |url=https://todes.com.mx/?p=1365 |title=El Armario Abierto Cumple 25 Años |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Todes |first=Revista |date=2023-10-01 |language=es}}

|1998{{Cite web |url=https://elarmarioabierto.com.mx/pages/trayectoria |title=Trayectoria |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=El Armario Abierto}}

|

Somos voces{{Cite web |url=https://cursoderedaccion.com/2019/04/30/voces-en-tinta-la-libreria-que-saca-los-libros-del-closet/ |title=Voces en Tinta, la librería que saca los libros del clóset |access-date=2024-01-05 |last=redacción |first=Autor Curso de |date=2019-04-30 |website=Curso de redacción |language=es}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeoutmexico.mx/ciudad-de-mexico/arte-cultura/voces-en-tinta |title=Voces en tinta |access-date=2024-01-05 |last=Molina |first=Mariana |date=2012-10-25 |website=Time Out Ciudad de México |language=es-MX}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.reporteindigo.com/piensa/somos-voces-libreria-cafeteria-y-foro-cultural-lgbt-en-zona-rosa/ |title=Somos Voces, librería, cafetería y foro cultural LGBT+ en Zona Rosa |access-date=2024-01-05 |last=Rangel |first=Luz |date=2022-06-24 |website=Reporte Indigo |language=es-MX}}
Voces en Tinta until 2012

|2005

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=Europe=

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Country

! City

! Name

! Opening Year

! Image

rowspan="3" |{{DEU}}

|Mannheim
Cologne

|Der Andere Buchladen{{Cite web |url=https://der-andere-buchladen-koeln.de/suelz-ueber-uns |title=Über uns – Köln-Sülz|access-date=2024-01-06 |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |url=https://kaput-mag.com/stories-de/in-quarantaene_der-andere-buchladen_wenn-ich-morgens-wach-werde-denke-ich-kurz-ich-hatten-einen-science-fiction-traum/ |title="Wenn ich morgens wach werde, denke ich kurz, ich hatte einen Science-Fiction-Traum" |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Kaput Mag |language=de-DE}}

|1978{{Cite web |url=http://der-andere-buchladen-krefeld.webflow.io/ |title=Der andere Buchladen Krefeld |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=der-andere-buchladen-krefeld.webflow.io}}

|File:Der andere Buchladen Mannheim M2.jpg

Berlín

|Prinz Eisenherz

|1978{{Cite web |url=https://prinz-eisenherz.buchkatalog.de/UeberUns |title=Prinz Eisenherz Buchladen GmbH - Der queere Buchladen in Berlin |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=prinz-eisenherz.buchkatalog.de |language=de}}

|File:EisenherzMotz2014.jpg

Stuttgart

|Erlkönig{{Cite web |url=http://www.buchladen-erlkoenig.de/shop/ |title=Erlkönig |access-date=2024-01-01|language=German}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.dosmanzanas.com/2009/05/oscar-wilde-bookshop.html |title=Oscar Wilde Bookshop |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=dosmanzanas - La web de noticias LGTB |language=es}}

|1983{{Cite web |url=https://www.buchladen-erlkoenig.de/shop/ueber-uns |title=Über uns |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=www.buchladen-erlkoenig.de}}

|File:Stuttgart - Buchhandlung Erlkönig.jpg

{{AUT}}

|Vienna

|Berg und Löwenherz{{Cite web |url=https://www.loewenherz.at/blog/warum-gibt-es-das-nicht-auch-in-wien/ |title=»Warum gibt es das nicht auch in Wien?« - Löwenherz-Blog |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Löwenherz |first=Buchhandlung |date=2013-04-25 |language=de-DE}}

|1993{{Cite web |url=https://www.loewenherz.at/buchhandlung-ueber-uns.php |title=Über uns - die Buchhändler der Buchhandlung Löwenherz in Wien |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=www.loewenherz.at}}

|File:Cafe Berg Eckansicht Photo-by-Dorian-Rammer.jpg

rowspan="6" |{{ESP}}

| rowspan="3" |Madrid

|Berkana{{Cite web |url=http://www.libreriaberkana.com/ |title=Berkana |access-date=2024-01-01|language=es}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.dosmanzanas.com/2017/03/salvemos-berkana-campana-de-crowdfunding-para-evitar-que-la-historica-libreria-eche-el-cierre.html |title="Salvemos Berkana": campaña de crowdfunding para evitar que la histórica librería eche el cierre |access-date=2024-01-16 |last=Concienciado |first=Josiño |website=dosmanzanas - La web de noticias LGTB |language=es}}

|1993{{Cite web |url=https://www.dosmanzanas.com/2017/03/salvemos-berkana-campana-de-crowdfunding-para-evitar-que-la-historica-libreria-eche-el-cierre.html |title="Salvemos Berkana": campaña de crowdfunding para evitar que la histórica librería eche el cierre |access-date=2024-01-20 |last=Concienciado |first=Josiño |website=dosmanzanas - La web de noticias LGTB |language=es}}

|File:Libreria Berkana 1.jpg

A Different Life{{Cite web |url=http://www.lifegay.com/ |title=A Different Life |access-date=2024-01-01|language=es}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/madrid/shops/a-different-life |title=A Different Life |access-date=2024-01-20 |date=2014-04-22 |website=Time Out Madrid |language=en-GB}}

|

|

Mary Read{{Cite web |date=2021-08-27 |title=Las 10 librerías más especiales de Madrid |url=https://www.larazon.es/madrid/20210827/a3w7pxpzzzcj7dz6pk73jjz3vu.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=www.larazon.es |language=es}}

|2020

|

rowspan="3" |Barcelona

|Antinous{{Cite web |url=http://www.antinouslibros.com/catalog/nosotros.php |title=Librería ANTINOVS especializada en temática LGTBI y librería generalista // |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=www.antinouslibros.com}}

|1997{{Cite web |url=http://bd.ub.edu/edl/ca/antinovs-llibreria-lgbti |title=ANTINOVS, llibreria LGBTI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920065601/http://bd.ub.edu/edl/ca/antinovs-llibreria-lgbti |archive-date=2016-09-20}}

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La Raposa{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-19|date=2022-03-08|first=Anna|language=es|last=Solà|title=Una habitación propia para la contracultura|url=https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/sociedad/habitacion-propia-contracultura-13339023|website=www.sport.es}}{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/04/23/videos/1524491844_153897.html |title=Librerías feministas, una lucha desde trincheras por la visibilización |access-date=2024-01-20 |last=Battista |first=Gianluca |date=2018-04-23 |website=El País |language=es}}

|2017{{Cite web |url=https://www.espectaculosbcn.com/la-raposa-bar-cultural/ |title=La Raposa: un bar de pura cultura |access-date=2024-01-20 |last=Tabuenca |first=Elia |date=2021-09-30 |website=EspectáculosBCN |language=es}}

|

Acció Perifèrica

|2022{{cite web|access-date=11 September 2022|date=20 June 2022|editor=Línia Nou Barris|language=ca|title=Obre una llibreria queer: "Vull portar llibres LGTBI al districte"|url=https://liniaxarxa.cat/linianoubarris/comerc/obre-llibreria-queer-vull-portar-llibres-lgtbi-districte/}}

|File:Acció Perifèrica.webp

rowspan="2" |{{FRA}}

|Paris

|[https://motsbouche.com/magasins Les Mots à la Bouche]{{Cite web |url=https://motsbouche.com/ |title=Les mots à la bouche |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=motsbouche.com}}

|1980{{Cite web |url=https://parisjetaime.com/shopping/les-mots-a-la-bouche-p2290 |title= Les Mots à la Bouche }}

|File:Paris - Les Mots a la Bouche.jpg

Nice

|Librairie Vigna{{Cite web |url=https://riviera-buzz.com/lifestyle/lgbt/item/787-librairie-vigna-lgbt-et-feminism-in-nice.html |title=Librairie Vigna LGBT et Féminism – Nice's Niche Bookstore – Riviera Buzz |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Farn |first=Jameson |date=2024-01-16 |language=en-GB}}

|2011{{Cite web |url=https://nicepresse.com/reportage-la-librairie-vigna-a-nice-un-sanctuaire-pour-les-bouquins-lgbt-et-feministes/ |title=REPORTAGE. La librairie Vigna à Nice, un sanctuaire pour les bouquins LGBT+ et féministes |access-date=2024-01-03 |date=2021-08-13 |language=fr-FR}}

|

rowspan="9" |{{ENG}}

| rowspan="2" |London

|Gay's the Word

|1979{{Cite web |url=https://www.gaystheword.co.uk/ |title=Gay's The Word - The UK's Oldest LGBT+ Bookshop - London, England |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Gay's The Word |language=en}}

|File:Gays the Word.jpg

The Common Press{{Cite web |url=https://www.commonpress.co.uk/ |title=The Common Press - Queer bookshop - The Common Press Bookshop, 118 Bethnal Green Road, London, UK |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=The Common Press |language=en}}

|2021{{Cite web |url=https://londontheinside.com/the-shoreditch-bookshop-thats-celebrating-the-queer-community/ |title=THE SHOREDITCH BOOKSHOP THAT'S CELEBRATING THE QUEER COMMUNITY |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Christina |date=2022-06-09 |website=London On The Inside |language=en-GB}}

|File:Common press bookshop & Brick lane bikes (cropped).jpg

York

|The Portal Bookshop

|2019{{Cite web |url=https://the-portal-bookshop.square.site/about |title=About |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=The Portal Bookshop |language=en}}

|

Birmingham

|Proud Geek{{Cite web |url=https://www.proud-geek.co.uk/ |title=Proud Geek - LGBTQ+ Bookshop |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.proud-geek.co.uk}}

|2020{{Cite web |url=https://www.gscene.com/arts/books/proud-geek-a-new-shop-for-everything-geeky-and-lgbtq/ |title=Proud Geek - a new shop for everything geeky and LGBTQ+ |access-date=2024-01-21 |date=2020-08-14 |website=Scene Magazine - From the heart of LGBTQ+ Life |language=en-US}}

|

Leeds

|The Bookish Type

|2020{{Cite web |url=https://thebookishtype.co.uk/pages/about-us |title=About Us |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=The Bookish Type}}

|

Manchester

|Queer Lit

|2021{{Cite web |url=https://www.queerlit.co.uk/pages/new-about-queer-lit |title=About Queer Lit Manchester |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Queer Lit |language=en}}

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Manchester

|Gay Pride Shop

|2014

|

Darlington

|The Queerish Bookshop

|2023

|

Durham

|Bookwyrm

|2022

|

rowspan="3" |{{SCO}}

| rowspan="2" |Edinburgh

|Lavender Menace Bookshop{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://lavendermenace.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Lavender Menace |language=en-GB}}
Now also an archive

|1982{{Cite web |title=LGBT+ Bookselling in Scotland |url=https://lavendermenace.org.uk/lgbt-bookselling-in-scotland |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Lavender Menace |language=en-GB}}

|

Lighthouse{{Cite web |title=Lighthouse - Home |url=https://lighthousebookshop.com/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=lighthousebookshop.com}}

|2017{{Cite web |last=Books |first=Repeater |date=2021-11-25 |title=Lighthouse - Illuminating Indies |url=https://repeaterbooks.com/lighthouse-illuminating-indies/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Repeater Books |language=en-GB}}

|

Glasgow

|Category Is Books{{Cite web |title=Category Is Books |url=https://www.categoryisbooks.com/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Category Is Books |language=en-GB}}

|2018{{Cite web |last=Lorenzato-Lloyd |first=Alice |date=2022-02-04 |title=The Great Glasgow Bookshop At The Heart Of The LGBTQIA+ Rights Movement |url=https://secretglasgow.com/category-is-books/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Secret Glasgow |language=en-GB}}

|File:Category Is Books (Queer Bookshop), Glasgow, Scotland 09.jpg

rowspan="4" |{{WAL}}

|Aberystwyth

|Gayberystwyth Books{{Cite web |title=LGBT {{!}} Aberration |url=https://www.aberration.org.uk/category/lgbt/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |language=en-GB}}

|2023

|

rowspan="2" |Cardiff

|Shelf Life{{Cite web |title=Shelf Life Books and Zines |url=https://www.shelflifebookshop.com/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Shelf Life Books and Zines |language=en-GB}}

|2019{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.shelflifebookshop.com/about-us |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Shelf Life Books and Zines |language=en-GB}}

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Paned o Gê{{Cite web |title=Paned o Gê - Home |url=https://paned-o-ge.wales/about |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Paned o Gê |language=en-GB}}

|2020{{Cite web |title=Paned o Gê |url=https://www.consortium.lgbt/member-directory/paned-o-ge/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=www.consortium.lgbt}}

|

Hay-On-Wye

|Gay on Wye{{Cite web |date=2023-08-16 |title=Independent gay bookshop opens in Hay-on-Wye |url=https://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/news/independent-gay-bookshop-opens-in-hay-on-wye-632925 |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Brecon & Radnor Express}}

|2023{{Cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://www.gayonwye.com/about |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=GOW |language=en}}

|

{{ITA}}

|Milan
Rome

|Antigone Books{{Cite web |url=http://www.libreriantigone.com/chi-siamo/ |title=Antigone |access-date=2019-09-02|language=it}}

|2016{{Cite web |url=https://inmagazine.ca/2023/08/magical-queer-bookstores-from-around-the-world/ |title=Magical Queer Bookstores From Around The World |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=O'Brien |first=Rowan |date=2023-08-01 |website=IN Magazine |language=en}}

|

{{NED}}

|Utrecht

|Boekwinkel Savannah Bay{{Cite web |url=https://www.savannahbay.nl/ |title=Savannah Bay - Een oase van boeken in hartje Utrecht |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Savannah Bay |language=nl-NL}}

|1975{{Cite web |url=https://www.savannahbay.nl/shop/over-savannah-bay/ |title=Over Savannah Bay - Savannah Bay |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.savannahbay.nl}}

|

{{PRT}}

|Porto

|Livraria aberta{{Cite web |url=http://livrariaaberta.pt/ |title=Livraria aberta |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Livraria Aberta |language=pt-PT}}

|2021{{Cite web |url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/08/24/p3/noticia/paulo-ricardo-criaram-livraria-aberta-pessoas-estao-margem-1974338 |title=Paulo e Ricardo criaram a Livraria Aberta para "todas as pessoas que estão à margem" |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Miranda |first=Isabel Moura, Adriano |date=2021-08-24 |website=Público |language=pt}}

|

{{SUE}}

|Malmö

|PAGE 28{{Cite web |url=https://pagekulturscen.se/ |title=PAGE 28 LGBTQ Bookstore in Malmö. Queer bookstore close to Copenhagen |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Page 28 - HBTQ-bokhandel och kulturscen |language=sv}}

|2020{{Cite web |url=https://www.lundagard.se/2022/01/17/paging-all-book-worms-swedens-only-lgbtq-book-shop-re-opened-in-malmo/ |title=Paging All Book Worms! – Sweden's Only LGBTQ+ Book Shop Re-opened in Malmö – Lundagard.se |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.lundagard.se |language=sv-SE}}

|

rowspan="2" |{{SUI}}

|Basel

|Arcados{{Cite web |url=http://www.arcados.ch/ |title=Arcados |access-date=2024-01-03|language=German}}

|1974{{Cite web |url=http://www.arcados.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ARC-Gt-1979-2009-.pdf |title=Buehhandlung Arcados: gay is beautiful |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121132540/http://www.arcados.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ARC-Gt-1979-2009-.pdf |archive-date=2024-01-21}}

|

Bern

|Queerbooks{{Cite web |url=https://www.queerbooks.ch/%C3%BCber-uns |title=Über uns / Öffnungszeiten - QueerBooks |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.queerbooks.ch}}{{Cite web |url=https://mannschaft.com/queerbooks-in-bern-als-buchhandlung-des-jahres-nominiert/ |title="QueerBooks" in Bern als Buchhandlung des Jahres nominiert |access-date=2024-01-21 |date=2022-05-12 |website=Mannschaft |language=de-DE}}

|2013{{Cite web |url=https://issuu.com/weberag/docs/baernliebi_sommer_2022_low_es/s/16027506 |title=QueerBooks Bern |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=issuu |language=en}}

|

{{POL}}

|Poznań

|Księgarnia Stonewall{{Cite web |url=https://grupa-stonewall.pl/o-nas/projekty/ksiegarnia-stonewall/ |title=Księgarnia Stonewall - Grupa Stonewall |access-date=2024-01-03 |date=2023-06-06 |language=pl-PL}}

|2015{{Cite web |url=https://www.vogue.pl/a/queerowa-ksiegarnia-stonewall-w-poznaniu |title=W Poznaniu powstała pierwsza w Polsce queerowa księgarnia |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Polska |first=Vogue |date=2022-07-20 |website=Vogue Polska |language=pl}}

|

=Oceania=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
CountryCityNameOpening yearImage
rowspan="2" |{{AUS}}

|Sydney

|The Bookshop Darlinghurst{{Cite web |url=http://www.thebookshop.com.au/ |title=The Bookshop |access-date=2024-01-01|language=en}}

|1982{{Cite web |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/sydneys-gay-bookstore-the-bookshop-darlinghurst-celebrates-40-years/215898 |title=Sydney's Gay Bookstore The Bookshop Darlinghurst Celebrates 40 Years |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Magaletti |first=Douglas |date=2022-08-22 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US}}

|File:Bookshop Darlinghurst MRD 02.jpg

Melbourne

|Hares & Hyenas{{Cite web |url=http://www.hares-hyenas.com.au/ |title=Hares & Hyenas |access-date=2024-01-01|language=en}}

|1991

Closed bookstores

= Asia =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
CountryCityNameYearsImage
{{TWN}}

|Taipei

|Fembooks
(女書店)
Now online{{Cite web |title=關於我們 - 女書店 |url=https://www.fembooks.com.tw/tc/page.aspx?mid=72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105212503/https://www.fembooks.com.tw/tc/page.aspx?mid=72 |archive-date=2024-01-05 |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.fembooks.com.tw}}

|1994 to 2017{{Cite web |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2017/06/20/2003672880 |title=Unsustainable losses force closure of iconic feminist bookstore 不堪虧損 女書店七月熄燈 - Taipei Times |access-date=2024-01-05 |date=2017-06-20 |website=www.taipeitimes.com}}

|File:Witch House and Fembooks 20161211.jpg

= America =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
CountryCityNameYearsImage
{{ARG}}

|Buenos Aires

|Otras Letras{{Cite web |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/07/03/cronicasdesdelatinoamerica/1246625231.html |title=La primera librería gay de Buenos Aires |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.elmundo.es}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/abre-primera-libreria-tematica-gay-ciudad_0_HyxWNOYATYx.html |title=Abre la primera librería temática gay de la Ciudad |access-date=2024-01-15 |last=Clarín |first=Redacción |date=2009-06-24 |website=Clarín |language=es}}

|2009 to 2013{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/libreriaotrasletras/ |title=Facebook |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.facebook.com}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmpMIksFBVc |title=Librería Otras Letras |website=YouTube |access-date=2024-01-06 |language=es-ES}}

|

rowspan="2" |{{CAN}}

|Montreal

|Librairie L'Androgyne

|1973 to 2002{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-23|last=baytek|language=en-US|title=Librarie L'Androgyne|url=https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/librarie-landrogyne/}}

|File:L'androgyne Crescent.png

Ottawa

|After Stonewall{{Cite web |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/after-stonewall-ready-to-reopen-jan-26-1429 |title=After Stonewall ready to reopen Jan 26 - Xtra Magazine |access-date=2024-01-05 |date=2013-01-24 |language=en-CA}}
Now also an art gallery

|1990 to ¿?

|

rowspan="23" |{{USA}}

|Ellis Island, New York

|Adonis Books{{cite web|title=The History of LGBT Bookstores in the Castro|url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=arts__culture&sc=books&id=200927}}{{Cite web |url=https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/sfbagals/Kalendar/1972_Kalendar_Vol01_No18_Sep_27.pdf |title=San Francisco's Independent Gay Paper 1972}}{{Cite web |url=https://issuu.com/bayareareporter/docs/bayareareporter_july_14_2016 |title=July 14, 2016 Edition of the Bay Area Reporter by Bay Area Reporter - Issuu |access-date=2024-01-26 |date=2016-07-13 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}

|1967 to ¿?{{Cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lgbtqheritage/upload/lgbtqtheme-appendixa.pdf |title=LGBTQ+ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History}}

|

New Orleans, Louisiana

|Beckham's Bookshop{{Cite web |url=https://bookstoreexplorer.com/beckhams-bookshop-new-orleans-louisiana/ |title=Beckham's Bookshop – New Orleans, Louisiana |access-date=2024-01-06 |last=BookstoreExplore |date=2019-08-26 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |url=https://junghotel.com/best-independent-book-stores-to-visit-in-the-french-quarter-while-on-a-new-orleans-staycation/ |title=Best Independent Book Stores to Visit in the French Quarter While on a New Orleans Staycation – Jung Hotel & Residences |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=junghotel.com}}
No longer focusing on LGBT+ books

|1967 to ¿?

|File:Beckham's Bookshop, Dogs and Beer Welcome, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.jpg

New York, New York

|Oscar Wilde Bookshop{{Cite web |url=https://www.arcados.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/OscW-Books-67-09-NY.pdf |title=OscW-Books |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121134020/https://www.arcados.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/OscW-Books-67-09-NY.pdf |archive-date=2024-01-21}}

|1967 to 2009{{Cite web |url=https://www.dosmanzanas.com/2009/02/la-crisis-economica-se-lleva-por-delante-a-la-libreria-lgtb-mas-antigua-de-estados-unidos.html |title=La crisis económica se lleva por delante a la librería LGTB más antigua de United States |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=dosmanzanas - La web de noticias LGTB |language=es}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.2mecs.de/wp/2009/02/oscar-wilde-bookshop-schliesst-2009-nach-41-jahren/ |title=Oscar Wilde Bookshop einst weltweit ältester schwule Buchladen |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Würdemann |first=Ulrich |date=2009-02-04 |website=2mecs |language=de-DE}}

|File:ChristopherAndGayStreets9.JPG

rowspan='2'|Minneapolis, Minnesota

|Amazon Bookstore Cooperative{{Cite web |url=https://www.startribune.com/true-colors-bookstore-puts-out-a-plea-for-help/135941753/ |title=True Colors bookstore puts out a plea for help |access-date=2024-01-05 |last=Hertzel |first=Laurie |date=2004-12-03 |website=Star Tribune}}

|1970 to 2012{{Cite web |url=https://hennepintheatretrust.org/lgbtqia-leaders/amazon-bookstore-cooperative/ |title=Amazon Bookstore Cooperative |access-date=2024-01-23 |date=2022-05-26 |website=Hennepin Theatre Trust}}

|File:True Colors Bookstore (formerly Amazon Bookstore) cropped.jpg

A Brother's Touch Bookshop{{Cite web |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/07/09/founder-of-states-first-gay-bookstore-dies |title=Founder of state's first gay bookstore dies |access-date=2024-01-06 |date=2014-07-09 |website=MPR News |language=en}}

|1983 to 2014{{Cite web |url=https://lavendermagazine.com/our-lives/lifestyles-communities/local-glbt-community-loses-activist-harvey-hertz-owned-a-brothers-touch-bookstore-for-20-years/ |title=Local GLBT Community Loses Activist Harvey Hertz: Owned A Brother's Touch Bookstore for 20 Years - Lavender Magazine |access-date=2024-01-06 |last=Holdgrafer |first=George |date=2014-07-10 |language=en-US}}

|

Dalas, Texas
Austin, Texas
Houston, Texas

|Lobo Bookshop{{Cite web |url=https://www.houstonlgbthistory.org/misc-bookstores.html |title=Houston Gay & Lesbian Bookstores |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.houstonlgbthistory.org}}

|1973 to 1988{{Cite web |url=https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2020/06/a-tale-of-gay-bookstores-past/ |title=A Tale of Gay Bookstores Past - OutSmart Magazine |access-date=2024-01-23 |date=2020-06-04 |website=www.outsmartmagazine.com |language=en-US}}
1986 to 2004

|

Washington D. C.
Baltimore, Maryland
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Norfolk, Virginia

|Lambda Rising{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2009/12/11/end-of-an-era-as-lambda-rising-to-close/,%20https://www.washingtonblade.com/2009/12/11/end-of-an-era-as-lambda-rising-to-close/ |title=Lambda Rising Closes - DC Gay News - Washington Blade Gay Newspaper |access-date=2024-01-27 |last=Jr |first=Lou Chibbaro |date=2009-12-11 |website=www.washingtonblade.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/print-edition/2015/06/19/how-a-d-c-bookstore-became-an-unexpected-launchpad.html|title=How a D.C. bookstore became an unexpected launchpad for an iconic celebration |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}

|1974 to 2008
1984 to 2008
1991 to 2010
1996 to 2007{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/07/AR2009120702117.html |title=Lambda's closing|newspaper=The Washington Post }}

|File:Lambda Rising.jpg

rowspan='5'|San Francisco, California

|Paperback Traffic{{Cite web |url=https://www.smallpresstraffic.org/history |title=History |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=www.smallpresstraffic.org |language=en}}

|1972 to 1982

|

Old Wives Tales{{Cite web |url=https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Carol_Seajay,_Old_Wives_Tales_and_the_Feminist_Bookstore_Network&scrlybrkr=cf51fd4e |title=Carol Seajay, Old Wives Tales and the Feminist Bookstore Network - FoundSF |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.foundsf.org}}{{Cite web |url=https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/kirkeberg/bundles/231934 |title=Old Wives' Tales at 1007/1009 Valencia Street - 1988 - Max Kirkeberg Collection |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=diva.sfsu.edu}}

|1976 to 1995{{Cite web |url=https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/kirkeberg/bundles/231939 |title=Old Wives Tales bookstore at 1009 Valencia Street - 1983 - Max Kirkeberg Collection |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=diva.sfsu.edu}}

|File:Old Wives Tales bookstore at 1009 Valencia Street - 1983.png

Walt Whitman Bookshop{{Cite web |url=https://www.curvemag.com/us/californias-last-gay-bookstore-to-close/ |title=California's Last Gay Bookstore To Close |access-date=2024-01-27 |date=2011-04-25 |website=CURVE |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/literature/gay_lesbian_bookstores_L.pdf |title=Gay and Lesbian Bookstores}}

|1978 to 1980

|

Noe Books and News{{Cite web |url=https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/sfbagals/Sentinal/1982_SFS_Vol09_No10_Apr_01.pdf |title=The Sentinel Newspaper}}

|1980s a ¿?

|

Love That Dares{{Cite web |url=https://cdn.calisphere.org/data/13030/pf/c83n29pf/files/glbths_bus_eph.pdf |title=San Francisco LGBT Business Ephemera Collection}}

|1987 to 1988

|

Los Angeles, California
San Francisco, California
New York, New York

|A Different Light

|1979 to 2009
1985 to 2001{{Cite web |url=https://www.dosmanzanas.com/2011/04/la-ultima-libreria-especificamente-lgtb-de-san-francisco-echa-el-cierre.html |title=La última librería específicamente LGTB de San Francisco echa el cierre |access-date=2024-01-16 |last=platero |website=dosmanzanas - La web de noticias LGTB |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113231855/https://www.dosmanzanas.com/2011/04/la-ultima-libreria-especificamente-lgtb-de-san-francisco-echa-el-cierre.html|archive-date=2023-11-13}}
1983 to 2011{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/lgbt/article/A-Different-Light-gay-bookstore-in-Castro-closing-2374151.php |title=A different light closes|date=22 April 2011 }}

|

Bloomington, Indiana

|Dreams and Swords
Previously Aquarius Books

|1986 to 1988{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/Dreams_and_Swords |title=Dreams and Swords - Bloomingpedia |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.bloomingpedia.org}}

|

rowspan='3'|Houston, Texas

|Wilde 'N' Stein{{Cite web |url=https://www.houstonlgbthistory.org/misc-wilde.html |title=Wilde 'N' Stein |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=www.houstonlgbthistory.org}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/30498-historic-houston-book-stores/ |title=Historic Houston Book Stores |access-date=2024-01-24 |date=2014-06-13 |website=HAIF - Houston's original social media |language=en-US}}

|1977 to 1986

|

Inklings Bookshop{{Cite web |url=https://www.houstonlgbthistory.org/misc-bookstores2.html |title=Houston Gay & Lesbian Bookstores |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=www.houstonlgbthistory.org}}{{Cite web |url=https://lesbiansoverage50.org/history-of-loaf/ |title=History of LOAF |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=L.O.A.F. |language=en-US}}

|1988 to 1997

|

Crossroads Market{{Cite web |url=https://www.houstonlgbthistory.org/misc-crossroads.html |title=Houston Gay & Lesbian Bookstores |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=www.houstonlgbthistory.org}}

|1992 to 2002

|

San Diego, California

|Obelisk Shoppe{{Cite web |url=https://sandiego.gaycities.com/shops/100066-obelisk-bookstore |title=Obelisk Store}}

|1992 to 2011

|

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

|Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee{{Cite web |url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2011/07/27/know-milwaukee-outwords-books-an-enclave-for-lgbt-lit/ |title=Know Milwaukee: Outwords Books – An enclave for LGBT lit |access-date=2024-01-26 |last=Ebben |first=Jeb |website=Urban Milwaukee |language=en}}
Previously Afterwords Bookstore and Espresso Bar

|1993 to 2023{{Cite web |url=https://shepherdexpress.com/lgbtq/my-lgbtq-pov/the-end-of-an-era-after-three-decades-milwaukee%E2%80%99s-lgbtq-lite/ |title=The End of an Era: After Three Decades, Milwaukee's LGBTQ Literary Oasis, Outwords Books, Closes |access-date=2024-01-26}}

|

Atlanta, Georgia

|Outwrite{{Cite web |url=http://roughdraftatlanta.com/2012/01/26/iconic-outwrite-bookstore-closes-in-midtown/ |title=Iconic Outwrite Bookstore closes in Midtown |access-date=2024-01-06 |last=Kelley |first=Collin |date=2012-01-26 |website=Rough Draft Atlanta |language=en-US}}

|1994 to 2012{{Cite web |url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-227672-omnivore---outwrite-coffeehouse-bookstore-closes |title=Outwrite coffeehouse-bookstore closes permanently |access-date=2024-01-01|author=Cliff Bostock |date=2012-01-02|website=Atlanta City Guide |language=en}}

|File:Atlanta Tour 026.jpg

Nashville, Tennessee

|Outloud{{Cite web |url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/as-outloud-closes-its-doors-nashville-loses-an-anchor-of-the-gay-community/article_b9a67755-b62a-53af-9b7a-39405f7926f2.html |title=As Outloud! closes its doors, Nashville loses an anchor of the gay community |access-date=2024-01-27 |last=Moore |first=Tracy |date=2011-02-10 |website=Nashville Scene |language=en}}{{Cite web |url=https://baltimoreoutloud.com/wp/glad-day-toronto-is-north-americas-oldest-gay-bookstore/ |title=Glad Day Toronto is North America's oldest Gay Bookstore |access-date=2024-01-27 |last=jbecker |website=Baltimore OUTloud |language=en-US}}

|1995 to 2010{{Cite web |url=http://www.outloudonline.com/ |title=After 15 Years, OutLoud Bookstore is Closing |access-date=2024-01-03|date=2010-12-02|website=OutLoud |language=en}}

|

Boston, Massachusetts

|Calamus{{Cite web |url=http://www.calamusbooks.com/ |title=Calamus |access-date=2024-01-01|language=en}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bookweb.org/news/obituary-john-mitzel-calamus-bookstore |title=Obituary: John Mitzel of Calamus Bookstore |access-date=2024-01-01|date=2013-10-09|website=American Booksellers Association |language=en}}

|2000 to 2016{{Cite web |url=https://davis-square.livejournal.com/3729811.html |title=Calamus Books is closing! |access-date=2024-01-06 |last=davis_square |first=LB Leeescribió en davis_square: LB Lee lb_lee |website=davis-square.livejournal.com |language=es}}

|

West Hollywood, California

|Circus of Books{{Cite web |url=https://circusofbooks.com/ |title=Circus of Books}}

|

|File:Circus of Books (4447745194).jpg

= Europe =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
CountryCityNameYearsImage
rowspan="2" |{{DEU}}

|Hamburg

|Männerschwarm{{Cite web |url=https://www.maennerschwarm.de/ueber-uns/ |title=Über uns |access-date=2024-01-06 |date=2021-12-07 |website=Männerschwarm |language=de-DE}}

|1981 to 2015{{Cite web |url=https://www.2mecs.de/wp/2015/01/buchladen-maennerschwarm-schwul-nachruf/ |title=Buchladen Männerschwarm (1981 - 2015) |access-date=2024-01-21 |last=Würdemann |first=Ulrich |date=2015-01-24 |website=2mecs |language=de-DE}}

|

Frankfurt

|Oscar Wilde{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscar-wilde.de/ |title=Oscar Wilde |access-date=2024-01-01|language=German}}

|1994 to ¿?{{Cite web |url=https://prinz.de/frankfurt/locations/35988-oscar-wilde-buchhandlung/ |title=Oscar Wilde Buchhandlung, Frankfurt |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=PRINZ |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |url=https://mannschaft.com/ohne-selbstausbeutung-geht-es-nicht/ |title="Ohne Selbstausbeutung geht es nicht" |access-date=2024-01-21 |date=2017-08-10 |website=Mannschaft |language=de-DE}}

|

{{SCO}}

|Edinburgh

|First of May Bookshop

|1977 to 1990{{Cite web |url=https://altedinburgh.wordpress.com/bookshops/the-first-of-may-bookshop-1977-1990/ |title=The First of May Bookshop (1977 – 1990) |access-date=2024-01-03 |date=2009-10-13 |website=altedinburgh |language=en}}

|

rowspan="4" |{{ESP}}

|Barcelona

|Cómplices

|1994 to 2022{{Cite web |url=https://www.elnacional.cat/es/barcelona/cierra-complices-libreria-lgbti-barcelona_905856_102.html |title=Cierra Cómplices, la primera librería LGBTI de Barcelona |access-date=2024-01-05 |date=2022-10-26 |website=ElNacional.cat |language=es}}

|File:Llibreria Cómplices 2022.jpg

Bilbao

|Safo de Lesbos{{Cite web |url=http://www.trabajemosporelmundo.org/ong-nd/luisa_guerrero/librerias.htm |title=Librerias de temática homosexual. Literatura. Cuentos infantiles con protagonistas lesbianas |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.trabajemosporelmundo.org}}

|2005 to ¿?{{Cite web |url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/216669/0/Bilbao/referente/gay/ |title=Bilbao se convierte en referente gay con 43 locales 'que entienden' |access-date=2024-01-01|author=Unai Etxebarria |date=2007-03-02|website=20 Minutos |language=es}}

|

Seville

|Librería Mira{{Cite web |url=http://www.laslibrerias.com/libreria-mira-sevilla/ |title=Librería Mira |access-date=2024-01-01|website=Las librerías.com |language=es}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/sevilla-00357/noticia-colega-sevilla-libreria-mira-participan-feria-libro-sensibilizar-poblacion-20090514143729.html |title=Colega-Sevilla y la librería Mira participan en la Feria del Libro para "sensibilizar" a la población |access-date=2024-01-06 |date=2009-05-14 |publisher=Europa Press}}

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Valencia

|El Cobertizo{{Cite web |title=Tanca la llibreria El Cobertizo de València |url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/822833/20040309/tanca-llibreria-cobertizo-valencia.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207195554/https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/822833/20040309/tanca-llibreria-cobertizo-valencia.html |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=VilaWeb |language=ca}}

|1997 to 2004

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|Paris

|Blue Book{{Cite web |url=http://reloaded.e-llico.com/article.htm?articleID=18185 |title=Paris Disparition de la librairie LGBT Blue Book |access-date=2024-01-03|author=Actus |date=2008-08-02|website=e-llico.com |language=fr}}

|2003 to 2008

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Lyon

|Etat d'Esprit{{Cite web |url=http://www.gayinlyon.com/actualite/etat-d%E2%80%99esprit-la-librairie-gay-definitivement-fermee/ |title=Etat d'Esprit: la librairie gay définitivement fermée |access-date=2024-01-03|date=2009-07-25|website=Gay in Lyon |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305234748/http://www.gayinlyon.com/actualite/etat-d%E2%80%99esprit-la-librairie-gay-definitivement-fermee/ |archive-date=2014-03-05}}

|¿? a 2009

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Marsella

|Les Mots pour le dire

|¿? a 2008

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rowspan="2" |{{ITA}}

|Milan

| rowspan="2"|Babele{{Cite web |url=http://www.giovannidallorto.com/attualita/babele/babele.html |title=Cosa è successo alla liberia Babele di Milano? |access-date=2009-05-26|author=Giovanni Dall'Orto |date=2008-11-06|website=Home page Giovanni Dall'Orto |language=it}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gay.tv/articolo/la-libreria-babele-di-milano-chiude-di-nuovo/37531/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141102105851/http://www.gay.tv/articolo/la-libreria-babele-di-milano-chiude-di-nuovo/37531/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |title=La libreria Babele di Milano chiude, di nuovo |access-date=2024-01-03|date=2012-09-01|website=Gay.tv |language=it}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gay.it/channel/attualita/34249/Chiude-per-la-terza-volta-la-libreria-Babele-di-Milano.html |title=Chiude, per la terza volta, la libreria Babele di Milano |access-date=2024-01-03|date=2012-09-01|website=Gay.it |language=it}}

|1987 to 2012{{Cite web |url=http://www.queerblog.it/post/6350/la-libreria-babele-di-roma-chiude-definitivamente |title=La Libreria Babele di Roma chiude definitivamente |access-date=2024-01-03|author=Roberto Russo |date=2009-10-02|website=queerblog |language=it}}

|File:Lababele milano by bolognini3.JPG

Rome

|1993 to 2009

|File:Libreria babele roma by Stefano Bolognini.JPG

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|Nijmegen

|De Feeks{{Cite web |url=http://www.lesbischarchief.nl/Feeks/Feeks_index.shtml |title=Nijmeegse Vereniging ter Bevordering van Vrouwencultuur De Feeks |access-date=2016-08-01|website=Lesbisch Archief |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425200729/http://lesbischarchief.nl/Feeks/Feeks_index.shtml |archive-date=2019-04-25}}{{Cite web |url=https://rozegeschiedenis-nijmegen.nl/thema/DeFeeks.html |title=De Feeks :: Nijmeegse Vereniging ter Bevordering van Vrouwencultuur |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=rozegeschiedenis-nijmegen.nl}}

|1977 to 2022{{Cite web |url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/nijmegen/boekhandel-de-feeks-stopt-als-winkel~ab0f6e6c/ |title=Boekhandel De Feeks stot als winkel |author=Jacqueline van Ginneken |date=November 22, 2018 |website=Gelderlander |language=German |access-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123043521/https://www.gelderlander.nl/nijmegen/boekhandel-de-feeks-stopt-als-winkel~ab0f6e6c/ |archive-date=November 23, 2018}}

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rowspan="2" |Amsterdam

|Intermale{{Cite web |url=http://destroyerjournal.com/2011/02/10/intermale-is-history-an-interview-with-its-founder/ |title=Intermale is history – an interview with its founder |access-date=2024-01-01|date=2011-02-01|website=Destroyer Journal |language=en}}

|1984 to 2011{{Cite web |url=http://www.intermale.nl/ |title=Intermale is closed |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Intermale Gay Bookstore Amsterdam |language=en }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.gaybars.eu/en/Amsterdam/Bookshop-Intermale-Closed.htm |title=Bookshop Intermale Closed |access-date=2024-01-03 |last=gaybars |date=2011-01-19 |website=gaybars.eu |language=en}}

|File:Intermale - amsterdam - 1986.jpg

Vrolijk{{Cite web |url=http://www.vrolijk.nu/ |title=Vrolijk |access-date=2024-01-01|language=es}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.vrolijk.nu/geschiedenis_vrolijk |title=history vrolijk |access-date=2024-01-01|date=2012-12-01|website=Vrolijk |language=en}}
Now online

|1984 to ¿?

|File:Vrolijk-bookstore.jpg

{{PRT}}

|Lisbon

|Esquina Cor de Rosa{{Cite web |url=https://dezanove.pt/cha-da-meia-noite-de-sibila-lind-843070 |title="Chá da Meia-Noite" de Sibila Lind traz-nos Jo Bernardo |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=dezanove.pt}}

|1999 to 2006

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{{SUE}}

|Stockholm

|Rosa Rummet{{Cite web |url=http://www.rfsl.se/?p=3815&aid=6832 |title=RFSL Stockholm säljer ut Rosa Rummet |date=2001-07-01|website=RFSL |language=sv-SE}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.qx.se/nyheter/5894/grattis-rfsl-huset-20-ar/ |title=Grattis RFSL-Huset 20 år! |access-date=2024-01-03 |last=Voss |first=Jon |website=QX.se |language=sv-SE}}{{Cite journal |date=1989-08-01 |title=Up and Coming: Up and Coming |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.28046048 |volume=6 |issue=8 |access-date=2024-01-23|journal=Up and Coming }}

|1981 to 2001{{Cite web |url=http://www.rfsl.se/?p=3815&aid=6832 |title=RFSL Stockholm säljer ut Rosa Rummet |access-date=2024-01-03|date=2001-07-01|website=RFSL |language=sv-SE }}

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