Feminist, GWS, and LGBTQ+ Bookstores

Feminist Bookstores in North America:

• Antigone Books – Tucson, Arizona
• Athenian Press and Workshops – Wilmington, North Carolina – OPENED 3/25/2018 – A creative space that also includes a bookshop
• Big Blue Marble Books – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Bloodroot – Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Bluestockings – New York, New York
• BookWoman – Austin, Texas
• Cafe con Libros – Brooklyn, NY – OPENED December 2017
• Card Carrying Books & Gifts – Corning, NY – OPENED Autumn 2017
• Charis Books – Decatur, Georgia – UPDATE on their move
• L’Euguelionne – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – OPENED February 2017
• Left Bank Books – St. Louis, Missouri
• People Called Women – Toledo, Ohio – Temporarily closed while transitioning to new ownership 3/2018
• A Room of One’s Own – Madison, Wisconsin
• Venus Envy – Ottawa and Halifax – Established 1998 – Books and adult toys
• Violet Valley Bookstore – Water Valley, Mississippi – OPENED Dec. 2017
• Women and Children First – Chicago, Illinois
• Womencrafts – Provincetown, Massachusetts
• Word is Out – Boulder, Colorado – Buy online – Storefront closed 2008

LGBTQ+ Bookstores in North America (also see list above):

• Bureau of General Services – Queer Division (BGSQD) – New York, New York
• Common Language – Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Glad Day Bookshop – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Outwords Books – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Outside North America:

• Category is Books – Glasgow, Scotland – Opened September 2018
• The Feminist Bookshop – Sydney, Australia – Still open after 2016?
• Gay’s The Word – Established in 1979, Gay’s The Word is the UK’s pioneering first (and is today the last surviving) lesbian and gay bookshop.
• The Women’s Bookshop – Auckland, New Zealand

Now closed:

• Calamus Books – Boston, Massachusetts – Closed storefront September 2016
• Food for Thought Books – Amherst, Massachusetts – Closed 2014
• In Other Words – Portland, Oregon – CLOSED 2018
• Lavender Inkwell Bookshoppe – Syracuse, New York – Closed 2015?
• Mother Tongue Books – Ottawa, Canada – 1992-2012
• My Sisters’ Words – Syracuse, New York – Closed 2003
• New Earth Books – Kent, Washington – ?
• New Words Bookstore – Cambridge, MA – 1974-2002
• Northern Woman’s Bookstore – Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada – Closed late 2016
• Now Voyager Books – Provincetown, Massachusetts – Closed
• Ottawa Women’s Bookstore – Ottawa, Canada – 1982-1991
• OutLoud Bookstore – Nashville, Tennesee – Closed 2011
• Sliver Moon Bookshop – Charing Cross Road, London – 1984-2001
• Sisterspace and Books – Washington, D.C. – Closed 2004
• Sisterspirit Books – San Jose, California – Closed 2010
• Toronto Women’s Bookstore – Toronto, Canada – Closed in 2012
• True Colors Bookstore (was Amazon Feminist Bookstore Co-op) – Minneapolis, Minnesota – Closed in 2012
• Valley Vixen – Wolfville, Nova Scotia – OPENED April 2017 – Books and adult toys – Retail store closed June 2018
• Wild Iris Books – Gainesville, Florida – Closed Dec. 23, 2017