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Queer Independent Bookstores
By State
Alabama
Burdock Book Collective - Birmingham, AL
Arizona
Antigone Books - Tucscon, AZ
Arkansas
Dog Ear Books - Russellville, AR
California
Dog Eared Books - San Francisco, CA
Fabulosa Books - San Francisco, CA
Lavender Library - Sacramento, CA
Omnivore Books on Food - San Francisco, CA
Rakestraw Books - Danville, CA
Reparations Club - Los Angeles, CA
The Ripped Bodice - Los Angeles, CA
A Seat at the Table - Elk Grove, CA
Colorado
Petals & Pages - Denver, CO
Florida
Common Ground Books - Tallahassee, FL
hello again books - Cocoa Village, FL
Tombolo Books - St. Petersburg, FL
Georgia
Bookish - Atlanta, GA
Charis Books & More - Decatur, GA
Hawaii
Kona Bay Books - Kailua, HI
Iowa
The Little Book - Des Moines, IA
Illinois
The Atlas Collective - Moline, IL
Lit. on Fire Books - Peoria, IL
Rubber Rose Books & Print - Kankakee, IL
Unabridged Books - Chicago, IL
Women & Children First - Chicago, IL
Indiana
Loudmouth Books - Indianapolis, IN
Iowa
The Green Dragon Bookshop - Fort Dodge, IA
Louisiana
Tubby & Coo's Mid-City Book Shop - New Orleans, LA
Maine
The Lucky Fox Bookshop - Portland, ME
Maryland/Washington D.C.
Kramers - Washington, D.C.
Little District Books - Washington, D.C.
Loyalty Bookstores - Silver Spring, MD and Washington, D.C.
Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse - Baltimore, MD
Massachusetts
All She Wrote - Somerville, MA
Bookends in Florence - Northampton, MA
East End Books - Provincetown, MA
High Five Books - Florence, MA - Kids/middle gradebooks
Womencrafts - Provincetown, MA
Minnesota
Black Garnet Books - Minneapolis, MN
The Irreverent Bookworm - Minneapolis, MN
Quatrefoil LGBTQIA+ Library & Community Center - Minneapolis, MN
Mississippi
Violet Valley - Water Valley, MS
Missouri
Left Bank Books - St. Louis, MS
Montana
Montana Book Company - Helena, MT
New Jersey
Here’s the Story - Union, NJ
Howling Basset Books - Oldwick, NJ
New York
Astoria Bookshop - Queens, NY
- Manhattan, NY - Site LINK
The Golden Notebook - Woodstock, NY
The Nonbinarian Bookstore & Book Bike - Brooklyn, NY
The Ripped Bodice - Brooklyn, NY
Rust Belt Books - Buffalo, NY
One Grand Books - Narrowsburg, NY
W.Whitman Books - Middleburgh, NY
North Carolina
Firestorm Books & Coffee -Asheville, NC
Ohio
Little Gay Bookstore - Columbus, OH
Oregon
- Portland, OR - Site LINK
Another Read Through - Portland, OR - Physical store on hiatus
Broadway Books - Portland, OR
Bishop & Wilde - Portland, OR
Spoke & Word Books - Milwaukie, OR
Pennsylvania
Big Blue Marble Bookstore - Philadelphia, PA
Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room - Philadelphia, PA - Since 1973 - the oldest continuously operating queer bookstore in America
South Carolina
Queer Haven Books - Columbia, SC
Texas
BookWoman - Austin, TX
Utah
Under the Umbrella - Salt Lake City, UT
Washington
Charlie’s Queer Books - Seattle, WA
King’s Books - Tacoma, WA
Left Bank Books - Seattle, WA
Main St. Books - Monroe, WA
Village Books - Bellingham, WA
International
Gay’s the Word Bookshop - London
