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Gay/Lesbian/Feminist Bookstores, Part Two

Looking for a "family" bookstore in your neighborhood? Then look no further.

Key:

G/L
Gay/Lesbian Bookstore (specializes in gay male and lesbian books)
F
Feminist Bookstore (specializes in feminist books; almost always carries lesbian titles and sometimes carries gay male titles)
Gen
General Bookstore (carries a broad range of books including some gay/lesbian titles)


Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Canada

    Missouri:
  • St. Louis:
    • Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid, 63108; (314) 367-6731 [Gen]
    • Planet Proud Books and Gifts, 3194 S. Grand, 63118; (314) 772-4528, (314) 772-6506 (Fax), info@planetproud.com [G/L]
  • Springfield:
    • Renaissance Books, 1337 East Montclair, 65804; (417) 883-5161 [Gen]
    Montana:
  • Billings:
    • Barjon's Books, 2718 3rd Avenue N., 59101; (406) 252-4398 [Gen]
    Nebraska:
  • Omaha:
    • New Realities, 1026 Howard St., 68102; (402) 342-1863 [Gen]
    Nevada:
  • Las Vegas:
    • Get Booked, 4640 Paradise Road, 89109 (702) 737-7780 [G/L]
  • Reno:
    • Grapevine Books, 1450 S. Wells Avenue, 89502; (702) 786-4869 [G/L]
    New Jersey:
  • Cape May::
    • Foundation Books, 664 Washington Square, 08204; (609) 884-0607 [Gen]
  • Denville:
    • Perrin & Tregett Booksellers, 3130 Route 10 West , 07834; (201) 328-8811, (800) 770-8811, perrinbooks@juno.com [Gen]
  • Madison:
    • Pandora Book Peddlers, 9 Waverly Place, 07940; (201) 822-8388 [F]
  • Montclair:
    • Montclair Book Center, 221 Glenridge Avenue, 07042; (201) 783-3630 [Gen]
  • New Brunswick:
    • Chapter One Books, 128 Raritan Avenue, Highland Park, 08904; (908) 828-7648 [Gen]
    New Mexico:
  • Albuquerque:
    • Full Circle Books, 2205 Silver SE, 87106; (505) 266-0022, (800) 951-0053 [G/L]
    • Sisters and Brothers Bookstore, 4011 Silver Avenue SE, 87108; (800) 687-3480, (505) 266-7317, www.sistersandbrothers.com [G/L]
  • Sante Fe:
    • Galisteo News, 201 Galisteo St., 87051; (505) 984-1316 [Gen]
  • Taos:
    • Taos Book Shop, 122D Kit Carson Rd., 87571; (505) 758-3733 [Gen]
    New York:
  • Buffalo:
    • Talking Leaves, 3158 Main St., 14214; (716) 837-8554 [Gen]
    • Village Green Bookstore, 765A Elmwood Avneu, 14222; (716) 884-1200 [Gen]
  • East Hampton:
    • Book Hampton, 14 Main St., East Hampton, 11937; (516) 324- 4939 [Gen]
  • Huntington
    • Ruby Slippers, 326 Main St., 11743; (516) 421-3550, Fax: (516) 421-3572 [G/L]
  • Ithaca:
  • New Paltz:
    • Ariel Booksellers, 3 Plattekill Avenue, 12561; (914) 255-8041 [Gen]
    • The Painted Word, 36 Main St., 12561; (914) 256-0825 [Gen]
  • New York City:
    • Beyond Words, 186 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, 11217; (718) 857-0010 [G/L]
    • Creative Visions, 548 Hudson St., 10014; (212) 645-7573 [G/L]
    • A Different Light 151 W. 19th St., 10011; (212) 989-4850, adl@adlbooks.com [G/L]
    • Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, 15 Christopher St., 10014; (212) 255-8097, www.oscarwildebooks.com, WildeBooks@aol.com [G/L]
    • Three Lives & Co., 154 W. 10th St., 10014; (212) 741-2069 [Gen]
  • Rochester:
    • Silkwood Books, Inc., 633 Monroe Avenue, 14607; (716) 473-8110 [Gen]
    • Village Green Bookstore, 766 Monroe Avenue, 14607-3296; (716) 442-1151
  • South Hampton:
    • Book Hampton, 93 Main St., 11968; (516) 283-0270
  • Syracuse:
    • My Sister's Words, 304 N. McBride St., 13203; (315) 428-0227 [F]
  • Woodstock:
    • Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St., 12498; (914) 679-8000 [Gen]
    North Carolina:
  • Asheville:
    • Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, 61 Haywood, 28801; (704) 254-6734 [Gen]
    • Rainbow's End, 10 N. Spruce Street, 28801; (828) 285-0005 [Gen]
  • Chapel Hill:
    • Internationalist Books, 405 W. Franklin St, 27516; (919) 942-1740 [Gen]
  • Charlotte:
    • Rising Moon Books & Beyond, 510 E. 35th St., 28205; (704) 332-RISE [G/L]
    • White Rabbit Books/Charlotte, 834 Central Avenue, 28215; (704) 377-4067 [G/L]
  • Durham:
    • Regulator Bookshop, 720 9th St., 27705; (919) 286-2700 [Gen]
  • Greensboro:
    • White Rabbit Books, 1833 Spring Garden St., 27403; (910) 272-7604 [Gen]
  • Raleigh:
    • White Rabbit Books & Things, 309 W. Martin St., 27601; (919) 856-1429 [Gen]
    Ohio:
  • Cincinnati:
    • Crazy Ladies Bookstore, 4039 Hamilton Avenue, 45223; (513) 541-4198 [F]
    • Pink Pyramid, 907 Race St., 45202-1026 (513) 621-PINK [G/L]
  • Cleveland:
    • Body Language, 3291 W. 115th St., 44111; (216) 251-3330, (888) 429-7733, Fax (216) 476-3825, www.body-language.com, BodyLanguage100@aol.com [G/L]
    • Bookstore on West 25th St., 1921 W. 25th St., 44113 (216) 566-8897; [Gen]
  • Columbus:
    • Little Professor Book Center, 1657 West Lane Avenue, 43221; (614) 486-5328 [Gen]
    • An Open Book, 749 N. High St., 43215; (614) 291-0080 [G/L]
  • Toledo:
    • People Called Women, 3153 W. Central Avenue, 43606; (419) 535-6455 [F]
    Oklahoma:
  • Oklahoma City:
    • Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th St., 73112; (405) 521-9696 [F]
    Oregon:
  • Eugene:
    • Hungry Head Books, 1212 Willamette St., 97401; (503) 485-0888 [Gen]
    • Mother Kali's Books, 720 E. 13th Avenue, 97401; (503) 343-4864 [G/L]
    • Peralandra Books & Music, 199 E. 5th St., 97401; (503) 485-4848 [Gen]
  • Portland:
    • Gai-Pied Men's Bookstore, 2544 NE Broadway, 97232; (503) 331-1125, gaipied@teleport.com [G/L]
    • In Other Words/Women's Books & Resources, 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 97214; (503) 232-6003 [F]
    • Looking Glass Books, 318 SW Taylor St., 97204; (503) 227-4760 [Gen]
    • Powell's Bookstore, 1005 W. Burnside, 97209; (503) 228-4651, (800) 878-7323 [Gen]
    • Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 NW 23rd Avenue, 97210; (503) 224-5097 [Gen]
    • Widdershins Books, 1996 SE Ladd Avenue, 97214; (503) 232-2129 [G/L]
    Pennsylvania:
  • New Hope:
    • Book Gallery, 19 W. Mechanic St., 18938; (215) 862-5110 [G/L]
    • Sappho's Garden, 78 Tow Path, 18938 (215) 862-1326 [L/F]
  • Philadelphia:
    • Afterwords, 218 S. 12th St., 19107; (215) 735-2393 [Gen]
    • Giovanni's Room, 345 S. 12th St., 19107; (215) 923-2960, Fax: (215) 923-0813, giophilp@netaxs.com [G/L]
  • Pittsburgh:
    • Saint Elmo's Outwords, 2208 Carson, 15203; (412) 431-9100 [Gen]
  • Reading:
    • Lavender Hearts, 13 N. 9th St., Reading, 19601; (610) 372-1828 [G/L]
  • State College:
    • Svoboda's, 227 W. Beaver Avenue, 16801 (814) 237-6171 [Gen]
  • York:
    Tennessee:
  • Knoxville:
    • Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 113 N. Peters Rd., 37923; (615) 690-0136 [Gen]
    • Violets & Rainbows, 2426 Mineral Springs (rear), 37917 (423) 687-5552 [G/L]
  • Memphis:
    • Meristem, 930 S. Cooper, 38104; (901) 276-0282 [F]
  • Nashville:
    • Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 4007 Hillsboro Rd., 37215; (615) 385-2645 [Gen]
    • Outloud! Books & Gifts, 1709 Church St., 37203; (615) 340-0034, (800) 572-7326, Fax: (615) 320-3285, Outloud1@aol.com [G/L/F]
    Texas:
  • Austin:
    • Book Woman, 918 W. 12th St., 78703; (512) 472-2785 [F]
    • Lobo Book Store, 3204-A Guadalupe St., 78705 (512) 454-5406, linglelobo@aol.com [G/L]
  • Corpus Christi:
  • Dallas:
    • Crossroads Market & Bookstore, 3930 Cedar Springs, 75219; (214) 521-8919 [G/L]
  • Houston:
    • Crossroads Market & Bookstore, 1111 Westheimer St., 77006; (713) 942-0147 [G/L]
    • Lobo Book Store, 3939-S Montrose, 77006; (713) 522-1132, linglelobo@aol.com [G/L]
  • San Antonio:
    • The Q Bookstore, 2803 N. St. Mary's St., 78212; (210) 734-4299 [G/L]
    • Textures Books & Gifts, 5309 McCullough, 78212; (210) 805-TEXT [G/L]
    Utah:
  • Salt Lake City:
    • Inklings, 247 East 900, 84111; (801) 355-4991, inklings@inklingsbks.com [G/L]
    • A Woman's Place, 1400 Foothill Drive, 84108; (801) 583-6431 [F]
    Vermont:
  • Brattleboro:
    • Everyone's Books, 23 Eliot St., 05301; (802) 254-8160 [Gen]
  • Burlington:
    • Chassman & Bem Booksellers, 81 Church St., 05401; (802) 862-4332 [Gen]
    Virginia:
  • Charlottesville:
    • The Quest Bookshop, 618 W. Main St., 22903; (804) 295-3377 [Gen]
  • Norfolk:
    • Lambda Rising, 9229 Granby St., 23503; (757) 480-6969, lrstaff@aol.com [G/L]
    • Phoenix Rising, 808 Spotswood Avenue, 23517; (804) 622-3701 [G/L]
    • Two of a Kind, 6123 Sewells Pt. Road, (757) 857-6171 [L/F]
  • Richmond:
    • Phoenix Rising, 19 N. Belmont Avenue, 23221; (804) 355-7939 [G/L]
  • Roanoke:
    Washington:
  • Bellingham:
    • Rainbow Bridge, 304 W. Champion St., 98225; (360) 715-3684 [G/L]
  • Everett:
    • Orion at Twilight, 2934-B Colby Avenue, 98201-4011; (206) 303-8624 [Gen]
  • Freeland:
  • Seattle:
    • Bailey/Coy Books, 414 Broadway E., 98102; (206) 323-8842 [Gen]
    • Beyond the Closet Bookstore, 518 East Pike St., 98122; (206) 322-4609, (800) 238-8518, www.beyondthecloset.com [G/L]
    • Fremont Book Company, 621 N. 35th, 98103; (206) 547-5970 [Gen]
    • Left Bank Books, 92 Pike St., 98101; (206) 622-0195 [Gen]
    • M. Coy Books, 117 Pine St., 98101; (206) 623-5354 [Gen]
  • Spokane:
    • Auntie's Bookstore, West 402 Main, 99201; (509) 838-0206 [Gen]
    West Virginia:
  • Charleston:
    • Taylor Books, 226 Capitol Street, 25301; (304) 342-1461 [Gen]
    Wisconsin:
  • La Crosse:
    • Rainbow Revolution, 122 5th Avenue So., 54601; (608) 796-0383 [Gen]
  • Madison:
    • A Room of One's Own, 317 W. Johnson St., 53703; (608) 257-7888 [F]
  • Milwaukee:
    • AfterWords, 2710 N. Murray, 53211; (414) 963-9089 [G/L]
    • Constant Reader Bookshop, 1627 E. Irving Pl., 53202 [Gen]
    • Harry Schwartz Bookshop, 209 E. Wisconsin, 53202; (414) 274-6400 [Gen]
    • People's Books, 2122 E. Locust, 53211; (414) 962-0575 [Gen]
Canada:
    Alberta:
  • Calgary:
    • A Woman's Place, 1412 Centre St. S., T2G 2E4; (403) 263-5256 [F]
  • Edmonton:
    • Orlando Books, 10640 Whyte Avenue, T6E 2A7; (403) 432-7633 [Gen]
    • Woman to Womon Books, 12404 114th Avenue, #106, T5M 3M5; (403) 454-8031 [F]
    British Columbia:
  • Vancouver:
    • Bleeding Rose Books and Multimedia, 102-764 Yates St.; (250) 385-3099, www.bleedingrose.com [G/L]
    • Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium, 1238 Davie St., V6E 1N4; (604) 669-1753, www.lsisters.com, lsisters@lsisters.com [G/L]
    • Women in Print, 3566 W. 4th Avenue, V6R 1N8; (604) 732-4128 [F]
    Newfoundland:
  • St. Johns:
    • Wordplay Bookstore, 221 Duckworth St., A1C 1G7; (709) 726-9193 [Gen]
    Nova Scotia:
  • Halifax:
    • Red Herring Co-op Books, 1578 Argyle St.; (902) 422-5087 [Gen]
    • Venus Envy, 1598 Barrington St.; (902) 422-0004, www.venusenvy.ns.ca [F]
    Ontario:
  • Hamilton:
  • London:
  • Ottawa:
    • After Stonewall, 105 4th Avenue, 2nd floor, KIS 2L1; (613) 567-2221 [G/L]
    • Mother Tongue Books, 1067 Bank St., K15 3WP; (613) 730-2346 [F]
    • Ottawa Women's Bookstore, 272 Elgin St., K2P 1M2; (613) 230-1156 [F]
  • Thunder Bay:
    • Northern Woman's Bookstore, 65 South Court St., P7B 2X2; (807) 344-7979 [F]
  • Toronto:
    • Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge St., M4Y 1Z3; (416) 961-4161 [G/L]
    • This Ain't the Rosedale Library, 483 Church St., M4Y 2V6; (416) 929-9912 [G/L]
    • Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord St., M5S 1G4; (416) 922-8744 [F]
  • Victoria:
    • Everywoman's Books, 635 Johnson St., V8W 1M7; (604) 388-9411 [F]


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