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Want to support queer bookshops? A thread.
First - you can support any bookshop you like by using http://bookshop.org , which launches in the UK on Monday. On this page, you can enter your address and find your local bookshop and order from them: https://uk.bookshop.org/pages/store_locator
Second - why queer bookshops? This is a terrible time for all small businesses, but LGBTQ+ spaces have been particularly badly eroded by years of rising rates and austerity, and are a resource we can't afford to lose.
With that said:
Gay's The Word, London: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/gaystheword
I can't be the only person who, as a queer teen in London, walked into this bookshop and almost cried. So.
Gay's The Word, London: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/gaystheword
I can't be the only person who, as a queer teen in London, walked into this bookshop and almost cried. So.
Category Is, Glasgow: https://www.categoryisbooks.com/book-orders
Just such a bloody great shop, rightly calls itself 'fiercely independent [and] queer'
Just such a bloody great shop, rightly calls itself 'fiercely independent [and] queer'
The Portal Bookshop, York: https://the-portal-bookshop.square.site/s/shop
It's an SFF *and* LGBQ+ bookshop! It already has a great online store and pre-orders facility.
It's an SFF *and* LGBQ+ bookshop! It already has a great online store and pre-orders facility.
The Bookish Type, Leeds: https://thebookishtype.co.uk/
I haven't been here, but the online store is great and beautifully curated!
I haven't been here, but the online store is great and beautifully curated!
Although not strictly a queer bookshop Lighthouse Bookshop in Edinburgh is queer owned, community led, antiracist, feminist so I can't *not* mention it. https://lighthousebookshop.com/
If I missed any shops, please let me know and I'll add them. A number aren't on http://bookshop.org (I do hope they will be, but you never know). But:
You can order home delivery from all these via their own sites!
You don't have to live locally to order from them!
You can order home delivery from all these via their own sites! You don't have to live locally to order from them!
