How Queer Bookshops Changed the World

Independent bookshops are the unsung heroes of queer liberation, providing friendship, solidarity, and sanctuary through the ages.

Travelling from Shakespeare and Company in Paris to Gay's the Word in London to the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in New York, A. J. West has written the first history of these remarkable spaces. Tracing their evolution from under-the-counter operations to beloved out-and-proud institutions, West reveals how they stood at the vanguard of LGBTQ+ rights, offering s...