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Unabridged Bookstore

 (38 Ratings)

LGBTQ+ bookshop & safe haven

Serving Boystown since 1980, find LGBTQ+ titles both old and new, poetry collections, magazines, a trove of travel...

Northalsted · 3251 N Broadway, Chicago


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Early to Bed

 (14 Ratings)

Women-run sex store

If you're sick of getting leered at when shopping for your lube and vibrators, check out Early to Bed! Here they focus...

Edgewater · 5138 N Clark St, Chicago


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Women and Children First

 (12 Ratings)

Inclusive & feminist bookshop

Since opening in1979 Women and Children First has strived to curate a collection of genuinely revolutionary works. This...

Andersonville · 5233 N Clark St, Chicago


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Gerber/Hart Library & Archives

 (5 Ratings)

The Midwest's largest LGBTQ+ library

Gerber/Hart is an invaluable resource in the Midwest's LGBTQ+ community. The collection documents various resources...

Edgewater · 6500 N Clark St 2nd Fl, Chicago


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Quimby's Bookstore

 (2 Ratings)

No ordinary bookstore

At Quimby's, you won't find anything as square as Martha Stewart Living or the latest Dan Brown novel, but you will...

Wicker Park · 1854 W North Ave, Chicago


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