The San Francisco LGBTQ community is set to lose another venerable institution when it was announced over the weekend that the famed A Different Light bookstore is permanently closing.
Reporting from New York- Joe Jervis, Editor & Publisher of Joe.My.God, a widely popular LGBTQ Equality Rights activism and news site:
By Joe Jervis (New York, New York) APR 4 | San Francisco's A Different Light bookstore is said to be going out of business.
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| A Different Light, San Francisco * Photo Via Joe.My.God |
The Castro’s A Different Light Bookstore, one of the few remaining LGBT bookstores in the United States, is apparently closing. This comes on the heels of the closure of the Mission's Modern Times, another independent progressive bookstore. “Everything must go” signs were spotted in the store Saturday. Dismantled shelving sat in a pile in the back of the store. Neighborhood chatter is that doors will close for good this spring. A Different Light has been the gathering place for the Bay Area’s gay literati for decades – the company was first established in 1979. Local authors like Armistead Maupin would often pack the store full of eager readers when launching their latest titles.
Washington DC's Lambda Rising closed early last year. Oscar Wilde Books in the West Village and A Different Light's WeHo outlet both closed in 2009. What's left?
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I know it reads as if gay bookstores are going down the tubes, but from what I have been able to see, the whole book industry, including magazines, is going down the tubes.
Methinks this is not a problem with gay books and bookstores, but a refection on the change in our society towards online entertainment and learning. Video stores are closing in record numbers too, and for the same reason, the internet. On the other hand, coffee shops, particularly specialty shops are increasing in number. Maybe someone should investigate how many new 'gay' coffee shops are opening up.
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