Little District Books — Local services in Washington

A wonderful, small indie bookstore on Barracks Row!! I’m hoping this place gets more hype/publicity soon, because it deserves it. Despite being fairly small, the selection is well curated. Almost all the books are either written by queer authors, have LGBTQ characters, or center queerness somehow. I loved the nonfiction and romance sections the most as I felt they had great selections. Their YA section also seems super robust. Recommending to all of my bookish friends and hope to...

Just the other day, I had been thinking about how dedicated LGBTQ bookstores are basically a thing of the past and how unfortunate that was. Then today I walked past this bookstore: a Pride-themed display in the window, fairly standard for many stores in June, but a good enough reason to go in. After some browsing, I realized ALL the books were queer. I live in Bethesda, so it's a bit of a hike, but I will definitely be making my way back here more...

On Saturday, February 11th I visited this establishment and what happened to me upset me. I walked in the bookstore excited about getting new books and I was not greeted I was looked at as if I didn’t belong. Two minutes later a group of white women came in and they were greeted. I was so upset I put my book down and left I had never in my life experienced anything like this til today and felt it...