Got to visit Greenlight Bookstore last week in Brooklyn! What a cozy store!
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My local queer bookstore is being threatened with eviction over their free narcan and fentanyl test strips, free store for the unhoused, and free narcan trainings.
Bluestockings is an incredible worker-owned community space that has been apart of the Lower East Side for 25 years. But in the last couple years, they've faced increasing harassment from the wealthier neighbors moving in and complaining about the presence of unhoused people around their store front. Despite all their community work being allowed by their lease, the landlord is pushing for an eviction.
Please help support Bluestockings! Visit them (if you're local), order books online, donate! We need more queer and community-oriented spaces, not another overpriced coffee shop or chain franchise.
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new york is overwhelming at times. But, I will never get tired of exploring bookstores.
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Man in a bookstore, 1959.
Photo: Herb Snitzer via Reddit
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greenwich village, new york
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On my last visit to New York City, I was able to visit Housing Works Bookstore Café. Housing Works is a nonprofit founded in 1990 to support homeless people struggling with HIV/AIDS. Their thrift store and bookstore both run on donations, and all profits go to help people.
Today they advocate for queer rights, healthcare reform, and affordable housing. They provide job training, harm reduction services, legal aid support, and more, and their bookstore is a safe space for unhoused people. It’s run by volunteers.
It was really great to finally see this store, which I’ve recommended highly to so many people. Housing Works does incredible work, and this cozy bookstore feels charged up on that energy.
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I visited this lovely little bookshop with my mom over the weekend. It was so cold and rainy outside, it was such a nice refuge during the downpour
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