We empower queer creators
Our businesses is founded on representing and showcasing the work of 1,000+ queer artists, authors, and creatives from around the world.
We demand space and visibility
We host hundreds of events and community gatherings to create unapologetic queer spaces 24/7/365.
We advocate for a better world
We use our access to create a world where everyone can feel safe, seen, and represented. Help us leave this world a better place than when we found it.
HONOR BANNED BOOK WEEK 2024
TEXAS: Last in Education/Health. First in Banned Books. Fight against book bans by supporting indie bookstores, libraries, and schools. And VOTE <3
NEW TO THE SHOP
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Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema
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Join Our Little Gay Book Club
Calling all book lovers and bibliophiles! The Little Gay Book Club reads literature that centers the queer ideas, stories, and experiences that shape our movement.
Membership is always free. We meet monthly IRL and virtually to discuss the book of the month. Book Club FAQs.
OCTOBER'S YA BANNED BOOK CLUB PICK: Ace of Spades
When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too.
Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures.
OCTOBER'S WILD CARD CLUB PICK: Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love.
Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth.
OCTOBER'S FICTION & VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB PICK: Cuckoo
In the summer of 1995, seven queer kids abandoned by their parents at a remote conversion camp came face to face with it. They survived―but at Camp Resolution, everybody leaves a different person.
Sixteen years later, only the scarred and broken survivors of that terrible summer can put an end to the horror before it's too late.
OCTOBER'S NONFICTION CLUB PICK: It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful
The story of art collective Gran Fury—which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and community-made propaganda—offers lessons in love and grief.In the late 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was annihilating queer people, intravenous drug users, and communities of color in America, and disinformation about the disease ran rampant. Out of the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an art collective that called itself Gran Fury formed to campaign against corporate greed, government inaction, stigma, and public indifference to the epidemic.
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1902 E 12th Street
Austin TX 78702
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A Bit About Us
We started The Little Gay Shop to create a physical space and community events where LGBTQIA+ creators can shine, share their stories, and be celebrated for the incredible work they do.
Our online shop is an extension of the same ethos. We’re proud to spotlight a curated selection of books, art, and giftable items from hundreds of makers. Shop queer with us 😘
