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Gay's The Word was the UK's pioneering first (and is today the last surviving) comprehensive lesbian and gay bookshop. Established in 1979 and located in the historic Bloomsbury district of London, we stock an enormous range of books from the profound to the frivolous; from the liberating to the indulgent.

Our fiction ranges from prize-winning literary works through to detective, romance and erotic fiction. Our non-fiction covers a wide range of issues from cutting-edge queer theory through to how to tell your mother you are gay. Our range of queer philosophical, political, historical and other scholarly works is unequalled in the UK. When we recommend a title, it's because we've read it and particularly enjoyed it.

We are proudly independent and very much see ourselves as the friendly and non-judgemental safe-space of the gay scene. We are a straight-friendly gay-family business!

(020)-7278-7654 (within U.K.)
+44 20 7278-7654 (from abroad)
(020)-7833-1851 (shop hours only)
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Monday to Saturday 10.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Sunday 2.00p.m. to 6.00 p.m.

We are 2 minutes walk from Russell Square Tube Station and 10 minutes from either Euston or King's Cross.