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The World's Oldest LGBTQ Bookstore

WE HAVE MOVED TO 499 CHURCH STREET

We are now a bookstore, bar, coffee shop, restaurant with dance parties on the weekend! CLICK HERE for the menu!

Featured Collections

* NEW RELEASES *
* EBOOKS & DIGITAL ZINES *
Staff Picks!
Trans and Non-Binary
Children's Books

Featured Products

Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada: A Selected Annotated Chronology 1976 - 1981
Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada: A Selected Annotated Chronology 1976 - 1981 — $40
Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Colour Dreaming Her Way Home
Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Colour Dreaming Her Way Home — $18.95
Gender Quest Workbook
Gender Quest Workbook — $24.95
Even This Page Is White
Even This Page Is White — $14.95
Transphobia : Deal With It

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Transphobia : Deal With It — $19.95
Not Trans Enough [e-zine]
Not Trans Enough [e-zine] — $3
The Remedy
The Remedy — $18.95
Condo Heartbreak Disco
Condo Heartbreak Disco — $14.50
Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Inexplicable Logic of My Life — $24.99
Clothesline Swing
Clothesline Swing — $21.95
A Queer Love Story: The Letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bebout
A Queer Love Story: The Letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bebout — $49.95
Wyvern (Book I: The Coin)
Wyvern (Book I: The Coin) — $17.95
Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me
Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me — $33.99
LGBTQ Stats
LGBTQ Stats — $26.95
Queer City, A Reader
Queer City, A Reader — $20
Azadi
Azadi — $34.95
Bone Mother
Bone Mother — $19.99
Conform, Fail, Repeat
Conform, Fail, Repeat — $27.95
Thicker Than Blood: Adoptive Parenting in the Modern World
Thicker Than Blood: Adoptive Parenting in the Modern World — $18.95
This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids
This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids — $26.95
Size of a Bird
Size of a Bird — $18.95
Sex of the Oppressed
Sex of the Oppressed — $20
Brief History of Oversharing
Brief History of Oversharing — $19.95
Spawning Generations
Spawning Generations — $29.99
Tom of Finland: the Complete Kake Comics
Tom of Finland: the Complete Kake Comics — $26.95
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns — $9.99
Outside the XY: Queer Black and Brown Masculinity
Outside the XY: Queer Black and Brown Masculinity — $24.95
Ace & Proud
Ace & Proud — $14.95
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 — $40
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness — $28.50
Ohpikiihaakan-Ohpihmeh (Raised Somewhere Else)
Ohpikiihaakan-Ohpihmeh (Raised Somewhere Else) — $20
Paper is White
Paper is White — $25.50
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi — $32.50
Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age
Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age — $29.95
The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) Are Creating a Gender Revolution
The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) Are Creating a Gender Revolution — $24.95
Holy Wild
Holy Wild — $18
nîtisânak
nîtisânak — $19.95
It Begins With the Body
It Begins With the Body — $18
The Lady's Guide To Petticoats and Piracy
The Lady's Guide To Petticoats and Piracy — $23.99
Sawkill Girls
Sawkill Girls — $21.99
GAYBCs: A Queer Alphabet
GAYBCs: A Queer Alphabet — $21.95
Marvellous Grouns: Queer of Colour Histories of Toronto

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Marvellous Grouns: Queer of Colour Histories of Toronto — $29.95
Dear Philomena

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Dear Philomena — $20
Wild and Beautiful is the Night
Wild and Beautiful is the Night — $22.95

COFFEE SHOP & BAR HOURS:

Monday 9am-late
Tuesday 9am-late
Wednesday 9am-late
Thursday 9am-late
Friday 9am-2am
Saturday 9am-2am
Sunday 9am-late

BOOKSTORE HOURS:

Monday 11-7
Tuesday 11-7
Wednesday 11-7
Thursday 11-7
Friday 11-7
Saturday 11-7
Sunday 12-7

Glad Day Bookshop
499 Church Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M4Y 2C6

(near Wellesley TTC Station)
416 901-6600
shop @ gladdaybookshop.com