The epitaph may soon be written on Glad Day Bookshop, North America's oldest gay and lesbian bookstore – and the only one of its kind left in Toronto.Glad Day has suffered a big decline in the past six months and fears it will be forced to shut its 40-year-old doors by the end of summer if things don't improve.
If that happens, Toronto will lose much more than a bookshop – it will lose an “active archive” of gay heritage in the city and beyond, said co-manager Sholem Krishtalka.(keep reading)
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I lived in a small town several hours from Toronto, and over the years that bookstore was my salvation. Their social justice causes particularly concerning censorship were courageous.
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