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ARIZONA
- Phoenix
Barnes & Noble Gay & Lesbian Book Discussion Group
4847 E Ray Rd, Phoenix
480-940-7136
Gay & Lesbian Reading Club (email)
(email2)
Obelisk: The Book Store
24 W Camelback Rd., Phoenix
602-266-2665
ARKANSAS
- Fayetteville
Women's Library
17 N Block Street
Fayetteville, AR 72701-6018
501 582 4636
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CALIFORNIA
- Los Angeles
Planet Gaylaxians (website)
(email)
Box 491447
Los Angeles, CA 90049-9447
Tales in the City (website)
We are a new book discussion group in Los Angeles that reads and reviews
literature written by or about gay men. We meet on the last Wednesday
of every month. The group provides gay men with an opportunity to
enrich their understanding of gay literature, meet the writers and
share their own work.
- Napa (North Bay: Napa and Solano Counties)
North Bay Unity League Book Group (website)
(email)
P.O. Box 711
Napa, CA 94559
(707) 246-5147
- Palm Springs
Gay Mens Book Discussion Club (email)
Meets monthly
Information...760-322-5325
Palm Springs Gay Men's Book Discussion Club (email)
New members are welcome
Information... 769-322-5325
Shakespeare Reading Club of America - Desert Chapter
Meets on the last Tuesday of the month at 6pm in the Embassy Suites
Hotel, 3rd floor at 74-700 Hwy 111
Information...760-324-0348
- San Anselmo (Marin County)
Gay Men's Book Review Club (email)
a volunteer-lead group for men who gather to read and discuss literature
of interest once a month (2nd Mon.)
- Sacramento
Open Book Bookstore (email)
Open Book Limited
910 21st St, Sacramento 95814
Information.......961- 498-1004
Open Book Reading Groups: Wednesday Reading Group, Eclectric Trash Book
Club, Poetry Group, Science Fiction Book Club, Spiritual Essence Exchange
Group, Ebony Archives Reading Group. Groups meet at various times. Call
the phone number for more information.
- San Diego
Friends of Dorothy Reading Group
Information.......619-563-0569
Gay Men Spiritual Forum Information....858-425-3999
- San Francisco
Gay / Bi Men's Book Group (Meets the 3rd Wednesday of
each month at 7:30pm. at Boadecia's Books)
FTM Book Group: For FTM's, their partners & friends. (Meets the
2nd Monday at 7pm at Boadecia's Books)
Women's Book Group (Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month, at 7 pm
at Boadecia's Books)
Boadecia's Books (email)
398 Colusa Avenue
Kensington (North Berkeley), CA 94707
Information.......510-559-9184
The Gay Men's Book Club (email)
Meet monthly at the Borderlands
Books
866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Information.......415-824-8203
Golden Gate Gaylaxians (email)
Women of Color Literary Club (email)
meets every 3rd Monday
- San Jose
Book Club at the Billy DeFrank Community
Center (email)
938 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126
Information.........408-293-2429
- Santa Barbara
Lesbian Book Club
Information.......805-682-5445
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
- New Haven
Gay Christian Reading Group
Christ Church Parish (Episcopal)
84
Broadway, New Haven, CT
Information........203- 865-6354
- Norwalk
Gay Men's Book Group (email)
(email2)
Triangle Community Center
16 River Street, Norwalk, CT
203-853-0600
Lesbian Literature Group (email)
Triangle Community Center
16 River Street, Norwalk, CT
203-853-0600
meets the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM
- Ridgefield & Greater Danbury
Gay Men's Book
Group (email)
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DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
Books DC (email)
Boys
and Books (email)
(formerly the Potomac Gay Men's Book Group)
meetings are every other Tuesday, generally, the meetings are upstairs
at Midi Restaurant (1635 Connecticut, Washington, D.C.) at 7:30p.m.
The
Del Ray Alternative Book Club
St. Elmo's Coffee Pub
2300 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia
Meets at 7:30, the last Tuesday of every month
Dupont
Reading Circle
The size of this group is limited to eight members.
Lambda Sci-Fi (email)
DC area Gaylaxians. Book club dedicated to Science Fiction.
PO Box 656, Washington, D.C 20044
Women of Color Reading Group (email)
founded as a forum for gay women to read and discuss books by and about women of Asian, Native American, African and Latino descent.
Information... 202-635-1159
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FLORIDA
- Ft. Lauderdale
Barnes & Noble (email)
2051 N. Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305,
954-561-3732
This group meets the first Tuesday each month at 7:30pm
The Book Bunch
(email)
- Tallahasee
Gay & Lesbian Book Discussion Group (website: Family
Tree Community Center)
Meets at Barnes & Noble on Apalachee Pkwy.
Information...850-219-0391
- Tampa
Tampa's Rainbow Readers (email)
The Center of Tampa Bay
4265 Henderson Blvd.
813-287-2687.
Gay and Lesbian book discussion group meets at Equality Florida, 3708
W. Swann Avenue. Call Ric at 813-221-1423 for more information.
GEORGIA
- Atlanta
Africentext
(book and film discussion group)
404-674-1582
Brotha's Well Read Book Club (email)
founded in September 2000 for African American Gay Men to come together
to discuss a variety of fiction and non-fiction books. It provides
a warm comfortable atmosphere in which we can fellowship, engage in
intellectual discussions and enrich each other's lives. We meet once
a month.
Outworlders: Atlanta Area Gaylaxians (website)
(email)
Outwrite Bookstore Reading Group (email)
931 Monroe Dr NE, Atlanta, GA
404-607-0082
Meets every other Monday at 7:30 pm
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ILLINOIS
INDIANA
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MARYLAND
- Baltimore
The William Wolfe Institute Book Discussion Group
- Rockville
Borders Bookstore
- Takoma Park
Dead
Lesbians Book Club (defunct)
MASSACHUSSETS
- Boston
Gaylaxian Science Fiction Society
PO Box 1059, Boston, MA 02103 Email
The Greater Boston Business Council
29 Stanhope St., Boston
Information...617-236-4222
MICHIGAN
- Detroit/Ann Arbor
The Hardy Boys Book Club (email)
Q-Book Club (email)
Univeristy of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Common Language basement at
4:30 PM.
MINNESOTA
- Minneapolis
Lavender Book Club (website)
Queery Books
520 East Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-331-7701
Call for details. Meetings begin between 5 and 7:30pm on various days.
North Country Gaylaxians (website)
- St. Paul
Gordon Merrick Memorial Book Club
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New
Jersey
- New Brunswick
Womyn's Reading Group (email)
3rd Wednesdays, 7:30pm
Pride Center of New Jersey
211 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Information...732-846-2232
New Mexico
New York
- Huntington
Gay Men's Book
Group of Long Island (email)
We are a book group for gay men who like to read on Long Island, New
York. We have members of all ages, and meet once a month in Huntington.
We alternate between gay fiction & gay non-fiction, and are open
to suggestions for future titles to read. Visit our website to learn
more about us, and see a listing of what we've already read in our 4
year history. We meet on the third Thursday of every month at 8pm.
- New York
Fiction and
Film Group (email)
We read a GLBT book in advance,then at a host's home watch a related
film, discuss both works, and share a friendly potluck meal.
Gay & Lesbian
Reading Group
Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center
One Little West 12th St., NYC 10014
Meets the second Thursday of each month, 8:00 PM
Gay Men's Book
Crisis (email)
Meets monthly in member's homes.
SAL
Book Discussion Group (email)
[SAL stands for Social Activities for Lesbians]
Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center
One Little West 12th St., NYC 10014
Book discussion group for lesbians. 3rd Sun 1-2:30pm
Urantia Book Study Group (email)
Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center
One Little West 12th St., NYC 10014
Extraordinary book introducing this philosophy that integrates science,
philosophy and spirituality. Refreshments. All welcome. $3. Reservations
needed. 1st Sun 4-5:30pm
- Niagra Falls
Niagra Falls Gaylatic Colonizers (email)
We have two regularly scheduled functions each month. On the first Sunday
we meet at a member's home. The member sponsoring the meeting usually
sets the program. We like to include at least one GLBT topic per meeting.
On the third Saturday of the month we meet for dinner and a movie, play
or some other entertainment. We have viewed movies, played board games,
listened to "radio" dramas, etc.
North Carolina
- Charlotte
BiblioBabes
(email)
BiblioBabes is based in the Metro Charlotte,
NC area. We read any type of literature that interests a large number
of members, with a bit of a lean towards lesbian or women-oriented
books. We also watch and discuss movies and socialize.
Meetings are every other Sunday from 4-6 pm and will usually be held
at member's homes
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OHIO
- Akron
The Gathering of Women
- Cincinnati
Q-Book Club (email)
The Gay and Lebian Community
Center of Cincinnati
4119 Hamilton Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45223-2224
Information.....513.591.0200 ext. 22
- Cleveland
10% Books @ The Center (email)
Book club for the LGBT Community
2nd Monday: 8pm
6600 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44102
Information...216-651-5428
Gay & Lesbian Book Club
Borders Book Store
17200 Royalton Rd
Information...440-846-1144
- Columbus
An Open Book Reading Group
The Open Book
761 N. High St
Information...614-291-0080
- Dayton
Borders' Reader Group
Borders Books & Music
2040 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Information...937-434-3800
The Natalie Barney Literary Salon
Dayton Lesbian and Gay Center
Information.....937-274-1776
OREGON
- Corvalis
After8 Book Club (website)
101 NW 23rd Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97339
Meetings being at 7pm
Information...541-752-8157
- Salem
Marionberry Salon (email)
(website)
Formerly the Coalition to End Bigotry Book Group. Meets monthly.
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PENNSYLVANIA
- Philadelphia
10% Solution
Episcopal Gay & Lesbian Book Club
New Salon
Philadelphia Women's Book Discussion Group
meets at Giovanni's Room
345 S 12th St., 215-923-2960
third Sunday of the month at 6:45 pm
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TENNESEE
- Nashville
Brothers United/Books Brothers,
Literary discussions that promote education, understanding, unity among
Gay Men of Color in Nashville TN. Formed in September of 1997, this
premier Black Gays Mens group is open to all books and members with
an open mind.
Contact Coordinator Dwayne Jenkins at Nashville CARES 1-800-845-4266
ext. # 169 or Booksbros@aol.com
TEXAS
- Austin
Queers in Print
- College Station
Out Reading Group (email) (website)
Meets at the Barnes & Noble, 711 Texas Avenue, College Station. 979-764-8955
- Dallas
The Dallas Lesbian Book Group
- Houston
Barnes & Noble Gay & Lesbian Reading Group
Lesbian Literature Discussion
Group of Houston (email)
The group was started in April of 2000 to give lesbians a place to meet,
talk about great books, and form friendships. We read a wide range of
literature [not just lesbian], including Atwood, Camus, Vonnegut, and
Kundera. We meet every other Wednesday from 7 to 8pm
Lobo Bookstore and Cafe (in the cafe section)
3939 Montrose
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UTAH
- Salt Lake City
Gay Men’s
Book Club
(801) 521-5604
Call for a current reading list then meet with us to discuss the book
we just read. All meetings held at: Gay & Lesbian Community Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
WASHINGTON
WISCONSIN
- Appleton
Lavender Reading Salon (email)
- Madison
The Brown Bag Book Club (email)
The Brown Bag Book Club is a closed book discussion group for gay men
only. Our group has been in existence since 1990. We have a few rules:
each book must be in paperback and must be recommended by someone in
the group who has actually read the book, and not having read the book
is no excuse for not attending the discussion. Members can can still
contribute from their experiences about topics raised and by asking
pertinent questions.
Frontiers Video Film Circle
The Video Film Circle is part of the activities provided by Frontiers:
Social Organization for Gay & Bisexual Men. Frontiers began
in 1981 and offers a wide variety of programs and activities. The
Video Film Circle meets monthly on the second Mondays.
600 Williamson St., Ste. P1, Madison, WI 53703
P.O. Box 168
Information... 608-274-5959
Gay Poet's Circle (email)
We are a group of knowledgeable and supportive writers who plan to
meet for a couple of hours in the evening on the third Saturday of
each month to share our poems, enjoy each other's company and offer
encouragement as we revise, refine, broaden and realize our designs
in a fun and relaxed workshop setting.
Madison Gay Video Club (email)
Formed in 1989 to create easier access for members to gay-themed video
tapes, to encourage contacts between viewers of such tapes, and to
provide information on new releases available for purchase or rental.
With limited resources in southern Wisconsin for access to gay-themed
tapes, the Club provides current information on the best places to
buy and rent both locally and by mail.
Meetings on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month at 8 p.m. give
members an opportunity to socialize and share information in a party-like
atmosphere. A Resource Materials Table displays catalogs, brochures,
frequently updated listings of titles available for local rental,
and reviews of new releases. Refreshments and snacks (including a
buffet) are provided. $5 donation requested per meeting.
P.O. Box 168, Madison, WI 53701
The "Men's Club" Book Group
The "Men's Club" Book Group meets the last Tuesday of each
month at 7 p.m. We read and discuss books by and about gay/bisexual
men. We welcome all who share our interest in books on this topic.
Borders Books and Music East
2173 Zeier Rd
Information... 608-240-0080
The Sewing Circle Book Group (email)
The Sewing Circle is open to women interested in discussing books
relating to lesbian/bisexual/transgender issues. We meet every 2nd
Sunday at 7pm.
Boarders Books East
2173 Zeier Rd
Information... 608-240-0080
Peace & Justice Book Circle
Feminist group reading women's studies, cultural criticism, politics and history.
Meets at A Room of One's Own, 307 W. Johnson St.
Information... 608-257-7888
- Milwaukee
OutWords Book Club
2710 N. Murray Ave
Information...414-963-9089
Lesbian Reading Group
Meets 2nd Tuesday each month at Outwords Books
2710 N. Murray Ave
Information...414-963-9089
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