Collections
- Donor Collections
- Canadian Lesbian Fiction Addicts Collection
- David Gemeinhardt Collection
- Glad Day Bookshop Collection
- Heard-Padgett Collection
- Ilya Merlin - Georges Bataille Collection
- Nairne Holtz Collection
- University Students Council Collection
- William Staubi Collection
- Subject Collections
- The Closet Library - Pulp Fiction
- Hudler Archives
- Visual Arts Collections
Glad Day Bookshop Collection
Glad Day Bookshop, located at 598A Younge Street in Toronto, is Canada's oldest gay and lesbian bookstore. Founded in 1970, it also holds the distinction of being the second longest surviving stores of its kind in the world. Besides supplying the queer community with books, videos and periodicals, the store has long functioned as an important site for activist opposition to homophobic censorship. Glad Day owner John Scythes has supported the Pride Library since 2000, when he granted a substantial discount on all books purchased for the Family Pride Canada project. More recently, in the fall of 2004, he donated several hundred books to the collection, including popular gay and lesbian fiction, scholarly biographies, vintage paperbacks, out-of-print sexology manuals, AIDS literature and homoerotic photography books.
Visit the Glad Day Bookshop web site.
View the complete Glad Day Bookshop Collection on the Western public catalogue.
Donate to the Pride Library
The library's existence and continuing work is made possible by the generosity of our supporters from Canada and around the world. Click here to make a cash gift using Western University's secure online donation page or contact our director Professor Miller at jmiller@uwo.ca or (519) 661-2111 x85828 for more information.
The Pride Library also relies on donations of books, materials, and volunteers' time to build its collections. Click here for details.
