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Lambda Rising was an LGBT bookstore that operated from 1974 to 2010 in Washington, D.C. Founded by Deacon Maccubbin in 1974 with 250 titles, it was known for its wide selection of books, ranging from queer theory and religion to erotica, as well as DVDs, music CDs and gifts.〔Sue Levin, ''In the Pink: The Making of Successful Gay- and Lesbian-Owned Businesses", Haworth Press, 1999. ISBN 978-1560239413; Frank Muzzy, ''Gay and Lesbian Washington D.C.'', Arcadia Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0-7385-1753-4〕 The bookstore was originally located in at 1724 20th Street NW. It moved to a retail space at 2001 S Street NW in 1979 and, in 1984, moved to a space at 1625 Connecticut Ave NW Connecticut Avenue, N.W., in Dupont Circle, one of Washington's neighborhoods popular among the gay and lesbian community. A second store in Baltimore, believed by the ''Baltimore Sun'' to be the only gay bookstore in Maryland, opened in 1984 and closed in the spring of 2008. Director John Waters declared that store's closing "very, very sad". Waters, a long-time customer, said the Baltimore shop was "a seriously good bookshop, with the added touch of porno. ... I always went in there to find books that I didn't know about and couldn't find anywhere else."〔(Rona Marech, "City's Gay Bookstore Closing After 24 Years," ''Baltimore Sun,'' February 29, 2008. ) 〕 A third store in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware opened in 1991 and closed in December 2009. A fourth store in Norfolk, Virginia, opened in 1996 and closed in June 2007.〔Connor Adams Sheets, "Lambda Rising to Close at the End of the Month," ''The Virginian Pilot,'' June 19, 2007.〕 In February 1975, Lambda Rising ran the world's first gay-oriented television commercial; it aired on WRC (owned by NBC) and WTOP (the local CBS affiliate, now WUSA). Also in 1975, Lambda Rising organized Gay Pride Day, the forerunner to Capital Pride, Washington's first annual gay pride celebration, and continued to host the event for the next four years before turning it over to a non-profit organization.〔〔Will O'Bryan, "Firmly Rooted," ''Metro Weekly,'' June 9, 2005.〕 To support LGBT literature, Lambda Rising created the ''Lambda Book Report'' in 1987 and the annual Lambda Literary Award, also known as "the Lammys," in 1989. In 1996, Lambda Rising turned those projects over to the new non-profit Lambda Literary Foundation.〔Rhonda Smith, "Bracing For Change," ''Houston Voice,'' July 8, 2005; (Nomi Schwartz, "Lambda Literary Foundation Announces Major Changes," ''Bookselling This Week,'' June 16, 2005 ).〕 In February 2003, Lambda Rising bought the Oscar Wilde Bookshop, the country's first gay and lesbian bookstore, and saved it from closing. The store was founded by Craig Rodwell in 1967 at 15 Mercer Street in Greenwich Village, later moving to the corner of Christopher and Gay Streets in Manhattan.〔 〕〔Marc Santora, "Plot Twist for a Gay Bookstore: The Last Chapter Actually Isn't," ''New York Times,'' February 4, 2003; Lisa Neff, "The Importance of Being Open, " ''The Advocate,'' March 18, 2003.〕 After working with the New York staff for three years and getting the store on solid financial footing, Lambda Rising sold the store to the long-time manager in order to return the store to local control.〔(Karen Schechner, "A Greenwich Village Landmark Turns 40," ''Book Sense,'' October 10, 2007 ); "Lambda Rising Bookstores Announce Sale of Oscar Wilde Bookshop," ''Echelon Magazine,'' March/April 2006.〕 In December 2009, Maccubbin announced that Lambda Rising's two stores would close by January 2010.〔 In his statement, Maccubbin said:
The store closed its doors on December 31, 2010.〔 It was part of a spate of LGBT brick and mortar bookstores closures in the early 21st century, including the Oscar Wilde Bookshop in New York and A Different Light in Los Angeles and San Francisco. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lambda Rising」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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