The Disappearing Park Slope Barnes & Noble Gay and Lesbian Section

(Left) The former location of the Gay & Lesbian book section at the Park Slope Barnes & Noble - now home to Essential Cookbooks. (Right, Top and Bottom) The current home of the Gay & Lesbian book section - three shelves buried in the Social Sciences and Law sections. [VIA NineDaves]

Anyone who claims that Park Slope still has a dominant gay population needn’t look any further than the Park Slope Barnes & Noble. At one time, the retailer had a fullly dedicated section for gay and lesbian literature located in a prominent area inside the store. These days, however, customers looking for LGBTQIA books need to travel downstairs and into a back corner where the selection is placed on a few small shelves.

Just like the neighborhood population, the gays are harder and harder to find.

When I was a younger, the gay and lesbian section of any bookstore was my total salvation. I would always hit it up while looking for books that might teach me something about the gay experience. This was all before I had come out, so in many ways, those books were my first glance into the road ahead. I can't begin to say how much they helped me through my journey. 

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Mytery Signs Near Barnes & Noble: Crazy Person, or Someone With More Hobbies and Goals Than You?

FiPS reader Edwin recenly tipped us off to the appearance of mysterious signs (posts? rants?) on an electrical box across from the Barnes & Noble on 7th Ave. It's easy to assume, at first glance, that you're looking at the diatribes of a crazy person. But that's really not fair -- there's actually a lot to be gleaned from careful examination of the signs. I have studied the images below and concluded the following about the mysterious poster:

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Cool Or Not Cool: The New Religious Children’s Book Section At Barnes & Noble?

Photo of another B&N via allbeggars.blogspot.com

I don’t know about you nerds, but I am all about my kid become a God-fearing Christian. And by that, I mean I hope he fears Christians.

But now, thanks to the geniuses over at the 7th Avenue Barnes & Noble, we have to worry about our children going all evangelical on us. And you know what that means: Republicanism is just around the corner.

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