"Understanding that the business is healthy and people just want it and love it so much - of course they do, they're such a community here. People want this here, they need it and they're relying on this store for gathering, events, for cultures or just coming in for chit chat."
"My friend sent me a screenshot of that email kind of as soon as she got it and I said, 'Please send me that right away and tell me that we'd love to talk with them.'"
The Bureau of General Services - Queer Division, potentially the last queer bookstore in Manhattan, is set to close unless Hive Mind Books from Brooklyn can acquire it. Owners Donnie Jochum and Greg Newton plan to relocate, prompting the need for a buyer. Hive Mind Books, which started as a traveling bookstore, aims to take over the Bureau. They launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $50,000, quickly reaching half of their goal, highlighting community support for the bookstore's continuation.
Read at Gothamist
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