First of May Bookshop

[1] It sold LGBTQ and feminist texts and was considered to be politically left-leaning.

[2] The First of May Bookshop opened in 1977, at a time when homosexuality was still illegal in Scotland.

[4] Initially, twelve people ran the bookshop as volunteers.

After moving to Candlemaker Row, there was a total of three paid employees who worked alongside up to ten volunteers.

[5] Lavender Menance was the first LGBT bookshop in Scotland and the second in the United Kingdom.