Lamda Rising Storefront.

ID: 5851 ~ Source: Google Street View ~ Date: July 2009
This file appears in: DC's LGBTQ+ History: Lamda Rising
Lamda Rising Storefront.

This photo of the Lamda Rising storefront on Connecticut Avenue NW was taken several months before it's closure in 2009.

This file appears in: DC's LGBTQ+ History: Lamda Rising

Deacon Maccubbin opened Lamda Rising bookstore in 1974 in a 300-square-foot space on 19th Street NW. The bookstore opened at a significant time for the LGBTQ+ movement, as only one year prior to the store's opening the American Psychiatric…