IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY, there’s a saying that you never really stop coming out of the closet. This is as true in a rare bookshop as it is anywhere else, though the extra cupboard space is often useful for storing books. It’s not that I didn’t trust my new colleagues, you understand, but you don’t last long as a gay book-loving nerd in this world without learning to conceal it from strangers until you’re quite certain how they will react.
