GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Photo taken from behind the counter at the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; balloons and several unidentified white women are seen in the store and behind the counter are Kris Winegar and...

Carol Smith with an autoharp at a microphone during the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; shelves and books are seen behind her; she's wearing a grey and beige outfit.

A group of several unidentified white women and one white man looking at books during the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; shelves, books, and balloons are seen.

Mark Manning and an unidentified African American woman with their arms around each other and smiling for the cameras near a shelf of books at Phoenix Books' grand opening.

Holly Near squatting down to look at books on a shelf at Phoenix Books.

Holly Near visiting Phoenix Books and posing with Anne Shelley, Cheryl Berge, and one other, unidentified, white woman; all standing near a section of books labeled "Lesbian Fiction" and the community...

Jeanine Hathaway and Cheryl Berge (right) posing for a photo during Hathaway's book signing at Phoenix Books.

Kim seated on the floor reading something, head resting on her hand, during the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books. A display of various tarot and oracle decks is beside her.

Kim winking at the camera and standing next to a display of books on AIDS during the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; an unidentified African American man in a red jacket is behind her...

An unidentified little white girl in a rainbow colored harness holding a book titled "The Women's Book of Healing" with the lower half of mom also seen holding onto the harness at Phoenix Books' grand...

Lois Reborne looking through a book near the front of the store during the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; two posters are on the walls behind her and she is wearing two political...

Three members of the Flirtations (two white men, one African American man) looking around Phoenix Books; one man holding an open book.

African American member of the Flirtations in a yellow shirt and ball cap looking over the books in the Lesbian Fiction section of Phoenix Books.

A member of the Flirtations looking through a book from the Parenting/Children's section while at Phoenix Books.

Louise G. smiling for the camera and standing in front of the shelf of children's books at Phoenix Books' grand opening.

Kris Winegar and Anne Shelley in front of bookshelves and wearing black sweatshirts with Phoenix Books' logo making faces for the camera at the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books.

Flirtations member Michael Callen leafing though a couple of books while visiting Phoenix Books; he is wearing a navy and white t-shirt with a slogan reading "I'm your friendly neighborhood atheist".

A group of mostly unidentified white women looking at the books on sale at Phoenix Books' grand opening; one woman is looking directly at the camera. Davina Gabriel is standing on the right side of...

An unidentified white woman putting books on a shelf and turning to look at the camera at Phoenix Books' moving-in day.

Cheryl Berge and Kris Winegar, both wearing sweatshirts with the Phoenix Books' logo, ringing up a sale from an unidentified white woman customer at the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books.

Unidentified white woman singing with a guitar (likely) at a microphone during the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; shelves and books are seen behind her; she's wearing a dark blue shirt.

Unidentified white woman singing with a guitar at a microphone during the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; shelves and books are seen behind her; she's wearing a patterned dark blue shirt...

Unidentified white woman singing with a guitar at a microphone during the Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; shelves and books are seen behind her; she's wearing a t-shirt with a logo...

Unidentified white woman in a red, short-sleeved shirt, stacking shelves with books on Phoenix Books' moving-in day.

Anne Shelley, Kris Winegar, and Cheryl Berge (from left to right) posing for a photo behind the counter during Women's History Celebration at Phoenix Books; bookshelves, books, and a clock are seen...