Surviving Covid and Trump 2.0 as a Queer Bookstore Posted on May 12, 2025May 13, 2025 by Ashley Harrison A Room of One’s Own, established 1975 in downtown Madison, is Wisconsin’s oldest queer, feminist bookstore and one of only 14 queer bookstores left in America today. Join director Ashley Harrison in an intimate conversation about the store’s past, present, and future with current Room employees Gretchen Treu and Fawzy Taylor.