Charlie Hunts

Queer Bookseller

Charlie Hunts (he/him) caught the book bug as a motorcycle mechanic after an accident left him bed-bound for a year. After going back to school for his degree, Charlie’s career began at two book publishers in San Francisco, before going on to craft brands in the sports, government, and finance industries. He has a successful track record for making space for the LGBTQ+ community in industries from sports to entertainment to fintech, including building the first bank account service for trans and non-binary customers in the U.S.

Now in the face of a record number of book bans and anti-LGBTQ legislation, he returned to the book world to open Charlie’s Queer Books - Seattle’s first queer bookstore in nearly 20 years and the only queer bookstore on the West Coast. The store has quickly become a hub of Seattle LGBTQ life offering a safe space for queer authors to talk about their work, readers to explore their identities, and a host to community events with others who understand their lived experiences.