assist with legal challenges with Canada Customs. The book features contributions from a number of comic artists including Alison Bechdel and Marc Bell. The bookstore's co-owner, Jim Deva, died on September 21, 2014, at age 64. On December 23, 2019, Bruce Smyth, co-founder of Little Sister's, died at St. John Hospice at age 66. See also Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice), [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120 Spartacus Books, another bookstore in Vancouver with a wide "queer lit" section Feminist bookstore Gay's the Word (bookshop) Notes External links Independent bookstores of Canada LGBT culture in Vancouver LGBT bookstores Censorship in Canada Canadian companies established in 1983 Retail companies established in 1983 1983 establishments in British Columbia Shops in Vancouver LGBT organizations in Canada LGBT history in Canada LGBT literature in Canada West End, Vancouver