Loyalty Bookstores hosts multiple LGBTQ discussions during May Brian Broome, Kiese Laymon, Gabrielle Inés, and more are set to participate 16SHARES Loyalty: Brian Broome — Photo: Andy Johanson Shortly after the pandemic hit in 2020, the future prospects were unclear for independent bookstores, especially those that had only recently set up shop, such as the two locations of Loyalty Bookstores in Silver Spring and D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood. What a difference a year makes: The chain ended April with a bang, processing hundreds of orders from Independent Bookstore Day, which falls on the last Saturday in April. That’s according to the chain’s Black and queer founder Hannah Oliver Depp.