J.J. Lai was deeply influenced by Fembooks. After incidents like the one in 1997 when police began targeting gays for detainment on Changte Street and one in 1998 when a restaurant on Yungkang Street refused to serve gays, he decided to open a space where gays could meet safely. He made research trips to New York and San Francisco before opening Gingin's.
當年深受女書店精神感召的阿哲，在 1997 年發生警方在台北市常德街惡意臨檢同志，以及 1998 年永康街餐廳驅逐同志等事件後，也決意創造一個同志可以安心交流的空間；他特別遠赴美國紐約、舊金山等地觀摩，最後才開了晶晶書庫。