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gay books from the 80s

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GAY 80S BOOKS

Books shelved as gay-80s: Angels Ameri by Tony Khner, Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir by Pl Mote, The Other Eighti: A Secret History of Ameri... * gay books from the 80s *

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AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY

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WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

Gay 80s >. (shelved 1 time as gay-80s).

The Crimal Law Amendment Act 1885 ma homosexualy illegal the UK. In 1967, the Sexual Offenc Bill was passed, crimilisg homosexual acts between two long as they were over 21, both nsentg, and nductg any sexual acts wh the privacy of their own hom. So, the 1980s, wasn’t illegal to be gay, but was certaly not easy.

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