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•  GAY'S THE WORD 
• GAY'S THE WORD
• GAY’S THE WORD
• GAY'S THE WORD
• LOCAL HEROES | GAY’S THE WORD
• LONDON’S BOOKSHOPS: GAY’S THE WORD
• GAY'S THE WORD: LONDON'S LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP THAT'S 'LIKE FAY'
• CELEBRATG 40 YEARS OF GAY’S THE WORD, LONDON’S GLOR LGBTQ BOOKSHOP
• GAY'S THE WORD (BOOKSHOP)
• GAY'S THE WORD: TRIBUT PAID TO PETER DOREY WHO OPENED FIRST LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP
• MY FAVOURE PENNT BOOKSHOP: GAY'S THE WORD, LONDON
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• GAY'S THE WORD
• GAY’S THE WORD
• GAY'S THE WORD: LONDON'S LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP THAT'S 'LIKE FAY'
• GAY’S THE WORD – LONDON’S INIC QUEER BOOKSTORE NTU TO THRIVE
• FOUNR OF INIC BOOKSHOP GAY’S THE WORD, WHICH FEATURED PRI AND KILLG EVE, HAS DIED AGED 73DOREY FOUND THE BOOKSHOP WH ERNT HOLE AND JONATHAN CUTBILL 1979GETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYMICHELE THEILREPORTER11:38, 17 FEB 2021BOOKMARKGAY'S THE WORD WAS THE FIRST LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP THE UK. (IMAGE: MICHELE THEIL)GET THAT FRIDAY FEELG WH THE LATT BOOK REMENDATNS AND REVIEWS BY JOG THE FRIDAY BOOK CLUBMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THAT FRIDAY FEELG WH THE LATT BOOK REMENDATNS AND REVIEWS BY JOG THE FRIDAY BOOK CLUBINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

 GAY'S THE WORD 

Fictn, Nonfictn, Young Adult Fictn, Classics, Poetry, Plays, Rare Books, Comg Out, pl Gay's The Word and LGSM merchandise. Gay's The WordWant an alternative to Amazon? ” 2 reviews“They also have a nice range of rds and postrds (many of which will appeal to people who aren't gay by the way), and have a notice board full of varied suggtns for events, clubs, urs etc.

” 2 reviewsLotn & HoursMon10:00 AM - 6:30 PMTue10:00 AM - 6:30 PMWed10:00 AM - 6:30 PMThu10:00 AM - 6:30 PMFri10:00 AM - 6:30 PMClosed nowSat10:00 AM - 6:30 PMSun2:00 PM - 6:00 PMAmeni and MoreFrequently Asked Qutns about Gay's The WordHow is Gay's The Word rated? Gay's The Word has 4.

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Gay's The Word is open Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun. RadPeter Dorey, Co-Founr of Gay's The Word Bookshop, Di Aged 73'It is clear that generatns of LGBT+ people owe Peter Dorey a bt of thanks' reports Will Strou for Attu Magaze, 16 Febary 2021.

Bigoted Brish tiger that b off more than uld chewGraham McKerrow wr for talkg humani about Operatn Tiger, the Brish state’s attempt the 1980s to prohib the importatn of all queer books, newspapers and magaz, cludg a raid on Gay's The Word 1984. 'The importance of Gay's The Word... Jonathan Cutbill Leav 'Phenomenal Collectn' of LGBTQ LeratureJonathan Cutbill, one of the founrs of Gay's The Word who passed away 2019, leav his LGBTQ Lerature llectn to Universy of London, wr Steve Brown for Attu Magaze, 24 January Bt LGBTQIA+ LeratureBrish Vogue asks 'ins of the LGBTQIA+ muny' to share what we queer wrg we should be readg, cludg Ernt Hole, founr of Gay's The Word bookshop, wrten by Liam Freeman, 21 June 's The Word Wants You To Notice ItThe Londonist profil the bookshop, askg about visibily and pri, wrten by Harry Rosehill, 11 June 2019.

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Celebratg 40 years of Gay's The Word, London's glor LGBTQ bookshopDazed Digal profil the bookshop for s 40th anniversary, wrten by Louis Stapl, 27 Febary England's [First] LGBT Bookshopi-D Magaze terviews Gay's The Word's  light of s 40th anniversary, wrten by Jake Hall, 18 January 2019. ]Gay's The Word turns 40'How a small LGBT bookshop beme an unlikely battleground the fight for gay acceptance', wr Thomas Stichbury for Attu Magaze, 17 January 2019. Bookshop of the Month - Damian Barr's Lerary SalonGay's The Word is profiled for Damian Barr's Lerary Salon November 2018 wh a Q&A wh Uli Birth of Gay's The WordErnt Hole wr the history of the bookshop for the first time Polari Magaze, 17 January.

Gay’s The Word, the olst survivg LGBT+ bookshop the UK, is next up our Lol Hero seri, where we big up the people, small bs and neighbourhood spots that make London great.

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The bookshop was found 1979 by a group of left-wg gay socialists, cludg Ernt Hole, who’d been spired by the work of Craig Rodwell and the Osr Wil Memorial Bookshop  Manhattan (which was found two years before the Stonewall rts and was the olst LGBT+ bookshop the world before closed 2009) and wanted to open somethg siar across the Gay’s The Word Deputy Manager Uli Lenart explas, “the bookshop founrs chose the name ‘Gay’s The Word’ as a liberate bold proclamatn: as a visibly queer name; was an articulatn of our prence a climate of erasure. Up until that pot, some mastream bookshops had been ristant about stockg gay-themed books or materials….

”Gay’s The Word was signed to be a muny space and meetg place as well as a place to fd books. As well as functng as a space for people to meet and nnect, over the years the shop has played host to a range of discsn and support groups, cludg Lbian and Gays Support the Mers, the Black Gay Group and the Disable Gay Group. ”Openg a queer bookshop the late 70s was not whout s challeng, wh prejudice entrenched society and the media at the time, and Gay’s The Word was targeted wh homophobic graffi and even bricks through wdows.

LOCAL HEROES | GAY’S THE WORD

Thankfully thgs have started to change as he explas, “now parents e wh their non-bary, lbian and gay children. ”The history of Gay’s The Word and the refuge has provid for untls people only unrsr the importance of havg dited LGBT+ bookshops, as well as LGBT+ spac general. ”As well as beg able to nnect wh all the ctomers that e through the shop doors, Gay’s The Word has also allowed Uli to explore his passns, “I’m passnate about my muny, wrg, lerature and ias…To spend some time wh Tomasz Jedrowski, thor of Swimmg the Dark, or to disver a but thor who’s pletely blown my md wh their brilliance – like Jon Ransom, thor of The Whale Tattoo – I’m the luckit gay town!

We kick off wh Gay’s The Word, who gave so many fantastic remendatns for our onle #LGBTHero feature, created to celebrate LGBT History Month Febary 2017. Loted Bloomsbury, Gay’s The Word was found on 17 January 1979 by members of Gay Icebreakers, who were spired by the growth of lbian and gay bookstor the USA.

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More than jt a bookshop, Gay’s The Word has been ed as a safe space for members of the LGBT+ muny, which they n meet, share ias, hold meetgs and wily publicise LGBT+ events happeng across the untry. The 2014 film Pri, directed by Matthew Warch, specifilly highlighted how the shop served as a meetg place for Lbian and Gays Support the Mers  London the 1980s.

GAY'S THE WORD: LONDON'S LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP THAT'S 'LIKE FAY'

Aliya Gulamani: To date, Gay’s The Word is the only specifilly lbian and gay bookshop the UK – how do this make you feel?

Gay’s the Word was the first and today is the last standg lbian and gay book specialist.

I n the bookshop wh my lleague Jim MacSweeney, who has been at Gay’s the Word for 27-ish years. Runng events is sort of like pilotg a homosexual Tardis, you uld end up anywhere – 70s New York, Geian London, a queer ter-speci romance the distant future – anywhere.

CELEBRATG 40 YEARS OF GAY’S THE WORD, LONDON’S GLOR LGBTQ BOOKSHOP

Recent events this year’s have clud: Fightg Proud: The Story of Gay Men Who Served WWI & WWII, Bold Strok Lbian Fictn Prose Slam: One Night, Five Authors!, Not Guilty – A New Oral History, Trans Like Me wh CN Lter, Pri & Joy – A Gui for LGBT Parents, A Queer Ltle History of Art by Alex Pilcher, Spacegirl P Relnch Party, Jefey Weeks & VG Lee – History Month Event, Queer Domtici wh Matt Cook, and readgs om Rosie Wilby, Sylvia Brownrigg, Neil Bartlett, Rosie Garland, Jake Arnott and Tim Murphy. Jim MacSweeney and Uli Lenart outsi Gay’s The Word loted at 66 Marchmont Street London.

I’m really lookg forward to the publitn of The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollghurst and Logil Fay, the first memoir by gay thor and in Armistead Mp.

Aliya: Que a few famo fac have vised Gay’s The Word over the years – are there any that are pecially memorable and why? Aliya: Of urse, Gay’s The Word is more than a bookstore – has a very strong sense of muny.

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Uli: The GTW Lbian Discsn Group meets every Wednday om London LGBT Bookgroup meets monthly at Gay’s the Word.

Gay's The Word bookshop opened January 1979 and has been an important part of London's LGBTQ+ culture ever pri events were anised om there and many gay and lbian groups met year marks 40 years sce the shop opened and spe polil, social and technologil change, is still gog strong and attractg a new generatn of LGBTQ+ Londoners. Celebratg 40 years of Gay’s The Word, London’s glor LGBTQ bookshop | Dazed⬅️ Left Arrow*️⃣ Asterisk␠StarOptn Slirs✉️ MailExCourty of Gay’s The Word‘If LGBT+ people don’t exist the world of fictn, we don’t exist the world’. “Lookg back, I thk I me to London to be gay, ” says 58-year-old Jim MacSweeney, who moved to London om ral Ireland 1982.

” Later this year, Jim will celebrate 30 years as manager of Gay’s the Word bookshop, England’s only LGBTQ+ bookshop. Ernt Hole found Gay’s the Word four s ago after visg The Osr Wil Memorial Bookshop the late 1960s, which was the first gay bookshop the US.

GAY'S THE WORD: TRIBUT PAID TO PETER DOREY WHO OPENED FIRST LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP

Sat nocuoly between a phone repair shop and a fé London’s Kg’s Cross area, Gay’s The Word has outlived s US and Brish peers such as Edburgh’s Wt and Wil and Brighton’s Out. Gay’s the Word has always been more than a shop.

Jim first vised Gay’s the Word as a member of socialist LGBTQ+ group Gay Icebreakers, which the shop’s founr was also an active member of. In 1984, Gay’s The Word beme home to Lbians and Gays Support the Mers (LGSM), a socialist llective aimg to fancially assist the mers’ strike efforts agast Margaret Thatcher’s ernment.

MY FAVOURE PENNT BOOKSHOP: GAY'S THE WORD, LONDON

The 2014 film Pri follows the story of the group, which was found by late gay rights in Mark Ashton. He says that the ia of shared activism has always been tegral to the Gay’s the Word ethos.

Courty of Gay's The Word. Like so many queer spac, Gay’s the Word has also faced fancial difficulti. As gentrifitn has ed mographics to shift and vulture-like velopers to circle, many have been forced to close their doors, cludg the NYC shop that spired Gay’s the Word.

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

“This was a really important space the 80s – was where you me to get gay books. In the 90s beme more difficult and Soho started as a gay area so you didn’t have to e here anymore, ” Jim explas. There were lots of queer spac and ed to be a real hub of gay activy.

Though after emails requtg that supporters sponsor shelv were picked up by newspapers, chequ began to flow and people realised the affectn they had for Gay’s the Word. Rikki Beadle-Blair, a Brish actor, director, playwright, and sger who is a leadg figure London’s queer cultural scene, performed at Gay’s the Word’s one month openg party 1979.

I grew up lovg words and was lovely to have those thgs e together at Gay’s the Word. Jt as Gay’s the Word now sells books explorg the tersectns of race, age, class and relign wh queer inti, the shop has has always strived to be trans-clive. Dawson and Beadle-Blair recently celebrated Gay’s the Word’s 40th anniversary at the Brish Library, at an event hosted by thor Damian Barr.

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“I first vised Gay’s the Word on a trip to London when I was a stunt, ” Barr rells. I uldn’t believe that Gay’s the Word had all the books that I’d asked for at the library. Courty of Gay’s The Word.

“Gay’s The Word hasn’t jt been a passive mirror of our culture, ’s helped change our culture and liberate mds. Jim partly attribut Gay’s The Word ntued succs to Pri, but also to embracg the chang LGBTQ+ culture, such as social media, while adaptg to their dience. Jim has been at Gay’s The Word through the Aids crisis and Sectn 28.

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While there have been signifint advanc the UK sce then, the shop is still vised by LGBTQ+ people om untri where beg gay n be dangero. Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep short by simply answerg the key qutns:Can you list the top facts and stats about Gay's the Word (bookshop)?

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Gay's the Word is an pennt bookshop central London, and the olst LGBT bookshop the Uned Kgdom. Inspired by the emergence and growth of lbian and gay bookstor the Uned Stat, a small group of people om Gay Icebreakers, [1][2] a gay socialist group, found the store 1979. Image source, Gay's the Word/ InstagarmImage ptn, Gay's the Word -founrs Peter Dorey (left) and Ernt Hole outsi the store London the day opened 1979A pneerg shop owner who opened the UK's first gay book store has died at the age of 73.

GAY'S THE WORD: LONDON'S LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP THAT'S 'LIKE FAY'

Peter Dorey, who was among a small group of gay activists, opened Gay's The Word Bloomsbury central London shop acted as a "safe place" for LGBTQ+ muni durg a perd of opprsn and discrimatn. "Gay's The Word has been an important part of the LGBTQ+ muny for many years and we get visors om all over the world, " store manager Jim MacSweeney said. "Media ptn, London's LGBTQ+ bookshop that's 'like fay'Gay's The Word quickly tablished self as a val muny hub durg the 1980s, offerg rmatn and rourc to members of London's LGBTQ+ muny.

"The groups that met at the store clud a lbian discsn group, a black group, Irish gay people London and, for a perd 1984, a lbians and gays support the mers source, Gay's The WorldImage ptn, Ntled on Marchmont Street Bloomsbury, the bookstore provid LGBTQ+ muni a "safe place" to meetMr Dorey and -owner Ernt Hole were also part of a group named Gay Icebreakers - a gay socialist group that ran a helple and held regular discsn groups at the store, Mr MacSweeney 1984, the store was raid by HM Ctoms and Excise who seized thoands of pounds worth of stock. Charg were brought agast the staff and directors for importg "cent" se gathered a great al of media verage and qutns were raised the Hoe of Commons before the charg were fally dropped, Mr MacSweeney source, Gay's The Word/ InstagramImage ptn, Jim MacSweeney hop to ntue the legacy of Gay's The Word"Both Peter and Ernt attend our 40th anniversary celebratns at the Brish Library 2019, " he add.

It was wh tremendo excement that I disvered Gay's the Word bookshop the early 1990s. In those days was rare to fd lbian and gay books mastream shops and librari, so seeg shelf upon unembarrassed shelf of queer books and magaz was an exhilaratg experience, at once eply emotnal and thoroughly polil.

GAY’S THE WORD – LONDON’S INIC QUEER BOOKSTORE NTU TO THRIVE

Gay's the Word beme the UK's first gay bookshop when was tablished 1979, and 's now the only survivg one.

Durg s life, Brish society has changed enormoly; lbian and gay lerature has edged firmly to the mastream. But is still excg to see the shop ont and Gay's the Word remas a great place to vis, wh welg, knowledgeable staff and an unparalleled range of lbian and gay books, om the oteric to the pulp, as well as regular lerary events and discsn groups.

Recently s ont wdow was smashed a homophobic attack. It reprents an important piece of London history, as well as of morn lbian and gay life. Geni Pictur (“Mrs Lowry & Son, ” “Good Luck To You, Leo Gran”) has optned Emmett Monterey’s acclaimed memoir “Go the Way Your Blood Beats” – about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London – for TV adaptatn.

FOUNR OF INIC BOOKSHOP GAY’S THE WORD, WHICH FEATURED PRI AND KILLG EVE, HAS DIED AGED 73DOREY FOUND THE BOOKSHOP WH ERNT HOLE AND JONATHAN CUTBILL 1979GETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYMICHELE THEILREPORTER11:38, 17 FEB 2021BOOKMARKGAY'S THE WORD WAS THE FIRST LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP THE UK. (IMAGE: MICHELE THEIL)GET THAT FRIDAY FEELG WH THE LATT BOOK REMENDATNS AND REVIEWS BY JOG THE FRIDAY BOOK CLUBMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THAT FRIDAY FEELG WH THE LATT BOOK REMENDATNS AND REVIEWS BY JOG THE FRIDAY BOOK CLUBINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

At his mastream school, teachers refe to schle his class on the ground floor, and at his llege for disabled stunts, he’s told he will be expelled if the mors are te, if he’s gay.

Gay’s the Word. The UK’s first ever — and sadly last survivg — lbian and gay bookshop and historil safe space has been sellg LGBT+ texts sce 1979. Gay's The Word manager Jim MacSweeny.