Atralia's olst LGBT bookshop began life as a mail orr bs before movg to premis jt off Oxford Street Sydney 1982. Two years later moved to premis on Taylor Square, placg self at the centre of Oxford Street's transformatn to Sydney's gay 'Goln Mile'. Known simply as The Bookshop, has remaed
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- SYDNEY’S GAY BOOKSTORE THE BOOKSHOP DARLGHURST CELEBRAT 40 YEARS
- GAY SYDNEY
- SYDNEY’S GAY BOOKSHOP THE BOOKSHOP DARLGHURST CELEBRAT S 40TH ANNIVERSARY
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SYDNEY
- NEW CHAPTER FOR INIC GAY AND LBIAN BOOKSHOP FOR THE STARS
- GAY SYDNEY: A HISTORY PAPERBACK – 1 MARCH 2016
SYDNEY’S GAY BOOKSTORE THE BOOKSHOP DARLGHURST CELEBRAT 40 YEARS
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Image source, John Jenner/Atralian Lbian and Gay ArchivImage ptn, Wayne Harrison and L McDonald opened their first shop 1982"People have a sense of ownership when they e here, " says L McDonald.
"Wayne and I -found The Bookshop bee we travelled to New York and we noticed that gay books were beg advertised all of the gay prs and we thought: 'No-one's dog that at home.
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'"So we ntacted St Mart's Prs [ New York] and we bought a uple of books volume, shipped them back to Atralia and advertised them Campaign [a gay Atralian newspaper at the time]. From that, we formed two book clubs - the Gay Book Club and the Lbian Book Club - and we did a lot of mail orr.
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"Through the 1980s, The Bookshop worked wh the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, sellg tickets to the para om s upstairs office, and wh Aids Council of New South Wal (ACON), promotg fundraisg events and ralli.
"Pl, " remembers Wilks, " the 1960s and 70s, you had to bribe police if you were gog to n an out, gay bs the muny.
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A few tim, I helped The Bookshop s events, talked to those olr gay men, and saw how relieved they were to be able to speak to someone else. "I had a mother ll om north Queensland, sayg that she thought her son might be gay and she wanted to know how to talk to him about and make him feel safe, bee his dad might not be as OK wh , " he ptn, LGBT rights prott"It's those kds of moments that get me all emotnal and thankful. They are where you n fd the entire breadth of gay YA, every trans tobgraphy, and all the lbian graphic novels your heart sir.
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A post shared by The Bookshop Darlghurst (@bookshopdarlo)The seed for The Bookshop Darlghurst was planted the 1970s while foundg owner L McDonald was on a holiday wh his then partner the Uned LGBTQI books advertised the gay prs, McDonald saw an untapped market Atralia.
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”“It has been a safe space and muny hub that to this day fills a void where everyone om young queer people to parents of gay kids.
Two years later moved to premis on Taylor Square, placg self at the centre of Oxford Street’s transformatn to Sydney’s gay ‘Goln Mile’.
Young gays and lbians movg to Sydney search of a more open liftyle, parents seekg rmatn after one of their offsprg has e out and, the early days of the AIDS crisis, jt about everyone search of rmatn about this ighteng new ndn. It also serv as a ‘Safe Place’ – a bolt hole for those seekg refuge om abe or vlence om homophob lookg for trouble one of Sydney’s bt known gay areas.