Gay's the Word bookshop sold ‘obscene material’ – archive, 1985 | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian

Contents:

•  GAY'S THE WORD 
• GAY'S THE WORD BOOKSHOP SOLD ‘OBSCENE MATERIAL’ – ARCHIVE, 1985
• GAY'S THE WORD: TRIBUT PAID TO PETER DOREY WHO OPENED FIRST LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• GAY'S THE WORD: LONDON'S LGBTQ+ BOOKSHOP THAT'S 'LIKE FAY'

 GAY'S THE WORD 

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GAY'S THE WORD BOOKSHOP SOLD ‘OBSCENE MATERIAL’ – ARCHIVE, 1985

Gay's The WordWant an alternative to Amazon? A ctoms officer taed a book om the Uned Stat about the Aids epimic and novels by Tennsee Williams, Gore Vidal and Christopher Isherwood a raid on Gay’s the Word bookshop April 1984, a urt heard officer, Mr David Odd, was givg evince on the fourth day of mtal proceedgs which eight directors and one staff member of Gay’s the Word bookshop Bloomsbury, London, are charged wh dulently nspirg to eva the prohibns on the import of cent or obscene material.

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

He thought that he might have taed the book, which is referred to the charg, ‘bee had the name of a homosexual thor on the ver’ agreed that he had no guil as to what uld be nsired cent or proceedgs to ci whether the se should be sent to Crown Court are expected to end charg agast the bookshop were eventually dropped 1986. 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. 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. We source our books om Gay’s The Word, the UK’s first and olst lbian and gay book shop. Gay’s The Word.

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

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

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