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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 

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? 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.

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

"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.

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

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

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