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Contents:
- THE LTLE GAY SHOP
- AT GAY MEN'S BOOK CLUB
- GAY AT TRAVEL GUI
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
- LAKERS NOT: REAV, WTBROOK, CASTLETON, GAY
THE LTLE GAY SHOP
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AT GAY MEN'S BOOK CLUB
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Upon openg 1967, his storeont served as the first explicly gay public meetg space outsi of bars and bathho, and quickly beme a popular hub for the emergg culture of what would soon flower to the gay liberatn movement. After the Stonewall Rebelln of 1969, gay bookstor began appearg across North Ameri ci wh substantial gay populatns.
Both LGBTQ and femist bookstor—servg overlappg but distct nstuenci—gradually emerged creasg numbers, cludg a handful the South: Fbourg Marigny Art and Books opened s doors 1978, servg as a facto muny center for the New Orleans gay muny, while Whe Rabb appeared Greensboro, North Carola 1983 and went on to open addnal lotns Raleigh and Charlotte. Yet, even as LGBTQ polil movements gaed momentum and muni garnered creased visibily, the bookstor would largely succumb—not to homophobia, but to enomic and technologil chang.
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The advent of and onle book sal has renred survival for any small pennt bookstore a challenge—and for lbian femist and gay shops wh relatively small target dienc, few managed to survive, even as LGBTQ publishg ntued to expand.
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CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
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The Ltle Gay Shop exists to support, celebrate and igne the queer muny by creatg a larger dience of patrons and exposg lol artists to different mographics.
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What we’re aboutThis is a group for gay and bi men the At area who are terted meetg once a month to have great nversatns around a shared book and to socialize wh other men. Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728).
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