Seized LGBT books
An online exhibition from Senate House Library which marks the 40th anniversary of the 1984 “Operation Tiger” customs raids on Gay’s the Word bookshop on charges of importing indecent and obscene literature. The site lists the books taken and has original photographs plus background detail on the historic context of section 28 and the censorship of LGBT writings […]
Black Lesbian and Gay Centre Digital resources
Free access via the Bishopsgate Institute to newsletters and publications from this London-based support group. The newsletters and other ephemera (including posters ) cover the period early 1980s to 2000. They therefore include perspectives on HIV/AIDS as well as Section 28. Also covered are social events organised by the intersectional gay community.
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