Tag: queer books
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“Indecent and obscene” – 40 years since Operation Tiger
You can now watch the recording of this event online In 1984, UK Customs and Excise officers raided Gay’s The Word bookshop in London and seized over 140 titles on the grounds they were “indecent or obscene”. Dubbed “Operation Tiger”, this was the start of a series of raids and confiscations up and down the…
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Unsung: the queer books that tell our story – the video
As part of this year’s LGBT History Month, Bob and Sigrid took part in a live webinar conversation on 24 February with Chris Creegan about how queer books tell our story. The conversation ran long over time with thought-provoking questions and comments from those who attended virtually – and their enthusiasm for the books, writers…
