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    LGBTQ+ History: Gays the Word
Jim MacSweeney, the owner of 'Gay's The Word', the UK's oldest LGBT bookshop and a touchstone for the broader LGBT community, speaks about the bookshop's history and the story behind its opening in 1979 by a group of gay socialists.
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