bookshop and its nine directors.
published in this country.
This success follows months of lobbying the Defend Gay's The Word Campaign. This effectivediscriminatory use of the exposed present laws governing imThe law under which the prosecution of Gay's Ine wora was alempied is the 1876 Customs Consolidation Act. I his allows customs to censor the import of printed material in a way that is impossible in relation to material nintoned Brian. 300ks which would have a holary ree printed in this can be arbitrarily stopped if imported.
One of the key aims of the Defend Gay's The Word Campaign was to have this legislation removed from the statute DooK. InIs campalgn will have to continue, as the still Its laW costs. USe could not only affect gay people, but many other sections of society in the future.
However while this must continue, the campaign to aerend way s ine Word has been crowned WIll success. Customs have promised to notify Gay's The Word in adgays with the dropping this week of the entire action against Gay's The Word bookshop in London. On Friday 2T June HM Customs and Excise formally agreed to drop all criminal charges against the They have also given an undertaking that in future imported books will be treated in exactly the same way as books OLD 81 port of a particular book portunity for the ruling to ›e challenged in the courts before any action is taken.
Moreover customs have agreed that they will GAYS THE WORD 2Y the import material that would otherwise be freely available in the country. This will allow a massive increase in ine import or previously banned gay lesbian material, particularly from the USA March 5 July Assemble Speakers Corner ipm, march to Kennington Park March with the LCLGR banner LENDANY GAY SUITSHBORRE 0F837
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