Gay’s the Word for me is a mission… that and a lesson in human kindness.
For the past seven years it has been my task to take that unique and special institution, Gay’s the Word, and help steer it through some fairly rocky times. I remember when the shop was in the grips of its financial crisis in 2007 and the local authority landlord decided to increase the rent dramatically. It was a really lean time – there was this sort of precarious lingering tension. The empty jaws of closure loomed. There was even some uncertainty as to whether the bookstore had served its purpose and it was just time to simply shut-up-shop. It looked like I might be getting a front row seat to the last days of the last British lesbian and gay bookshop.
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