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Queer classified adverts and love letters in the 1920s
In an era when the law criminalised your love, how was it possible to meet members of the same sex and communicate?
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Obscene Publications Act 1959: proposal to amend Act
Catalogue reference: HO 302/8
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This record is about the Obscene Publications Act 1959: proposal to amend Act dating from 1963-1964 in the series Home Office: Indecent Publications (IPN Symbol Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 302/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1963-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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Obscene Publications Act 1959: proposal to amend Act
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- IPN (1960) 9/2/15
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Sex and gender
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1442085/
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HO 302
Home Office: Indecent Publications (IPN Symbol Series) Files
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