Gay’s the Word

Gay's the Word is an independent bookshop in , and the oldest LGBT bookshop in the United Kingdom. Inspired by the emergence and growth of lesbian and gay bookstores in the United States, a small group of people from Gay Icebreakers, a gay socialist group, founded the store in 1979.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—6:30 PM
    Sunday: 2:00 PM—6:00 PM
  • Email: sales@gaystheword.co.uk
  • Type: Bookstore
  • Description: lesbian and gay bookstore in London
  • Also known as: “Gay’s The Word”
  • Address: 66 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1AB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include London St Pancras International and Leicester Square.

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is a major international rail interchange and shopping destination in . It is the British capital's only international station, with Eurostar services connecting the city with destinations in mainland .

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Library
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The is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multiple countries. is situated 1,800 feet north of Gay’s the Word.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Pancras and King’s Cross.

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is a district in . It was originally a medieval ancient parish and subsequently became a metropolitan borough. The metropolitan borough then merged with neighbouring boroughs and the area now forms around half of the modern .

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King's Cross is a district in the London boroughs of and , on either side of Euston Road in , England, 1.5 miles north of , bordered by to the north, to the southeast, Angel to the east, and to the south, Somers Town to the west and to the northwest.

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This article is about three neighbourhoods of central : , St Pancras and Fitzrovia. is the hub of London's university district, is home to the British Museum and is next to the British Library.

Gay’s the Word

Latitude
51.52542° or 51° 31′ 32″ north
Longitude
-0.1252° or 0° 7′ 31″ west
Open location code
9C3XGVGF+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 290459102
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q5528519
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Gay’s the Word” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Gay’s the Word”
  • Chinese: “同性戀之語”
  • Chinese: “基字”
  • Dutch: “Gay’s The Word”
  • French: “Gay’s The Word”
  • German: “Gay’s The Word”
  • Hungarian: “Gay’s the word (könyvesbolt)”
  • Hungarian: “Gay’s the Word”
  • Italian: “Gay’s the Word”
  • Japanese: “ゲイズ・ザ・ワード”
  • Russian: “Gay’s the Word”
  • Spanish: “Gay’s the Word”

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Highlights include The Observatory and Marchmont Community Centre.

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