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1987. Media: ‘Are We Being Served: Lesbians, Gays and Broadcasting’

Gay in the 80s Posted on May 19, 2014 by Colin ClewsOctober 31, 2016

‘Are We Being Served: Lesbians, Gays and Broadcasting’ was a research project undertaken by the Gays and Broadcasting Project between 1985 and 1987. The first part of its title comes from a British sitcom of that time, ‘Are You Being … Continue reading →

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