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 | | Kirkup's poem is being published by Iain Banks, Edward Bond, Zoe Fairbairns, A C Grayling, Darren Johnson, Ludovic Kennedy, Sir Harry Kroto, Alice Mahon MP, Ivan Massow, Jonathan Meades, George Melly, John Mortimer QC, Professor Richard Norman, Philip Pullman, Claire Rayner, Tony Reeves, Geoffrey Robertson QC, Peter Tatchell and Laurie Taylor. |
 | | On July 11, 1977, the fortnightly gay newspaper, Gay News, was found guilty of blasphemy after it published James Kirkup's poem, The Love That Dares To Speak Its Name. |
 | | We are publishing and distributing James Kirkup's banned poem in defiance of state censorship. |
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