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Stephen Fry’s Letter to David Cameron: LGBT History and Uses of the Past

by Claire Hayward on August 8, 2013

As my current research is into the public presentation of LGBT history, I read Stephen Fry’s heartfelt and eloquent open letter to David Cameron and members of the International Olympics Committee (IOC) yesterday with interest.

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