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*LAWS AND LEGISLATION, ANTI-GAY (GEOG) (PERIOD)
SN Refers to specifically anti-gay laws and proposed laws which discriminate against gay people, and to the amendment or repeal of laws which protect the rights of gays. For material on laws protecting gay rights use GAY RIGHTS LAWS AND LEGISLATION. For material dealing with the
criminalisation of sexual activity use SEX LAWS and for repeal of criminal laws against homosexual activity use SEXUAL LAW REFORM.
RT CENSORSHIP
GAY RIGHTS LAWS AND LEGISLATION
GAYS AND THE LAW
NT CHILD CUSTODY
IMMIGRATION LAWS

*LAWYERS, GAY

*LEATHER ACCESSORIES

*LEATHER CLOTHING

*LEATHERMEN
SN Refers to gay men who adopt a lifestyle involving a leather fetish, typically to enhance their sense of masculinity or "butchness".
RT CLONE CULTURE
S & M
BONDAGE

Legal system and gay people
1) For laws specifically protecting the human rights of gay people use GAY RIGHTS LAWS AND LEGISLATION.
2) For laws actively discriminating against gay people use LAWS AND LEGISLATION, ANTI-GAY.
3) For material on reform of laws against homosexual activity use SEXUAL LAW REFORM.
4) For material dealing with human rights of gay people in a general way use HUMAN RIGHTS q.v.

LEGENDS
SN Refers to tales comng down from the past, especially those relating to actual events or persons, given a literary treatment, and the tale might not be verifiable. Collections of tales from a specific culture should be entered under e.g. LEGENDS, SCOTS or LEGENDS, JEWISH etc
BT LITERATURE
RT FABLES
MYTHS

LESBIAN ...
Note: In this thesaurus "Lesbian" is used as a qualifier for specifically lesbian materials (i.e. not mixed, lesbian and gay male materials.) "Gay", "Gays" or "Gay people" is used as a term to cover mixed materials, and "Gay Men" is used sometimes to indicate material relevant to gay men only.
This procedure is not deliberately sexist, but is in part an economic convenience to avoid superfluous added entries and in part a recognition of the sometimes distinctive and sometimes united relevance of material to separate

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