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#OtD 6 May 1987 popular UK tabloid The Sun published an article entitled "Fly away gays – and we will pay!". They were offering free one-way plane tickets to Norway to gay activists to leave the country for good. More info and sources: https://t.co/Th5fbVg3z1 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10652/fly-away-gays-headline?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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@workingclasshistory Pity it did not work - we'd LOVE to call Elton John and Ian McKellen Norwegian.

MegatronicThronBanks

@workingclasshistory How are their sales going in Liverpool?

thorcik

@workingclasshistory the s*n FTFY

Hasufin

@workingclasshistory I wonder if anyone took them up on it. Because I'd bet they had no intention of actually paying.