Homophobic material left inside gender identity books at Trafford Centre Waterstones

Offensive material was left inside books at The Trafford Centre branch of Waterstones.

The homophobic leaflets were found inside gender identity books bought by customers last week.

Book shop bosses shared details of the incident on social media and said that hate would not be tolerated at its stores.

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It's not known exactly what was said on the leaflets, but the nature of the content and where they were left, made it clear it was a deliberate attempt to target those people reading such material.

A spokesperson for Waterstones said: "We confirm that someone left flyers in our Trafford Centre bookshop last week. Our booksellers removed the material as soon as it was found. We do not tolerate leafleting in our shops and especially regret this when the content is objectionable."

Waterstones tweeted about the incident saying customers had reported finding the offensive material after buying the books from the store, which is on the ground floor of the mall, in Peel Avenue, close to John Lewis. The tweet has since been deleted.

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