ɡˈeɪ stˈɑːɹ wʌzɐ mˌæɡɐzˈiːn fɚɹə nˈuː pˈiəɹɪəd, ˈæftɚ ðɪ ɛkstˈɛnʃən ʌvðə ɹˈɛlᵻvənt sˈɛkʃənz "ɪnsˈʌltɪŋ ænd dɪskɹˈɪmɪnətˌoːɹi", æz nˈɪɡɹə kˈɔːld ɪt, sˈɛkʃuːəl əfˈɛnsᵻz ˈækt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən æz ðə hˌoʊmoʊsˈɛkʃuːəl əfˈɛnsᵻz ˈɔːɹdɚɹ ɪn kˈaʊnsəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː.
Gay Star was a magazine for a new period, after the extension of the relevant sections "insulting and discriminatory", as NIGRA called it, Sexual Offences Act 1967 (as the Homosexual Offences Order in Council 1982.