Supermarket cover up?

Have you ever noticed that your favourite LGBT publications appear to carefully 'positioned' at your local supermarket?

Former Pride organiser Jackie Crozier bought this to our attention just this week.She also mentioned that apparantly this practice has existed for some time?

This tweet appeared Tuesday 1/4/14..

jackie crozier ‏@jackiecrozier

@sainsburys Can you tell me why your Regents Road Mcr store feels the need to cover up @AttitudeMag @GayTimesMag She then spread the net with @asda @Tesco @Morrisons do you have the same policy as @sainsburys covering up @GayTimesMag & @AttitudeMag ???

And finally later in the day... Sainsbury's ‏@sainsburys 

@CButla Hi, we use modesty covers for a range of publications – including Loaded, Zoo, Nuts, Bizarre, Front & Attitude... 1/2 

Reaction on our social media has been swift and in the main, critical of Sainsbury's actions.

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Published: 3-Apr-2014: (2351)