单选题:Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. What"Gay'stheWord"ha

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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage.
What"Gay'stheWord"hasoverthechainstoresisfriendly,knowledgeablestaffandafargreatervarietyofbooks."Wehaveliterallythousands,"confirmsMcsweeney."Ithinkifpeoplehaveneverbeenintothebookstore,they'dbesurprisedatjusthowmanybooksareavailable.Whentheshopopeneditwashalfthespacewehavenow,andalotofitwasfeminist(女权主义的)booksbecausetherewasn'tenoughgaystuffbeingpublished.That'sallchanged.Nowwehavesectionsongayparenting,spirituality,lesbian(女同性恋)andgaypolitics,psychology,plays,lesbiandetectivefiction.There'sjustsomuchthathascomeoutinthepast28years."
Communitylinksremainstrong."Whenweweresetuptherewerelotsofcommunitygroupswhowouldmeetuphere.Westillhavealesbiandiscussiongroupthatmeetseveryweek.There'sagaywritersgroupthatmeetshere.There'sanewtrans(变性人)groupthatjuststartedmeetinghere.Andthespaceisfree.WhatIlikemostabouttheshopisthatIhaveeverybodyfrom16-year-oldsto90-year-oldscominginandusingit.Peoplestopbytopickupthefreepapers,ortochat.Youbuildarelationshipwiththem.Andit'sgreatwhentheybuybooksaswell,butitismoreasenseofcommunity."
Namedoneofthe50bestindependentbookstoresbytheIndependentafewyearsago,"Gay'stheWord"wasrecentlyvotedoneofthetenbestbookshopsinLondonbytheLondonBookfair.Andgaytouristscontinuetoflockhere,justasMcsweeneyhimselfdidallthoseyearsago.
"IfLondonersusedthebookstorethewayvisitingtouristsuseit,we'dbelaughing,"hesays.Hepauses,thenadds:"Somuchhaschangedoverthepast28years.Homophobia(对同性恋的憎恶或恐惧)isstilloutthere.Westillgetspitonthewindows.Butthesedayswhenwecallthepolice,they'refantastic."
Whatmakes"Gay'stheWord"betterthanthechainstores? A.Itallowsgaysandlesbianstocomeinanduse.
B.Ithasmuchmoredifferentkindsofbooks
C.Ithasfreespaceforvariousreaders.
D.Itisindependentandchargesless.

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