They ended up in the Supreme Court that same year after they were confiscated by Argentine customs officials who had opened five pouches at random and found Nazi propaganda material inside.
"It's a constant uphill battle and another fight in the cost of living crisis which has negatively impacted all of the hospitality sector," he said."It doesn't feel like anyone with power cares about hospitality and it definitely doesn't feel like they care about LGBT venues."
Mr Joseph also cited what he said was a wider decline in Soho as an "LGBT capital".He said when he had opened the venue on Old Compton Street, it was the "gayest street in the gayest capital"."But it's not like that anymore," he added.
The nightclub owner said he wanted the G-A-Y Bar to remain an LGBT venue and he was also considering a franchising option to achieve that, but he believed it would not happen "in the current climate".A Met Police spokesperson said: "We work in partnership and as a community with local venues, residents and partners to understand the impact and issues at night.
"We will always try to support venues as best we can to prevent and deter crime.
"We will continue to work together with all venues that form part of the night time economy in Westminster, including whoever takes over G-A-Y, to improve night-time safety for those who live, work and visit the borough."Mr. Delahun, who is also a poet, said: "For neurodivergent individuals, the world is not just a series of fixed, quantifiable events, but a dynamic dance of patterns, music, and colour.
"When safe and valued, these minds have the unique capacity to see, feel, and express the more subtle, intricate dimensions of existence."Hero, who is in year five at Blean Primary School, said she now has the confidence "to write or draw whatever" comes into her mind.
Her classmate, Tess, has worked at home with her family on a painting of a tree "that shows that all of your thoughts and worries can fall away like leaves."Other schools involved in the project include Bridge, Challock, St Peter's Methodistt, Lady Joanna Thornhill primary and Whitstable Junior.