Noel Lee, who has worked at the Bookshop Darlinghurst for 24 years, offering book recommendations and life advice to closeted young people, perplexed straight grandparents, and everyone in between. Photograph: Teagan Glenane/The Guardian It has just turned 10am when Noel Lee unlocks the door of the Bookshop Darlinghurst and puts the pink sign out on Oxford Street. The message to passersby is simple: “Read Gay Books.” Sign in place, Lee returns to the store.