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Contents:

• IRELAND'S FIRST GAY PRIME MISTER LEO VARADKAR FORMALLY ELECTED
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• HOW MANY PEOPLE IRELAND ARE GAY?
• DUBL GAY BARS GUI - BT GAY HANGOUTS DUBL, IRELAND
• GAY IRELAND TRAVEL GUI
• IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
• GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--LIMERICK AND GALWAY
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
• IRELAND’S GAY ST. PATRICK’S DAY: A STATE’S QUT FOR TRANSGENRISM
• IT’S BEEN 40 YEARS SCE NORTHERN IRELAND’S HUMANISG GAY SEX BAN WAS FALLY STCK DOWN
• DUBL GAY PRI
• IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE
• HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• BT GAY DATG APPS FOR HOOKUPS, RELATNSHIPS, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN
• VATIN SAYS IRELAND GAY MARRIAGE VOTE IS 'FEAT FOR HUMANY'
• TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH

IRELAND'S FIRST GAY PRIME MISTER LEO VARADKAR FORMALLY ELECTED

While San Francis might reasonably be nsired the gay pal of the world, Ireland’s foremost cy remas one of the bt and iendlit ci for LGBTQ travelers to vis. While other clubs have gay-themed nights or parti, The Gee is the only fully LGBTQ nightclub Dubl, and is one of the most vised gay venu the cy. The stori the men this issue share wh rears some of the most breezy they have ever featured, cludg tal of boozy nights out on the gay scene, timate nights , and even tal that highlight some of the good moments to e om this panmic era.

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

Also worth checkg out is the Internatnal Gay Theatre Ftival, which ually tak place May and featur LGBTQ+-themed productns staged theatr and smaller venu across the cy. The son of an Indian immigrant has ma Irish history by beg the untry’s youngt and first openly gay prime Varadkar, 38, was formally elected taoiseach at a nfirmatn ceremony the Dáil Dubl after he won the Fe Gael party learship earlier this month.

Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn.

HOW MANY PEOPLE IRELAND ARE GAY?

She is thought to be the first openly gay prime mister the was an active unnist her nearly 10 years workg as a flight attendant, acrdg to the Council of Women World Lears, a work of female heads of state.

”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported.

“To be natnally blamed, to be nsired as not normal, to be nsired as a danger for young people — ’s not realizg that beg gay is not a choice, ” Bettel said, acrdg to Rters.

DUBL GAY BARS GUI - BT GAY HANGOUTS DUBL, IRELAND

“Hopefully this will blow over three or four days, and then I won’t be known as the gay mister, ” she told The Associated Prs at the Varadkar Prime Mister of Ireland (2017-20, 2022-prent)Irish Prime Mister Leo Varadkar Bssels on June 30. Travelers who intify as part of the LGBTQIA+ muny (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, as well as anyone who intifi as queer, qutng, tersex or asexual) will generally enjoy a hassle-ee and welg time Ireland.

While homosexualy was only crimalized Ireland 1993, a lot has been done the s sce to acknowledge, accept, and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ muni most major ci cludg Dubl, Belfast, and Galway. As well as offerg a iendly and supportive attu towards both s LGBTQIA+ muny and LGBTQIA+ travelers, Ireland is home to an array of paras and ftivals that celebrate queer culture om Dubl Pri to Mr Gay Ireland and the Dubl Gay Theatre Film Ftival.

However, the attu Dubl is extremely relaxed and there is no segregatn for members of the LGBTQIA+ muny so people n mgle between specific gay bars as well as 'straight' on. This huge celebratn attracts upwards of 60, 000 visors every year and is one of the ma reasons why Dubl is nsired to be the hub for the Irish gay muny.

GAY IRELAND TRAVEL GUI

Leo Varadkar, (born January 18, 1979, Dubl, Ireland), Irish polician who beme lear of the Fe Gael party and Ireland’s first openly gay taoiseach (prime mister) June 2017.

The announcement me some four months before Irish voters approved legalizatn of same-sex marriage a natnal referendum, but had been only jt over two s sce homosexualy had been crimalized Ireland. When his nomatn was approved the Dáil by a vote of 57 to 50 (wh 45 abstentns) on June 14, Varadkar, at age 38, beme the youngt taoiseach Ireland’s history as well as s first openly gay taoiseach and the first to be a member of an ethnic mory. When the Irish Tim/Ipsos MRBI Fay Valu poll asked people to scribe their sexualy, one 25 – or 4 per cent – of rponnts scribed themselv as gay, lbian or bisexual.

Although the reports broke long-held taboos on reportg sexual orientatn, Ksey’s methodology has been strongly crised for over-reprentg the gay and lbian populatn.

IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD

As the cultural and polil pal of the Republic of Ireland, which has bee creasgly progrsive and gay-iendly recent years, havg recently legalized same-sex marriage, iendly and energetic Dubl li at the heart of the untry's gay scene. This eply lerary and historic metropolis wh about 530, 000 rints wh s cy lims hosts the popular Dubl Gay Pri late June, and the heart of the btlg - albe touristy - Temple Bar nightlife district, you'll fd a handful of extremely popular gay bars.

GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--LIMERICK AND GALWAY

Here's a pilatn - alphabetic orr - of the key hangouts popular wh gays, lbians, and their iends this pact, handsome cy bisected by the picturque River Liffey. Across om Dame Lane, jt south of Dame St., 1-478-2983) is one of the inic gay bars of Europe, and by far the most popular LGBT tablishment Dubl.

The Gee is a popular sectn of the cy center, a short walk om several excellent rtrants (Fallon & Byrne, Rtic Stone), and om here 's also an easy stroll to the handful of other gay bars Dubl.

Named for the wty and wry - and famo his day - Irish gay lerary in Osr Wil, Osrs actually has two tablishments Dubl, both of them exceedgly supportive of and welg toward LGBT folks. A 15-mute walk wt, jt beyond Temple Bar and gg the Dubl Cy Council plex, Osrs Cafe Bar Christchurch (16-18 Fishamble St., 1-555-1442) serv siarly lic food and drk and also draws a good mix of folks, straight and gay but always iendly. Somethg of an stutn thanks to s extraordary owner, the great diva, LGBT activist, and drag in Rory O'Neill, Pantibar (7 1, 8 Capel St., no phone) opened 2007 and is loted a brightly lored space Dubl's ner Northsi, jt a short stroll across the River Liffey via the Grattan Bridge - 's an easy walk om the cy's other gay bars.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’

Current statSce Jan 1, 1993Legal Homosexualy was crimalized Ireland wh the the passg of the Crimal Law (Sexual Offenc) Act, marriage Ireland? Current statSce Dec 3, 2015Illegal Ireland has removed their relig exceptns for anti-gay discrimatn, makg pletely illegal employment discrimatn Ireland?

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IRELAND’S GAY ST. PATRICK’S DAY: A STATE’S QUT FOR TRANSGENRISM

NaIreland has bee the first natn to approve same-sex marriage by a popular vote, sweepg asi opposn om the Roman Catholic Church a roundg victory for the gay rights olr activists, the moment marked a profound evolutn for their untry. For the world, suggted how far the gay rights movement has e, to make such a signifint step a untry wh a storied history as a relig stronghold. “Throughout my youth, adolcence and young adulthood, was a crimal offense to be gay, ” said David Norris, a 70-year-old Irish senator and longtime said he had faced “total isolatn” as a young man.

Though that is a formaly, the date when gay and lbian upl n marry will be termed that was support for the measure across the polil spectm, cludg om Prime Mister Kenny, of the center-right Fe Gael party, and his Labour aln partner, which had phed for the referendum. One opposn mercial said, “You should be able to have rervatns about gay marriage whout beg lled a homophobe, ” while a mercial supportg same-sex marriage featured young people enuragg their parents to vote.

“Commentators jt don’t seem to have grasped that this has been the culmatn of a 10-year mpaign to change attus this untry, ” said Colm O’Gorman, chief executive of Amnty Internatnal (Ireland) and a leadg gay rights mpaigner. “The personal stori of people’s own ttimoni, as to their difficulti growg up beg gay certaly stck a chord wh people, ” said Jim Walsh, an Irish senator who opposed the marriage referendum, durg a televisn terview. “Oh y, ” she said whout lay, “there is gay club lled Yum Yum jt two blocks down this street; and there’s a gay rtrant on the next turng right.

IT’S BEEN 40 YEARS SCE NORTHERN IRELAND’S HUMANISG GAY SEX BAN WAS FALLY STCK DOWN

I stopped to buy a py of the Irish Tim at a downtown news stand and close by were recent issu of Attu magaze and Gay Tim (both om London), Out (om USA) as well as Gay Ireland magaze (Gi).

DUBL GAY PRI

Checkg the listgs GCN newspaper, there were sixteen gay and lbian venu, groups and servic town, two bars, three f, help phone l, support groups and HIV re groups. (3) Historilly lbian women have earned ls money and tend to go lol for their holidays whereas gay guys were better paid and uld afford to go off to Dubl or London. And we’ve had a Gay Pri ftival for about 10 years which go right through the center of the bit pestrian street and ont of all the mastream shops wh all the mummi and kids shoppg.

New venu and events keep appearg such as Club Outrageo which happens once a month and is very popular wh young people, gay and straight bee is an ‘alternative’ happeng wh an ‘anythg go’ attu; There are lots of bizarre stum at the events. Sally: This g October there will be the first gay men’s weddg–and I n tell you they are really fsg over their outfs to make the ocsn perfect. ‘Oh no I got my parents to The Crowd Room and I’ve jt learned that one of my theori is rrect and we will ed be seeg Tom Holland a gay sex scene.

IRELAND BE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE BY POPULAR VOTE

Leo Varadkar, one of the hight-rankg openly gay elected officials the world, has offered his rignatn as Ireland's prime mister, although he will ntue as a "retaker" until a new ernment is party, Fe Gael, had failed to w a majory parliamentary electns Febary 8, and no other party did eher, leadg to "polil adlock" Ireland, CNN reports. When he beme prime mister 2017, he was not only the natn's first gay prime mister but s youngt one -- he was then 38 -- and the first one om an ethnic mory group; his father is Indian and his mother is Irish. He and his partner, Matthew Barrett, met wh notor homophobe Mike Pence 2019, and on the same vis he gave a speech at the Naval Observatory praisg diversy.

The number of Y vot is 964, 616, wh 599, 505 for McDonaldAs the cliche go, succs has many fathers and the ntext of the Y victory the Irish gay marriage vote there will be many policians who will want to claim the cred. But whether Labour gas om today’s stunng pro-gay marriage victory pecially greater Dubl is open to O'CarrollThe archbishop of Dubl, Diarmuid Mart, has scribed the almost certa Y fal rult as a wake-up ll for the Catholic church. It is 40 years sce the European Court of Human Rights livered s landmark lg that ultimately stck down Northern Ireland’s humanisg ban on homosexualy.

HUGE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

That lg me wh a ccial veat, however: the mtee said there appeared to be limed support for change to laws around homosexualy Northern Ireland. The UK ernment tried to move forward wh the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy Northern Ireland followg that remendatn – however, efforts stalled when beme clear that none of the 12 MPs for the terrory were willg to support change.

Those volved the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Associatn (NIGRA) fought tirelsly for the law to be changed as police arrted them, forced them to unrgo humanisg medil exams and raid their hoe. Paisley, a reverend wh the Free Prbyterian Church, was termed that the law should not be changed to grant gay people the rights and eedoms they so sperately craved.

Police disvered personal rrponnc sent by him which he tailed gay sex acts he had taken part , and jt like that, his se was transformed to an anti-gay wch hunt. He said the laws crimalisg homosexualy terfered wh his right to a private life and was vlatn of Article 8 of the European Conventn on Human Rights.

BT GAY DATG APPS FOR HOOKUPS, RELATNSHIPS, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN

The Rabow Project, a Belfast-based LGBT+ chary, marked the 40th anniversary of the crimalisatn of homosexualy by drawg attentn to the areas where change is still need. Fears of vlence, timidatn and harassment rema a realy for many lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, tersex and asexual people across Northern Ireland and beyond.

VATIN SAYS IRELAND GAY MARRIAGE VOTE IS 'FEAT FOR HUMANY'

We see how the same twisted msag which were ed to nmn gay people and ce fear of our muny are beg ed to target trans/non-bary people, qutng their existence and ignorg their lived experienc. Tom Moulton, Toronto 2003 – back the days when the phrase “gay marriage” was equated wh fear, loathg and much worse, and was outlawed most parts of the world, cludg the U.

Louth for two weeks prr to the marriage equaly vote on May 22, jog the y mpaign for non-stop lobbyg, and baskg the love of a untry that nsired homosexualy a punishable crime up until 22 years ago.

TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH

He met his hband at a Manhattan church 1996 where the Catholic gay group Digny was celebratg Mass and they’ve been together ever sce, creatg the St. They were hugely supportive of him when he me out at a time when many fai shunned gay returned to their grave the followg day at dawn, after a sleepls, anx night the hours prr to the vote unt. Dpe Ireland beg que a relig untry, particularly the past, Dubl has ntued to have an intified LGBTQ muny, who has fought relentlsly for all the rights lol gay, lbian, bi, trans, and queer people n enjoy the untry today.

Followg the Stonewall Rts of 1969, the LGBTQ movement Dubl began to ga tractn durg the early 70s, wh Gay Pri often beg reprented each year the form of a piic Merrn Square.

A ltle later 1974, the cy's very first low-sle march took place, ung 10 people who rallied om the Department of Jtice on Stephen’s Green to the Brish Embassy prott of the existg crimalizatn of homosexualy. Organized rponse to the release of several people who murred a gay man, Declan Flynn, roughly 900 rallied on the cy streets, marchg om Liberty Hall to Fairview Park. Ireland has voted by a huge majory to legalise same-sex marriage, beg the first untry the world to do so by popular vote a move hailed as a social revolutn and weled around the 62% of the Irish Republic’s electorate voted favour of gay marriage.