Gay Limerick — - Now Ye're Talk'

Contents:

• STROKERS GAY BAR
• GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--LIMERICK AND GALWAY
• GAY LIMERICK
• REGN OF GAY
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS LIMERICK
• GAY LIMERICK

STROKERS GAY BAR

Limerick LGBTQ has a thrivg muny workg together and wh other anisatns to progrs gay rights and culture the cy and unty. For Limerick LGBTQ who intify as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and even Queer, this is an amazg ocsn as everyone walks wh Pri up O’Connell Street acpanied by their loved on, fay and iends as the lovely people of Limerick cheer om the sil. After the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland 1993, the doors opened que lerally for LGBTQ dividuals to celebrate who they were amongst like md people, but wasn’t until 2001 that the first Pri Events took place our betiful cy of Limerick and om there we really haven’t looked back.

The ftival also regnised the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia as an important date s off-season lendar. The referendum marked a dramatic social shift a tradnally Catholic untry that only crimalised homosexualy two s ago.

Thoands of people of all ag led the streets for Limerick’s most splendid and lourful day celebratg lbian, gay bisexual and transgenr culture. This year’s Grand Marshall was Monne Griffh, Executive Director of BeLonG To Youth Servic, a natnal anisatn supportg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI+) young people Ireland. Limerick folk - I have been asked to wre a personal piece about the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland as the 25 year anniversary approach.

GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--LIMERICK AND GALWAY

Do anyone remember any gay bars Limerick, durg, before or after this date. I remember that Qus had a gay sectn. And allegedly the Whe Hoe was a popular hnt before the gays were barred.

Gay Ireland News & Reports 2000 to prent. Gay Ireland Photo Galleri.

Acrdg to the gay Ireland web se and the opns of some people Cork—cludg the two gay farmers we met—there is supposedly no gay life Limerick. “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.

GAY LIMERICK

Sure enough, at the Glentworth Hotel om 11:30 PM till about two the morng every Friday night was lbigay night. So there is some gay life Limerick—of urse. Before I left the non-gay Whe Hoe pub, the same pleasant straight woman told me my bt bet was to ll the Gay and Lbian Swchboard.

Checkg the directory GCN, I saw thirteen venu and servic for gay Limerick, cludg the Gay Swchboard Limerick and the Lbian Le Limerick. There are two gay universy groups. Gay?

It didn’t take long to fd signs of gay life Galway. 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).

REGN OF GAY

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.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS LIMERICK

I chatted wh a man named Phil about this year’s Gay Pri weekend Galway. Walkg om Zulu to Strano (now changed to Wils) we stopped at the non-gay Monroe’s historic pub.

RAA: I am told that lbians are the major gay bs entreprenrs Galway. (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.

RAA: So Galway’s gay history go back que a few years? There have been known gays Galway for generatns— all of Ireland for all of history I suppose.

GAY LIMERICK

But the major break me the early 90’s when homosex was crimalized and protective laws were enacted. It’s the olst gay (male) place (about 20 years) which is still extant; ’s patronized by the olr crowd.

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.

There is so much more support now as well as more publicy about homosexualy. Galway is not much for attu and posg—if you are gay, well that’s the way is and so get on wh . 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.