Irish gay man Evan Somers opens up about savage homophobic attack Dubl earlier this year • GCN

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• GAY MAN VICTIM OF HORRIFIC HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK DUBL
• GAY MAN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATNS END WH HIM BEG BTALLY BEATEN ON A B: ‘JTICE WILL HAPPEN’
• EVAN SOMERS: OUTRAGE AFTER GAY MAN BEATEN TO A PULP ON DUBL STREET FOR BEG 'DIFFERENT'THE GBY PLAYER BELIEV THAT THERE’S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO TERMS OF EQUALY FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IRELANDIRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYNILA DONNELLY06:00, 12 APR 2022UPDATED10:04, 12 APR 2022BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• GAY MAN ATTACKED AND ROBBED ON DUBL STREETS
• IRISH GAY MAN EVAN SOMERS OPENS UP ABOUT SAVAGE HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK DUBL EARLIER THIS YEAR
• TEENAGER JAILED FOR ATTACK ON A GAY MAN DUBL
• GAY MAN VICTIM OF HORRIFIC HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK DUBL
• MAN LURED TO ATTACK THROUGH GAY DATG SE

GAY MAN VICTIM OF HORRIFIC HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK DUBL

Evan Somers, who was jured a spected homophobic attack near Dame Street Dubl cy centre over the weekend, has spoken publicly of his oral. Speakg to RTÉ's Livele om his bed St Jam's Hospal, Mr Somers said that his male attacker tnted him wh homophobic slurs before he received severe juri to his face and body. He scribed himself as a "clearly gay" man who is out and proud, but said what happened felt to him like an "outer-body experience", as was all a b of a blur to a pot where he felt like what was happeng was not happeng to him.

GAY MAN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATNS END WH HIM BEG BTALLY BEATEN ON A B: ‘JTICE WILL HAPPEN’

He said the attack had showed him that spe advanc gay rights Ireland and the rult of the 2015 referendum on same-sex marriage, more had to be done to tackle hate-related vlence towards the LGBT muny. CW: Graphic ntent and imag pictg homophobia and physil vlence. In the early hours of Sunday, April 10, a gay man was allegedly the victim of a homophobic physil and verbal attack Dubl.

The homophobic attack on the gay man is reported to have taken place at around 3:30am on Sunday morng, along Dame Street Dubl, not far om The Gee bar. “This is Ireland 2022, many of our stakeholrs & members tell , homophobic attacks and slurrg are on the crease. Wishg the victim of this appallg homophobic hate crime a full revery.

EVAN SOMERS: OUTRAGE AFTER GAY MAN BEATEN TO A PULP ON DUBL STREET FOR BEG 'DIFFERENT'THE GBY PLAYER BELIEV THAT THERE’S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO TERMS OF EQUALY FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IRELANDIRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYNILA DONNELLY06:00, 12 APR 2022UPDATED10:04, 12 APR 2022BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWGET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

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While takg a late night b home wh his iends, Mark Sheehan was asslted by a young man on the b, after beg lled a 'f****t' by a group of men A young man his 20s was asslted while on a late night b home Dubl cy the early hours of Sunday, a spected homophobic Sheehan, (26) om southwt Dubl, had been out socialisg last Saturday night The Gee nightclub on Dame Street wh three iends, celebratg two of their takg a late night b home wh his iends, Mr Sheehan was asslted by a young man on the b, after beg lled a “f****t” by a group of men.

GAY MAN ATTACKED AND ROBBED ON DUBL STREETS

Mr Sheehan said he was lled a “eak” and the homophobic slur “f****t”. Mark Sheehan, a 26-year-old gay man, was btally kicked on a b.

Police Ireland are examg “high-qualy” CCTV footage that ptured the shockg moment a gay man was btally beaten on a Dubl b. Invtigators hope the footage will shed new light on the spected homophobic attack that has disturbed and appalled LGBTQ+ people, as well as the Irish Parliament.

Irish policians ll for police transport un ‘whout lay’ after homophobic attack on Dubl b. Kenny said that Ireland’s public trans system has seen creasg levels of wrongdog, wh “last night’s homophobic attack is the latt example of this”.

IRISH GAY MAN EVAN SOMERS OPENS UP ABOUT SAVAGE HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK DUBL EARLIER THIS YEAR

Ireland currently do not have any specific legislatn to al wh hate crim, though the police n log cints as fueled by homophobia the PULSE Garda system.

Police will be able to provi evince of homophobia as an aggravatg factor to the judge.

A man who was hospalised wh a broken ankle and horrific facial juri followg a sickeng homophobic attack on him says shows how Ireland still has a way to go when to equaly.

TEENAGER JAILED FOR ATTACK ON A GAY MAN DUBL

READ MORE: Leo Varadkar 'appalled' after man has eye socket and bon broken homophobic attack on Dubl night out Gay Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has exprsed his shock and pledged to put prsure on the Jtice Mister to prrise hate crime laws and crease Garda street prence. “As many of our stakeholrs tell , homophobic attacks and slurs are creasg.

GAY MAN VICTIM OF HORRIFIC HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK DUBL

This vlence and homophobia has no place our society. In the early hours of Sunday, January 22, David Browne, a gay man was attacked and robbed on Bachelors Walk, the centre of Dubl.

Last April, another gay man was attacked while out the cy centre of Dubl.

© 2023 GCN (Gay Communy News). A gay man Ireland celebratg his birthday wh iends was sent to the hospal followg a vlent homophobic attack early Sunday Sheehan, 26, said he and his iends were on the Number 15 Dubl B around 4 a.

MAN LURED TO ATTACK THROUGH GAY DATG SE

The group sat behd Sheehan and his iends and immediately subjected them to antigay slurs like "'queer' 'emo eak' 'f*gg*t' to name a few, " Sheehan wrote a post on Facebook scribg the cint.

A gay gby player was left wh a shattered ankle and a dangero eye jury followg a homophobic attack Dubl on April 10 this year. In 1982, Declan Flynn was murred by a gang of five homophobic men Fairview park.

40 years on, as Alice Lehan scrib, is abundantly clear that Pri is as necsary as ever as Ireland is experiencg an alarmg rise homophobic vlence. Content Warng; this article ntas scriptns of juri rultg om a vlent homophobic attack. Sce Evan Somers chose to go public about his vic homophobic asslt Dubl seems like multiple tragedi have unfortunately domated headl.