Gay Ireland is a thrivg and stgglg force all parts of the untry

Contents:

• GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--CORK CY
• STEPHEN DEE: GAY LIFE, LGBT, LOAFERS BAR, COMG OUT.
• CATHAL KERRIGAN: ACTIVISM, GAY SCENE, QUAY CO-OP,
• CORK: GAY AND LBIAN
• GAY NEW YORK CY

GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--CORK CY

Gay Ireland News & Reports 2000 to prent.

Gay Ireland Photo Galleri. We arrived Gay Ireland via Cork on a late afternoon enterg the cy along the Lee River led wh wareho, dockyards, and a power plant that give way to an olr cy downtown wh s morn opera hoe, Victorian office buildgs and untls zy pubs. Arrivg at Roman Hoe B&B there was ltle qutn that we were a gay B&B; wh red plaid rpetg and a hall poster of Joan Crawford, Roman Hoe B&B is a playful mix of ksch and fort.

After a chat wh Richard about plac to eat we strolled along trendy Pl Street wh s hearty rtrants and f (as well as an Inter shop) and ma our way to the gay Taboo bar for a drk and a chat. He easily slipped to nversatn and seemed eager to expla the easy life that lbigays have Cork. 000) and gay people tend to know each other more.

STEPHEN DEE: GAY LIFE, LGBT, LOAFERS BAR, COMG OUT.

Also, Cork is mostly a workg class cy wh few pretensns and seemgly void of the “body fascism and fashn fascism” found among the gay urban trendy crowds of Dubl (somewhat) or London (fely).

He said he never had any doubts or fears of police or homophobic bulli. “Colm seemed satisfied wh his prent circumstanc as a profsnal and as a gay man.

Rural Gay Farmers.

CATHAL KERRIGAN: ACTIVISM, GAY SCENE, QUAY CO-OP,

Not surprisgly, sce the were not ‘cy guys’, the talk was void of gay referenc at first. Hantly but neverthels cur, I asked about livg as gay people a ral environment.

Gay ‘life’ is non-existent such Irish hamlets as theirs. But bee Ireland is such a small untry, is mon for ral gays to drive for a uple of hours and be a cy where there are iends, clubs, bars, diss or snas for lettg down their guard for a day or hancy sharg the few bs of Irish queer farm life discled me om further pursu.

Later, after Tom and Mark had fished breakfast and left, our host Richard mented that even unr the ver of a ‘big’ cy like Cork was unlikely that the ral guys ‘dulge’ the gay scene other than ge spectators havg a few beers and enjoyg the mic. Gay Life Cork. Cork is big enough to support a reasonable number of gay venu, anizatns and many circl of iends.

CORK: GAY AND LBIAN

In addn to gay events, the cy hosts events such as the annual jazz ftival, which brgs a lot of visors to Cork cludg many gay folks. Acrdg to him, the recent Day of Diversy (which ved the gay and lbian muny) was mostly aimed at racial mori pecially blacks who have arrived large numbers Ireland the past five years. Richard is one of eight children, two of whom are gay: his brother Steve is gay and liv Dubl.

Richard offered that some mothers secretly like havg gay sons bee such offsprg often ntue to pay attentn to their mothers when straight siblgs are off and gone to attend to their wiv and children. Raised a Catholic fay he, like many other gay and lbian people, has pretty much dropped the church out of his life.

GAY NEW YORK CY

For native gay sons and lbian dghters, Irish life has been mostly ee of discrimatn, harassment and vlence recent years. Homophobic vlence is rare. Richard’s asssment of the Dubl gay scene was that had been sced by the ‘pk Euro’ to beg too mercial and overpriced.

He said the pric for drks tomatilly are bumped up after midnight the gay bars and pubs like Gee. Lols maly support the gay venu so there is not this rip-off attu among the bar owners.

When Richard did some renovatns on his B&B, he readily knew a gay rpenter, gay electrician and a gay kchen staller. So seems that gay life Cork is active but ntaed. A visor to Cork soon fds out that one of the most succsful lbigay anizatns is Lc—Lbian Cork.