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DUBL GAY PRI
Among the anniversari are four that stick out the hearts of everyone, om the emergg teenager still figurg out their sexualy to the activists who have dited their liv to ga equal rights.50 years of sexual liberatnIn October of 1973, a small but dited group of 10 people met at Try College Dubl to form the Sexual Liberatn Movement, discsg everythg om femism to racism, and art to lonialism.Acrdg to a blog om one of the foundg members, the group prised of Ruth Riddick, Mary Dorcey, Margaret McWilliams, Irene Brady, Michael Kerrigan, Gerry McNamara, Hugo McMan, Peter Bradley, Edmund Lynch and the now Senator David Norris.The followg summer saw what may have been Ireland’s first monstratn mandg the aboln of the dranian homosexualy laws at the time. They later admted havg gone “queer bashg” at the time, but after the attackers were given spend sentenc, sparked outrage the gay muny and s alli.Hundreds marched om Liberty Hall to Fairview Park on Saturday, March 19th, 1983, what was the first large-sle prott mandg change for the persecuted gay muny Ireland.In 2018, Dubl Pri held a memorial Fairview Park near the lotn of Flynn’s murr, wh veteran activists speakg of the bravery anisg such a huge prott the early 1980s. Wh 2023 markg 40 years sce the tone March to Fairview, expect some memoratn among Dubl Pri’s talogue of events this month.Four s of PriJt a few months after Flynn’s killers’ sentencg ed the biggt prott that Ireland’s gay muny had seen, the first Dubl Pri para was held June 1983.
Although eclipsed by the numbers at the Fairview prott, the Natnal Lbian and Gay Feratn began what would bee one of the most celebrated events on the streets of Dubl: always keen to celebrate queer inty, but never losg sight of s revolutnary and clive origs.30 years sce crimalisatnJune 24th will also be 30 years sce the State officially crimalised homosexualy, when the European Court of Human Rights led that the dranian laws ntravened the Conventn on Human Rights. It took a 16-year legal battle om Senator David Norris and others to achieve, but when the se was fally won, generatns of gay people uld rt whout fear of prosecutn – by the State anyway.25 years later, the then mister for jtice Charlie Flanagan apologised for those who were hurt, isolated, crimally nvicted and forced to nduct their private liv secret by the “Victorian-era” laws the past.“The laws ed immeasurable harm,” he told the Seanad, where an all-party motn acknowledged the harm done by crimalisatn. “Nothg that n be said here today n undo the unjt sufferg and discrimatn that the homosexual muny experienced the years prr to crimalisatn.”This year, Dubl Pri has said although huge progrs has been ma the past 50 years, s march go on.
Outsi of Ireland, 67 untri still crimalise homosexualy, 11 untri is subject to the ath penalty and many untri, we have seen a recent rollback our rights and safety.”“Marchg at Pri is one of the most effective thgs any dividual n do to protect and advance LGBTQ+ rights.”The 2022 Pri para marchg through the streets of Dubl. Its popular para is planned for Saturday, June 24th.Events will clu a specially-created Pri Tour of the GPO Mm focg on LGBTQ+ rebels of the 1916 Risg and beyond; four days of Pri-related events at Moore Street market om June 21st to 24th; a Pri bnch at Bewley’s and Pri at the Dogs at Shelbourne Park on the Saturday of the ftival and a service at Dubl Unarian Church on the Sunday.Jamie Kenny, executive director of Dubl LGBTQ+ Pri Ftival explaed that this year the ftival is centred around the pneers who led the way to when marriage equaly was legalised.“It is so important not to fet the pneers of homosexual rights Ireland. It wasn’t always that way, but there has been a massive shift general attus sce the crimalisatn of homosexualy 1993.