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Contents:
- 10 TON IRISH GAY RIGHTS
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
10 TON IRISH GAY RIGHTS
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Today marks the 25th anniversary of the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland. TODAY MARKS THE 25th anniversary of the crimalisatn of homosexualy the Republic of Ireland.
For most of Ireland’s history, s laws agast homosexualy dated back to the Victorian era and were felt for more than 140 years. One of the first notable actns agast the crimaly of homoxualy was led by David Norris, who at the time was a lecturer English at Try College Dubl.
The movement was known as the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform. It aimed to crimalise homosexualy the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
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Norris began legal proceedgs to crimalise homosexualy 1977 – statg that such laws ntravened the Constutn’s stand on privacy. On 10 September 1982, gay man Declan Flynn was attacked Dubl’s Fairview Park. His se agast the Irish State over the nstutnal stat of the crimalisatn of certa homosexual acts was subsequently won.
The ECHR se paved the way for future chang to the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland. 1993 – Decrimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland.
On 24 June 1993, Ireland officially passed legislatn which fally crimalised homosexualy. Another tone me at the end of the 2011 General Electn, wh three openly gay TDs beg returned. June 2017 – Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
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On 14 June 2017, Leo Varadkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach.
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Varadkar first spoke publicly about beg gay durg an terview wh Miriam O’Callaghan on RTÉ Rad One, while he was still Mister for Health. “It’s not somethg that f me, I’m not a half-Indian polician or a doctor polician, I’m not a gay polician for that matter, ’s jt part of who I am, ” he told O”Callaghan. June 2018 – 25th anniversary of the crimalisatn of homosexualy.
On Tuday, the ernment issued an apology to men who were nvicted of engagg nsensual same-sex activy prr to the crimalisatn of homosexualy 1993. Between 1940 and 1978 an average of 13 men a year were jailed for homosexual offenc, while between 1962 and 1972, there were 455 nvictns.