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Contents:

• GAY MEN URGED TO OUT DUP MEMBERS AFTER MP'S 'ABOMATN' REMARK
• SIR JEFEY DONALDSON: GAY MARRIAGE AND ABORTN VOT ANTI-MOCRATIC AND TAK AWAY OUR RIGHT TO SET LAWS AND REGULATNS
• NOT THE ONN: MOSW BANS GAY PRI FOR NEXT 100 YEARS
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• DONALD GAY DONALDSON OBUARY

GAY MEN URGED TO OUT DUP MEMBERS AFTER MP'S 'ABOMATN' REMARK

The late Ian Paisley famoly waged a mpaign the 1970s to “save Ulster om sodomy”, a homophobia that seemed etched the DNA of the Democratic Unnist party (DUP) Robson, an MP and wife of the party’s then lear and first mister, Peter Robson, 2008 lled homosexualy a s and an Friday, the party’s new lear, Sir Jefey Donaldson, attempted to draw a le unr that history when he apologised to Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ muny for the hurt ed by party members’ remarks. ”Donaldson, 58, the MP for Lagan Valley who was ratified as party lear earlier this week, spoke a day after s puty lear, Pla Bradley, ma a forceful nunciatn of the party’s rerd on gay rights. “I have seen thgs said about people om fah muni that have been hurtful and should not have been said, ” he DUP’s stance on gay rights – opposed legalisatn on same-sex marriage 2019 – had left polilly isolated and mocked.

Gay men Northern Ireland were urged today to publicly "out" any member of the Democratic Unnist party they may have had sex wh.

- the UK gay rights anisatn – said would be "entirely jtified" to out any unnist polician the wake of remarks by DUP MP Iris wife of Northern Ireland's first mister, Peter Robson, faced rignatn lls the Stormont assembly today over her scriptn of homosexualy as an "abomatn" and her offer to provi unsellg to "cure" gay people of their sexualy.

SIR JEFEY DONALDSON: GAY MARRIAGE AND ABORTN VOT ANTI-MOCRATIC AND TAK AWAY OUR RIGHT TO SET LAWS AND REGULATNS

However, Robson said she nmned any attack on the gay Fé assembly members lled for Robson to rign om her post as chairperson of the Stormont health mtee.

Robson ma her views on homosexualy known last week on lol rad followg a harrowg acunt by a young gay man about how vlent homophob had driven him om his north Belfast Police Service of Northern Ireland has also been lled to vtigate Robson's O'Doherty, a member of the South Belfast District Policg Partnership, nfirmed yterday that he had ma an official plat about the Strangford MP's Jefey Donaldson, a party lleague, fend Robson's right to hold such views. "David Allison, a spokperson for OutRage!, nmned the DUP for s "Bible-belt polics" when me to gay issu. "We have always supported the protectn of people's privacy who lead a double life, where they are gay but maybe still have a fay.

However circumstanc where you are a member of a polil party which openly po homophobia than we thk is entirely jtifiable that members of that party be outed.

NOT THE ONN: MOSW BANS GAY PRI FOR NEXT 100 YEARS

Allison was referrg to a sndal that rocked the DUP three years ago when one of s risg stars, Pl Berry, was acced of havg had gay sex wh a male massr at a Belfast always nied he had had sex and claimed he was lookg for a sports massage. The former lear Arlene Foster’s disastro tenure end after she refed to vote agast a proposal to ban gay nversn therapy Northern the DUP has been a powerful force Brish polics – as we saw after the 2017 electn when the Democratic Unnists had the whip hand over Thera May’s ernment. 5The DUP's first openly gay ndidate, Alison Benngton, beg appld on the night she was elected 2019Cred: PA:Prs Associatn.

The DUP opposed gay marriage which was legalised Northern Ireland 2020 only due to an terventn om Wtmister after Stormont had llapsed. OPENLY GAY DUP COUNCILLOR.

Controversial ments the past clu Ian Paisley Junr, the North Antrim MP, sayg he was "repulsed by gay and lbianism" 2005. In 2007 former DUP MP Iris Robson scribed homosexualy as an "abomatn" which ma her feel "sick. A year later then DUP uncillor Mrice Mills claimed the vastatg Hurrine Katra, which killed 1, 300, was sent to the Uned Stat by God to punish gay people New Orleans.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

In 2019, openly gay Alison Benngton won a uncil seat for the DUP Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. Last year DUP Councillor John Carson, om Ballymena, said the arrival of Covid-19 Northern Ireland was "the judgement of God" due to the troductn of gay marriage and abortn laws. 5John Carson was opposed to the electn of openly gay DUP ndidate Alison Benngton.

5North Antrim DUP MP Ian Paisley said 2005 that he was 'repulsed by gay and lbianism'Cred: Getty Imag - Getty. ‘KINCORA AND PORTORA BOYS’ SCHOOLS WERE USED AS HOMOSEXUAL BROTHELS BY MANY PROMINENT FIGURES, INCLUDING LORD MOUNTBATTEN [AND] JAMES MOLYNEAUX. Not the least of the was the long-standg arrangement whereby Kra and Portora Boys’ Schools were ed as homosexual brothels by many proment figur, cludg Lord Mountbatten, Jam Molynex, Llie Mackie and Blunt’s terie of highly placed iends.

DONALD GAY DONALDSON OBUARY

A closeted gay, his sexualy was open secret among polil circl, but homosexualy would rema illegal Northern Ireland until 1987. Acrdg to the report, ‘Mr Le is openly gay, but, when asked about how timate the two men beme, said: “I don’t wish to talk about that”, but acknowledged “I had a very, very close relatnship wh Jimmy”, scribg as a biblil “David and Jonathan relatnship”’. MOLYNEAUX’S BOYFRIEND WROTE GAY CORPORAL PUNISHMENT FICTION.

The Belfast Telegraph later reported that: ‘It is also unrstood that Mr Le has a si-le as the thor of gay rporal punishment fictn, and wr unr the name ‘Clansman Chris’. The DUP has a long history of hostily towards LGBT people, cludg party founr Ian Paisley Snr leadg the "Save Ulster om Sodomy" mpaign the 1970s agast the crimalisatn of homosexualy.

While the DUP has opposed same-sex marriage, party MLA Pam Cameron last month shared onle her light at attendg her bt iends' gay weddg. Democratic Unn Party (DUP) chief whip Jefey Donaldson had mand extra protectns for not-at-all homophobic Christians Northern Ireland who do want to be volved same-sex weddgs.