Homosexuals are revoltg : a history of gay and lbian activism the Republic of Ireland, 1973 -1993

Contents:

• IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD
• PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018
• ‘WHAT A DAY TO BE GAY NORTHERN IRELAND’: MARRIAGE EQUALY BE LAW AT LAST
• GAY RIGHTS IRELAND: SOME TON

IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD

Timele: A history of gay rights Ireland.

PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018PROVCIAL GAY & LBIAN ACTIVISM THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: CORK & GALWAY 1980-1992 - PAPER GIVEN AS PART OF 'HISTORY OF SEXUALY' WORKSHOP HELD AT THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSY INSTUTE FLORENCE, JUNE 2018

Leo Varadkar beg Ireland’s first openly gay mister 22 years after the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland. YESTERDAY MINISTER FOR Health Leo Varadkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay bet member. The Mister’s cisn to go public wh his sexualy jt over twenty years after the crimilisatn of homosexualy the Irish state.

For most of Ireland’s history, s laws agast homosexualy dated om the Victorian era and were held over for more than 140 years. This movement was known as the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform and aimed at crimalisg homosexualy Ireland and Northern Ireland. In the urse of the movement, Dubl Universy Gay Society was set up – a group that is still nng today, albe unr a different moniker.

1983 – First Gay Pri ftival.

‘WHAT A DAY TO BE GAY NORTHERN IRELAND’: MARRIAGE EQUALY BE LAW AT LAST

Ireland’s first Gay Pri ftival was held March 1983.

The first event was a one-day affair and aimed at highlightg the levels of vlence agast gay men and women. It me as a reactn to a lg on the ath of Declan Flynn – a 31-year-old gay man who had been killed Fairview Park.

In 1988, David Norris – who by then had bee a Senator – won a se the European Court agast the Irish State over the nstutnal stat of the crimalisatn of certa homosexual acts. Norris iated legal proceedgs to crimalise homosexualy 1977 – statg that such laws ntravened the Constutn’s stand on privacy.

GAY RIGHTS IRELAND: SOME TON

In June of 1993, Ireland passed Crimal Frd (Sexual Offenc) Bill which crimalised homosexualy. The Civil Partnership Act passed through the Dáil 2010 and gave gay upl more rights than they had prevly been afford.

2011 – First openly gay TDs elected to the Dáil. The 2011 General Electn brought wh another tone wh three openly gay TDs beg returned.