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IRELAND VOT TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE, PUTTG COUNTRY VANGUARD

Leo Varadkar beg Ireland’s first openly gay mister 22 years after the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland. * gay rights in the republic of ireland *

Timele: A history of gay rights Ireland. 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.

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

* gay rights in the republic of ireland *

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. 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.

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

This paper seeks to broan our unrstandg of gay and lbian activism the Republic of Ireland by focg on the role of provcial activists Cork and Galway om 1980 to 1992. In dog so, I hope to brg attentn to the different forms * gay rights in the republic of ireland *

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

January 2015 – Ireland’s first openly gay Mister. Wh Leo Varadkar g out about his sexualy Ireland now has s first openly gay mister. On his cisn to e out the Health Mister stated that he felt was important for upg vot he would be volved – cludg whether laws on gay and bisexual men donatg blood should be lifted and the upg referendum on same-sex marriage.

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. The sprg of this year will see Ireland vote on whether to legalise gay marriage.

GAY RIGHTS IRELAND: SOME TON

A Red-C poll rried out earlier the month showed 76% support favour of gay marriage.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY RIGHTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Timele: A history of gay rights Ireland · .

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