Opn: Recent arrts of gay men Dubl public toilets echo the dark ag • GCN

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• OPN: RECENT ARRTS OF GAY MEN DUBL PUBLIC TOILETS ECHO THE DARK AG
• THE BT OF GAY DUBL
• GAY CISG DUBL (CALIFORNIA)
• EXPLORG THE DOUBLE LIFE A PUBLIC PARK HAD FOR GAY PEOPLE IRELAND DURG DARKER TIM
• DUBL GAY DISTRICT: TEMPLE BAR
• DUBL: GAY AND LBIAN DUBL

OPN: RECENT ARRTS OF GAY MEN DUBL PUBLIC TOILETS ECHO THE DARK AG

I am wrg this piece to exprs my sadns and anger surroundg the arrt of five young gay men at Dubl’s Marks & Spencer toilets, Mary Street June of this year.

This is not some new phenomenon, they even have a term for gay men havg sex public toilets: ttagg. As Ireland pris self as a tolerant and equal society, how n we possibly rema silent if this persecutn of gay men ntu to be ployed by the state?

Firstly, I was ma aware by members of the Brazilian gay muny that the Brazilian gay men volved the Marks and Spencer toilets se were named and shamed cludg disclosure of their private addrs while “a married man wh children” was not named. The other disturbgly dark si to this story is the age-old associatn of gay men and children beg dragged to the urtroom.

THE BT OF GAY DUBL

I shudr when I hear this very subtle way of associatg paedophilia wh gay men and repuls me to hear this still beg brought to an Irish urtroom. Gay men have had to put up wh years of this shamg narrative around the abhorrent associatn wh paedophilia, serly impactg their mental health.

© 2021 GCN (Gay Communy News). The cy’s pact size means ’s easy to bop om place to place and LGBT travellers shouldn’t feel they’re limed to ‘official’ gay-iendly venu; would be difficult to fd a venue Dubl cy centre you won’t be wele .

If you want to dive head-first to the gay scene though, the are the plac to start. As many Wtern ci, gay bars are more likely to be closg down than openg up Dubl, as homosexualy be more accepted across all venu.

GAY CISG DUBL (CALIFORNIA)

North of the Liffey, Pantibar ntu to draw crowds, thanks part to beg owned by the unofficial queen of Ireland, Panti Bliss, bonafi drag royalty and one of the untry’s leadg gay rights activists. Wh lourful flowers and plenty of cycle lan, mak for a nice sojourn and has a wir signifince: the tragic murr of a lol gay man lled Declan Flynn the park 1982 is wily nsired the talyst for the Irish gay rights movement. LGBT-iendly venu existed long before homosexualy was legalised 1993.

Break for the Borr stands place of Bartley Dunne’s, probably the untry’s first gay-iendly venue, which prid self on allowg punks and ‘alternative’ people , while the Vikg holds the tle of beg Ireland’s first exclively gay bar – ’s now unr new management and has been renamed Brogan’s. The GAZE Film Ftival July has been celebratg LGBT storytellg for 25 years, while the Dubl Gay Theatre Ftival tak place smaller venu across the cy May. Like all ci, homophobic cints are not unheard of but are few and far between, and public displays of affectns between same-sex upl are que monplace.

It wasn’t always that way, but there has been a massive shift general attus sce the crimalisatn of homosexualy 1993. The highpot of this cultural change me 2015, when Ireland beme the first untry the world to vote overwhelmgly favour of same sex marriage a referendum.A strong attu of clivy means that that there is no easily intifiable LGBTQ+ quarter wh Dubl as such, but rather a variety of vibrant shops, rtrants and bars sttered across the cy offerg the warmt of wel to all LGBTQ+ visors.BarsDubl’s olst and biggt gay bar is The Gee, which has been servg the cy’s LGBTQ+ muny for over thirty years.

EXPLORG THE DOUBLE LIFE A PUBLIC PARK HAD FOR GAY PEOPLE IRELAND DURG DARKER TIM

Also worth checkg out is the Internatnal Gay Theatre Ftival, which ually tak place May and featur LGBTQ+-themed productns staged theatr and smaller venu across the cy. Out2Tennis, meanwhile, is Ireland’s gay tennis work, anisg events and tournaments around the cy.

DUBL GAY DISTRICT: TEMPLE BAR

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DUBL: GAY AND LBIAN DUBL

Gay spots Dubl by Category (California) It is beg wnsed that as opposed to straight guys gyms, gay men hold themselv vered and observe nscientns while alterg om towel to undi to keep away om any unwanted gogglg.

We live a globe that has diverse cultur and is possible for a gay nnectn to exist amongst two men who belong to diverse cultur. As a particular person wh gay sexual preferenc, you will have to work challengg orr to keep all your timate relatnships sturdy.