Gay Ireland is a thrivg and stgglg force all parts of the untry

Contents:

• GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--CORK CY
• STEPHEN DEE: GAY LIFE, LGBT, LOAFERS BAR, COMG OUT.
• CORK GAY EMIGRANT: NO LONGER LIVG A SILENT AND SECRET LIFE
• CORK ART PROJECT CELEBRAT THE LIV OF OLR GAY MEN
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--CORK CY

We arrived Gay Ireland via Cork on a late afternoon enterg the cy along the Lee River led wh wareho, dockyards, and a power plant that give way to an olr cy downtown wh s morn opera hoe, Victorian office buildgs and untls zy pubs. Arrivg at Roman Hoe B&B there was ltle qutn that we were a gay B&B; wh red plaid rpetg and a hall poster of Joan Crawford, Roman Hoe B&B is a playful mix of ksch and fort. After a chat wh Richard about plac to eat we strolled along trendy Pl Street wh s hearty rtrants and f (as well as an Inter shop) and ma our way to the gay Taboo bar for a drk and a chat.

STEPHEN DEE: GAY LIFE, LGBT, LOAFERS BAR, COMG OUT.

Also, Cork is mostly a workg class cy wh few pretensns and seemgly void of the “body fascism and fashn fascism” found among the gay urban trendy crowds of Dubl (somewhat) or London (fely). But bee Ireland is such a small untry, is mon for ral gays to drive for a uple of hours and be a cy where there are iends, clubs, bars, diss or snas for lettg down their guard for a day or hancy sharg the few bs of Irish queer farm life discled me om further pursu. Later, after Tom and Mark had fished breakfast and left, our host Richard mented that even unr the ver of a ‘big’ cy like Cork was unlikely that the ral guys ‘dulge’ the gay scene other than ge spectators havg a few beers and enjoyg the mic.

Cork is big enough to support a reasonable number of gay venu, anizatns and many circl of iends. In addn to gay events, the cy hosts events such as the annual jazz ftival, which brgs a lot of visors to Cork cludg many gay folks.

CORK GAY EMIGRANT: NO LONGER LIVG A SILENT AND SECRET LIFE

Acrdg to him, the recent Day of Diversy (which ved the gay and lbian muny) was mostly aimed at racial mori pecially blacks who have arrived large numbers Ireland the past five years. Richard is one of eight children, two of whom are gay: his brother Steve is gay and liv Dubl.

CORK ART PROJECT CELEBRAT THE LIV OF OLR GAY MEN

Richard offered that some mothers secretly like havg gay sons bee such offsprg often ntue to pay attentn to their mothers when straight siblgs are off and gone to attend to their wiv and children. Raised a Catholic fay he, like many other gay and lbian people, has pretty much dropped the church out of his life. For native gay sons and lbian dghters, Irish life has been mostly ee of discrimatn, harassment and vlence recent years.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

Richard’s asssment of the Dubl gay scene was that had been sced by the ‘pk Euro’ to beg too mercial and overpriced. He said the pric for drks tomatilly are bumped up after midnight the gay bars and pubs like Gee. When Richard did some renovatns on his B&B, he readily knew a gay rpenter, gay electrician and a gay kchen staller.

One very tertg narrative pots out that, acrdg to one study on Irish gays and lbians 1995, almost 60% of rponnts had emigrated at some pot their liv and that sexual orientatn was a key factor their cisn. As Irish laws and attus have changed signifintly the ensug , many Irish émigrés who had moved abroad now fd, ironilly, that Ireland offers more liberal laws regardg homosexualy. It has a fé, bar, a bookshop, social meetgs as well as the cy’s office of the natnal Gay Men’s Health Project, which offers advice and support for STDs and HIV.