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

Contents:

• GAY IRELAND TRAVEL GUI
• DUBL GAY BARS GUI - BT GAY HANGOUTS DUBL, IRELAND
• THE BT OF GAY DUBL
• GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--LIMERICK AND GALWAY
• EXPLORG THE EXPERIENC OF OLR GAY MEN LIVG IRELAND
• GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--CORK CY
• GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--DUBL

GAY IRELAND TRAVEL GUI

But that experience is even more plited when you are lbian, gay, bisexual or to terms wh your inty a small town or village – and eventually g out or transng – n be enormoly challengg.

I was vastated at the time, but I have disvered that the people of Rosmon are no more or ls homophobic than those anywhere else Ireland. Dpe Rosmon-South Lerim’s famy for votg No the referendum, Keane says the people of his unty are not homophobic. ”While Keane lov livg Rosmon today, he adms he felt a need to leave as a young gay man the late 1990s.

“I don’t see any difference between beg gay Rosmon, beg gay Athlone, beg gay Kildare town, or beg gay Dubl. “I thk is a challenge to be gay anywhere the world, whether ’s a big cy or Athboy or somewhere else. Ireland don't have one particular gayborhood, but they do have a lot of different bars, clubs, and f sttered around the untry.

DUBL GAY BARS GUI - BT GAY HANGOUTS DUBL, IRELAND

However, there isn't a particular gayborhood or hotspot to fd them all one place, they are spread all over the cy.

While San Francis might reasonably be nsired the gay pal of the world, Ireland’s foremost cy remas one of the bt and iendlit ci for LGBTQ travelers to vis. Most people who are gay Dubl will head over to the famo Temple Bar district, known for s excellent nightlife terg to all kds of people. The Temple Bar area is where much of Dubl’s nightlife is ncentrated, cludg the cy’s most popular gay bars.

Dubl is one of Ireland’s bt ci for nightlife and has plenty of excellent gay bars and clive tablishments. While other clubs have gay-themed nights or parti, The Gee is the only fully LGBTQ nightclub Dubl, and is one of the most vised gay venu the cy. The first monstratn for gay rights Dubl happened 1974, the first Gay Pri Week was held 1979, and the first Pri March was held March 1980.

THE BT OF GAY DUBL

It accepts submissns om Irish and ternatnal artists wh nnectns to gay characters, them, and culture. Its proximy to Dubl’s gay nightlife (and The Boilerhoe sna) mak a popular choice for LGBTQ travelers visg the cy.

It wasn’t always that way, but there has been a massive shift general attus sce the crimalisatn of homosexualy 1993. BarsDubl’s olst and biggt gay bar is The Gee, which has been servg the cy’s LGBTQ+ muny for over thirty years. 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.

As the cultural and polil pal of the Republic of Ireland, which has bee creasgly progrsive and gay-iendly recent years, havg recently legalized same-sex marriage, iendly and energetic Dubl li at the heart of the untry's gay scene.

GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--LIMERICK AND GALWAY

This eply lerary and historic metropolis wh about 530, 000 rints wh s cy lims hosts the popular Dubl Gay Pri late June, and the heart of the btlg - albe touristy - Temple Bar nightlife district, you'll fd a handful of extremely popular gay bars. Here's a pilatn - alphabetic orr - of the key hangouts popular wh gays, lbians, and their iends this pact, handsome cy bisected by the picturque River Liffey. Across om Dame Lane, jt south of Dame St., 1-478-2983) is one of the inic gay bars of Europe, and by far the most popular LGBT tablishment Dubl.

The Gee is a popular sectn of the cy center, a short walk om several excellent rtrants (Fallon & Byrne, Rtic Stone), and om here 's also an easy stroll to the handful of other gay bars Dubl. Named for the wty and wry - and famo his day - Irish gay lerary in Osr Wil, Osrs actually has two tablishments Dubl, both of them exceedgly supportive of and welg toward LGBT folks. A 15-mute walk wt, jt beyond Temple Bar and gg the Dubl Cy Council plex, Osrs Cafe Bar Christchurch (16-18 Fishamble St., 1-555-1442) serv siarly lic food and drk and also draws a good mix of folks, straight and gay but always iendly.

Somethg of an stutn thanks to s extraordary owner, the great diva, LGBT activist, and drag in Rory O'Neill, Pantibar (7 1, 8 Capel St., no phone) opened 2007 and is loted a brightly lored space Dubl's ner Northsi, jt a short stroll across the River Liffey via the Grattan Bridge - 's an easy walk om the cy's other gay bars. 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 . 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.

EXPLORG THE EXPERIENC OF OLR GAY MEN LIVG IRELAND

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. 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. In Ireland, olr LGBT people grew up a time when homosexualy was nsired a mental illns and when sexual relatnships between same-sex upl was nsired a crimal act, immoral and sful.

GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--CORK CY

Acrdg to the gay Ireland web se and the opns of some people Cork—cludg the two gay farmers we met—there is supposedly no gay life Limerick.

“Oh y, ” she said whout lay, “there is gay club lled Yum Yum jt two blocks down this street; and there’s a gay rtrant on the next turng right. Sure enough, at the Glentworth Hotel om 11:30 PM till about two the morng every Friday night was lbigay night. Before I left the non-gay Whe Hoe pub, the same pleasant straight woman told me my bt bet was to ll the Gay and Lbian Swchboard.

GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--DUBL

Checkg the directory GCN, I saw thirteen venu and servic for gay Limerick, cludg the Gay Swchboard Limerick and the Lbian Le Limerick. I stopped to buy a py of the Irish Tim at a downtown news stand and close by were recent issu of Attu magaze and Gay Tim (both om London), Out (om USA) as well as Gay Ireland magaze (Gi). Checkg the listgs GCN newspaper, there were sixteen gay and lbian venu, groups and servic town, two bars, three f, help phone l, support groups and HIV re groups.

(3) Historilly lbian women have earned ls money and tend to go lol for their holidays whereas gay guys were better paid and uld afford to go off to Dubl or London. But the major break me the early 90’s when homosex was crimalized and protective laws were enacted.