THE first Fe Gael TD to e out as gay clared yterday that he wanted to see the law discrimatg agast homosexual teachers abolished.
Contents:
- TWO GAY TDS OPEN UP TO THE DAIL ABOUT ABE THEY'VE SUFFERED
- FIRST EVER OPENLY GAY MEMBERS ELECTED TO IRISH PARLIAMENT
- SPAT ON FOR BEG GAY: TDS REVEAL HOMOPHOBIA PA
- FE GAEL'S FIRST GAY TD SEEKS END TO HOMOSEXUAL TEACHERS LAW
- WE WERE SPAT AT, GAY TDS REVEAL DAIL
- RTÉ BOSS TO BE GRILLED BY TDS OVER GAY PRI ROW
- PRSURE TDS ON GAY MARRIAGE - GROUP
TWO GAY TDS OPEN UP TO THE DAIL ABOUT ABE THEY'VE SUFFERED
Next week Domic Hannigan and John Lyons will enter the newly elected Irish ernment as the first openly gay ... * gay irish tds *
John Lyons speaks the DáilFe Gael TD Jerry Buttimer speaks the Dáil this evengDurg a Dáil bate this eveng, two Government TDs have opened up about homophobic abe they have TD John Lyons and Fe Gael TD Jerry Buttimer, both openly gay, talked about the abe they have received bee of their sexual ments me durg Topil Issu the chamber, where a number of TDs were discsg RTÉ's cisn to pay €85, 000 towards a number of dividuals after ments ma on The Saturday Night Lyons said RTE were "bang out of orr" to have ma the payments. "There are two people here at the moment who knows what homophobia feels like. Who know what 's like to be lled 'a queer', to be lled 'a fag', to be lled 'a gay', " he said.
"Only recently, jt before Christmas, I walked om my own hoe around to the Centra, where a bunch of teenagers lled me gay, or some other name they ll .
"There are still many people who are aaid to e out and engage the gay muny for how they’ll be judged and treated. Next week Domic Hannigan and John Lyons will enter the newly elected Irish ernment as the first openly gay policians elected as members of Parliament Ireland. Pl McConnell, -chair of the Labor LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr) group said, "History was also ma the electn of not one but two openly gay (members)...
FIRST EVER OPENLY GAY MEMBERS ELECTED TO IRISH PARLIAMENT
Leo Varadkar beg Ireland’s first openly gay mister 22 years after the crimalisatn of homosexualy Ireland. * gay irish tds *
In the past Ireland had openly gay senators and later this year the untry uld have s first gay print, Senator David Norris, who is a leadg ndidate to replace outgog Print Mary McAlee. A ph for gay marriage rights is set to beg when the new ernment tak over Natnal Lbian & Gay Feratn (NLGF) has urged the two parti likely to be ernment to m to legislate for civil marriage for same-sex-upl.
SPAT ON FOR BEG GAY: TDS REVEAL HOMOPHOBIA PA
TWO openly gay Coaln TDs have spoken out about beg victims of homophobia. * gay irish tds *
NLGF chair Ailbhe Smyth said, “Fe Gael and the Labor Party have a duty to legislate for equal civil marriage rights for lbian and gay people. Discrimatg agast lbian and gay people this regard is not acceptable”.
Irish public support for equal marriage rights for gays has grown over the last few years, om 51% October 2006 to 67% September 2010, acrdg to an “Irish Tim” poll. 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.
FE GAEL'S FIRST GAY TD SEEKS END TO HOMOSEXUAL TEACHERS LAW
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The Mister’s cisn to go public wh his sexualy jt over twenty years after the crimilisatn of homosexualy the Irish state.
WE WERE SPAT AT, GAY TDS REVEAL DAIL
TWO gay TDs spoke the Dail about their experienc of homophobia. * gay irish tds *
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.
RTÉ BOSS TO BE GRILLED BY TDS OVER GAY PRI ROW
1983 – First Gay Pri ftival. 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.
PRSURE TDS ON GAY MARRIAGE - GROUP
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.