Contents:
- “GAY GAELS” WHO HAVE ENRICHED IRELAND’S HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR THE WORLD
- 30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
“GAY GAELS” WHO HAVE ENRICHED IRELAND’S HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR THE WORLD
Although married to a woman, Osr Wil was a gay man and was famoly imprisoned for gross cency followg nsensual enunters wh men. However, an expert group 2002 nclud that there was no doubt to their thenticy, thereby nfirmg Casement’s inty as a gay man.
30 FAMO GAY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
) The Church—which has had more than their share of their own gay problems—the Ancient Orr of Hibernians and other like-md anizatns band together, thought back fondly on their 19th-century prejudic, and shouted an thorarian “NYET! ” There were all kds of exc (“Gays n march, but they n’t do so unr a banner”), but everyone knew the real reason.
It’s ironic that this bigotry towards gays should have remaed so prevalent current tim, sce Ireland’s history has been enriched, yterday and today, by s gay members.
And you don’t have to look too hard eher for great exampl—two of the sixteen men executed by the Brish 1916 were most likely gay—Sir Roger Casement (fely) and Padraig Pearse (probably). Dpe havg a voted wife and fatherg a child, Behan’s homosexualy, which first blossomed when he was servg time a Brish borstal for young boys, ightened and disturbed him until his premature ath 1964. In his book, “Samuel Beckett: The Last Mornist”, Anthony Cron wrote “It might be accurate to say that his [Beckett’s] relatnship wh MacGreevy had, though was not sexual, an element of the homo-erotic , as ed some of Beckett’s later relatnships were to have.