Players and ach of the Dubl Devils FC speak about their experienc of ten years wh football and beg Ireland's only men's gay football team.
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IRELAND'S ONLY MEN'S GAY FOOTBALL TEAM CELEBRAT 10 YEARS
Elsewhere, The Dubl Devils, Ireland’s only men’s gay football team, celebrated s 10th birthday 2015. It’s not that they were beg actively bullied or that there was homophobia, but jt this sense that they uldn’t be themselv. Much of recent Irish history, at least sce the Republic of Ireland gaed pennce om Bra, has been centred on champng natnal inty, which perhaps go some way of explag the cultural importance of the, however, that same natnalism has been closely tied wh tradnalism, which has manifted self nservative, eply relig homophobia, transphobia and misogyny.
It’s hard to believe that was only 1993 that homosexualy was crimalised the Republic of Ireland (the North was only slightly quicker, makg the change 1982), and that would be another or so before same-sex marriage was legalised, by referendum, 2015 ( Northern Ireland, same-sex marriage was only legalised January 2020) after the landmark chang, Ireland still has a long way to go unpackg s homophobia and cultural heteronormativy.