# LGBT Rights

Last month

September 2023

Interview

Taoiseach 'not afraid' to raise LGBT rights with world leaders rolling out draconian laws

Speaking at the UN yesterday the Taoiseach said he was concerned about the ‘alarming pushback against LGBTI rights’.

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Sep 19th 2023, 11:29 PM

This year

2023

LGBT Rights

State feared decriminalising same-sex behaviour would lead to ‘public displays of homosexual affection’

Newly released records from the 1970s and 80s show homophobic attitudes within the civil service.

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Aug 30th 2023, 7:00 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

Lawyers for State wanted to use AIDS crisis to defend Ireland's ban on same-sex relationships

A report by

Lauren Boland

Decades-old files show the lengths the State went to in order to try to preserve its criminal ban on homosexuality in the 1980s.

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Aug 20th 2023, 12:05 AM

Equality

Taoiseach says trans people are 'no more threat than any other group in society'

The Taoiseach said today that transgender people are a “small minority” and that many are “very vulnerable people”.

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Mar 30th 2023, 7:19 PM

LGBT Rights

EU condemns Italian violation of same-sex parents' rights

The far-right government has ordered the city of Milan to stop registering children of same-sex couples.

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Mar 30th 2023, 4:38 PM

Last year

2022

Voices

Opinion: Reflecting on 2022, the LGBT+ community is hopeful of progress in the year ahead

Adam Long of the National LGBT Federation (NXF) takes stock of what 2022 meant for the LGBT+ community, and what the focus should be in 2023.

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Updated

Dec 30th 2022, 6:00 AM

Justice

Ireland needs new scheme to disregard historic convictions of gay and bisexual men, experts advise

A working group is examining how Ireland can go about disregarding convictions made against gay and bisexual men under legislation that was later repealed.

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May 5th 2022, 4:27 PM

Gay Rights

'Lives were ruined': State moves closer to exonerating men convicted of homosexual 'offences'

Ireland could follow the UK’s lead and exonerate gay men later this year.

Ireland could follow the UK's lead and exonerate gay men later this year, Órla Ryan reports

A working group is set to submit a progress report to the Justice Minister this month and its final report later this year

Hundreds of gay men were convicted under laws later repealed when homosexuality was decriminalised in 1993

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Jan 6th 2022, 12:08 AM

All time

Police-recorded LGBT hate crimes in the UK rose sharply after lockdown eased

At least 14,670 sexual orientation hate crime offences were recorded from January to August 2021 in the UK.

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Dec 3rd 2021, 7:45 AM

Equality

‘Weeping for this country’: Struggle continues in Hungary as Ireland joins Europe in stance against anti-LGBT+ bill

Ireland has joined 12 other EU member states to condemn a bill passed in Hungary last week.

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Jun 22nd 2021, 6:12 PM

Human Rights

Explainer: How does Hungary's new law affect LGBT+ rights?

Hungary has passed a bill that bans sharing content that “promotes” being gay to children and teenagers.

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Jun 17th 2021, 4:34 PM

Transgender and non-binary candidates elected in several US ‘firsts’

America’s first transgender state senator and first non-binary politician were victorious in the 3 November election.

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Nov 4th 2020, 12:26 PM

LGBT Rights

Mary McAleese condemns Catholic Church for 'intrinsically evil' teachings on homosexuality

The former Irish president warned of the damaging impact the church is having on Ireland younger LGBT community.

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Jun 30th 2020, 6:00 AM

Assault

Government looking at hate crime legislation as LGBT group says assaults are on the rise

The Department is putting out a public consultation in the coming weeks on the issue.

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Oct 18th 2019, 12:05 AM

LGBT Rights

Mormon church to allow baptism for children of LGBT parents

The church added it wanted to “reduce the hate and contention so common today”.

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Apr 5th 2019, 2:27 PM

LGBT Rights

Taoiseach says he wasn't nervous ahead of Pence speech: 'I wanted to express Ireland's values'

Varadkar said he and Pence have very different views on social issues, but says it’s better to engage with people rather than boycott them.

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Mar 16th 2019, 9:30 PM

LGBT Rights

Leo Varadkar's partner to attend breakfast meeting at house of US vice president Mike Pence

Last year, Mike Pence told the Taoiseach his partner, Matt Barrett, would be welcome in Pence’s home if he decides to attend this year.

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Mar 14th 2019, 6:15 AM

LGBT Rights

Homosexuality can still mean the death penalty in many countries

A look at LGBT rights across the world.

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Sep 9th 2018, 10:30 AM

Gay Rights

Up to 150 homosexuality convictions could be overturned under Government proposals

Last month, the Government apologised to men historically convicted of engaging in consensual same-sex activity.

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Jul 25th 2018, 1:59 PM

25th anniversary

Here's a short history of the battle for LGBT rights in Ireland

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland.

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Jun 24th 2018, 8:30 AM

COYBIG

Ireland will wear rainbow-coloured shirt numbers tonight to show support for LGBT rights

‘Not just a number, this is a statement.’

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Jun 2nd 2018, 11:33 AM

COYBIG

Ireland team display support for LGBT rights ahead of tonight's match against USA

‘Not just a number, this is a statement.’

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Jun 2nd 2018, 10:12 AM

lgbtq rights

'A deceptive practice': Bill to ban LGBTQ conversion therapies passes second stage of Seanad

The Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018 has passed through its second stage in the Seanad and has further stages to go through.

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May 2nd 2018, 10:10 PM

Marriage equality

Northern Ireland same-sex marriage bill passes first stage in House of Lords

Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK where same-sex marriage is still banned.

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Mar 28th 2018, 7:28 AM

white house visit

Leo: 'There are many of Donald Trump's policies with which I do not agree'

Varadkar said Ireland and the US have strong links that “will outlast any president or Taoiseach”.

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Mar 7th 2018, 7:29 PM

LGBT Rights

Gay man sues mental hospital in China over forced 'conversion therapy'

He was forced to take medicine and receive injections.

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Jul 4th 2017, 9:13 AM

LGBT Rights

'I am engaged to a Catholic Irishwoman from Wexford' - Scottish Tory leader ahead of DUP deal

Ruth Davidson has reaffirmed her commitment to LGBT rights.

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Jun 9th 2017, 8:18 PM

Historical injustice

New bill will 'exonerate and apologise to' people convicted of homosexual acts

Senator Ged Nash called the move “an important gesture”.

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Dec 7th 2016, 7:48 AM

best buds

Enda Kenny says VP-elect Mike Pence 'really knows Ireland' after the pair speak by phone

Arch-conservative Pence has been a consistent opponent of LGBT rights.

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Nov 18th 2016, 11:00 PM

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6 epic Pride events to check out this weekend in Dublin

Get your rainbow colours on and get out there.

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Jun 23rd 2016, 10:47 AM

LGBT Rights

Guardian journalist walks off Sky News 'in disgust' over Orlando killing comments

Owen Jones insists the host was trying to ‘deflect’ attention from the fact that Orlando shooter Omar Mateen deliberately targeted gay people

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Jun 13th 2016, 5:16 PM

LGBT Rights

NYC mayor ends boycott of St Patrick’s Day parade after gay ban reversed

Bill de Blasio will take part in this year’s festivities after parade organisers decided to allow gay and lesbian groups to march under their own banners

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Mar 3rd 2016, 7:25 AM

South Dakota

US state moves towards transgender student bathroom ban

A bill passed on Tuesday would ban transgender students from using bathrooms or locker rooms that match their gender identities.

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Feb 18th 2016, 6:09 AM

LGBT Rights

Thousands march for LGBT rights in Rome

Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted civil union legislation allowing same-sex couples to have their relationships acknowledged by law.

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Jan 24th 2016, 7:00 AM

USSRYou serious?

Russian politicians plan to outlaw coming out - but not for "more reasonable" lesbians

“We think women are…more able to manage their emotions. So far, we’re not touching women.”

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Oct 23rd 2015, 8:20 PM

don't hang up

Vladimir Putin phoned Elton John, and this time it wasn't a joke

Suppose you could say they were Putin the world to rights…

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Sep 24th 2015, 10:12 PM

BIRTH RIGHTS

Transgender children are 'living in a nightmare'

Jillian van Turnhout wants them to be given recognition on an interim basis.

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Jun 16th 2015, 12:21 PM

you know yourself

The Irish state will now accept trans people's own declaration of their gender

Married trans people will also not be required to get a divorce, to have their gender recognised.

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Jun 3rd 2015, 10:35 PM

beacon of light

Where in the world is it hardest to be gay? (And what can Ireland do to help?)

We have an awful lot of work to do…

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Jun 1st 2015, 10:00 PM

Voices

"In that moment, looking 'gay' no longer felt like a negative thing. It no longer felt dangerous."

The swell of positivity towards the LGBT community is affecting all parts of my life, from how I feel walking down the street to the future I see for myself.

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May 26th 2015, 8:00 AM