Voices from outside the Irish America LGBT community have joined in criticism of the exclusion of lgbts from the New York St. Patricks Day parade which took place yesterday. (Post from Joe My God with great pictures from the Irish Queers protest.) There is a new avenue of criticism this year targetting the local NBC affiliate who […]
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Another identity altogether
March 18th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Homophobia, Irish Politics, LGBT, Uncategorized
More on that Gilmore meeting with Irish American LGBT ‘reps’
March 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics, LGBT
A response to a written question from Sean Kenny on Eamon Gilmore’s trip to New York and Washington elicted the following information on that meeting with lesbian and gay ‘representatives‘. I had a very a useful meeting with representatives from the Irish American Lesbian and Gay community about a range of issues of concern to […]
The people the Tánaiste didn’t meet
March 17th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Irish Politics, LGBT
I mentioned that the people who Eamon Gilmore met in New York last night were not really representative of those who have been protesting the ban on LGBT marching in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. He met the good gays, some even refer to as ‘the apologists’ who despite the last 20 years have not […]