# Gay
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Last year
2023
State Papers
Ireland considered making 21 age of consent for gay people when decriminalising homosexuality
One 1993 document noted that moving from “criminalisation to equality might be too major a change at one go”.
The age of consent for heterosexual intercourse at the time was, and still is, 17 years old
21 was described as "probably the age most acceptable to those who do not want decriminalisation but recognise that there is no choice"
However, if 21 was chosen, "there would be an attempt to portray this country as backward", officials warned
27 Dec 2023
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Voices
Ivana Bacik: 'It is an injustice that children of same-sex couples are being denied rights'
Ivana Bacik
27 Jun 2023
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All time
LGBT
Consultation launched on scheme to disregard historic convictions of gay and bisexual men
4 Nov 2022
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Struggles
'I became a self-harmer, I didn’t want to be here frankly' - Kelly Holmes
20 Jun 2022
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opening up
Olympic champion Kelly Holmes ‘needed to do this now,’ announces she is gay
19 Jun 2022
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Imported blood
Campaigners call for changes to Ireland's restriction of blood donation by gay men
4 Jul 2021
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Census
'Rectifying the historic wrong': LGBT advocates wanted sexual orientation included on the next Census
21 Nov 2019
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GHB
One-quarter of men who use 'chemsex drugs' don't use them for purposes of sex
15 Nov 2019
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tolerance
'I feel like it's going to happen when it happens. We're in Ireland and it's very accepting of being gay'
21 Sep 2019
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Voices
Opinion: 'Children need to learn about LGBT issues in school - it will reassure them and combat fear'
Robin Stevens
14 May 2019
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decriminalisation
Government to apologise for historical convictions of gay men
19 Jun 2018
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lgbtq rights
Remarks between Taoiseach and US Vice President Mike Pence will be closed to the media
14 Mar 2018
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Serial Killer
Toronto police search gardens for more victims after landscaper charged with deaths of two men
30 Jan 2018
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Sham marriage
LGBT people in China pursuing marriages of convenience in order to disguise their real relationships
25 Nov 2017
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LGBT
'There's a constant fear we will be attacked, intimidated or called slurs'
30 Aug 2017
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Chechnya
'We don't have any gays': Chechnya's leader strongly denies his country tortured and killed gay men
16 Jul 2017
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Human Rights
'Men subjected to these gay purges have endured a gruesome ordeal in Chechnya'
26 May 2017
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disciplinary action
First openly lesbian bishop in US Methodist Church may lose her job
29 Apr 2017
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Christianity
Leader of Liberal Democrats won't say if he thinks being gay is a sin
19 Apr 2017
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Homophobia
Gay men in Chechnya reportedly being sent to prison camps and killed
11 Apr 2017
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London
'Just being effeminate was enough to convict you': New walking tours on Soho's gay history
4 Mar 2017
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Marriage equality
Gay priest marries long-term partner in 'beautiful' ceremony in Clare
28 Jan 2017
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Campaigner
'Being gay was portrayed as a scandal and shame': George Michael's journey to LGBT activist
26 Dec 2016
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Reality Bites
"We still have a long way to go" - does a stigma still apply to being gay in rural Ireland?
9 Nov 2016
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Murder
Chef appears in England court accused of drugging and murdering four young men
5 Oct 2016
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Gay Pride
'Gay conversion' in China: Kidnapped, taken to hospital and fed with medication
24 Sep 2016
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Maynooth
Social media use at priest training college to be reviewed after 'gay culture' allegations
24 Aug 2016
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