Mary McAleese urges to consign homophobia to Northern Ireland history

Mary McAleese has said homophobia should be consigned to history in Northern Ireland.

The former Irish president accused those who sought to convert gay people of damaging the vulnerable.

Mary McAleese, the mother of a gay son, said significant numbers of teenagers were afraid to go to school for fear of being picked on.

Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK or Ireland where same-sex marriage has not been legalised.

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