Irish PM brings same-sex partner to meet anti-LGBTQ Mike Pence

Leo Varadkar, who is openly gay, spoke on the changes for Ireland and called out various forms of discrimination

The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, who is openly gay, brought his partner, Matt Barrett, to a meeting on Thursday with the U.S vice-president, Mike Pence, a conservative Christian once dubbed «the face of anti-LGBTQ hate in America».

«I lived in a country where if I’d tried to be myself at the time, it would have ended up breaking laws», he said. «But today, that is all changed. I stand here, leader of my country, flawed and human, but judged by my political actions, and not by my sexual orientation, my skin tone, gender or religious beliefs».