Tag: Northern Ireland
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US petition against ‘anti-gay’ Northern Ireland conscience clause bill gets 100,000 signatures in two days
More than 100,000 people have signed an American petition launched just 48 hours ago in opposition to a DUP plan to allow people with strong religious views to refuse to provide services that offend them.
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Homophobic attacks ‘force grieving man from Belfast home’
A grieving man who has been the target of a series of homophobic attacks and death threats has said he can no longer live in his north Belfast home.
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Edwin Poots’ gay men blood ban ‘influenced by religion’
Former NI Health Minister Edwin Poots’ ban on gay men giving blood was influenced by his religious beliefs, the High Court has heard.
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Northern Ireland gay marriage ban will see legal challenge in 2015 – Amnesty
Rights group makes prediction in new year message as Irish Republic gears up for spring referendum on legalising gay marriage
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A Culture of Ignorance
While gay rights face slow progress in Northern Ireland, issues of transgender awareness and gender identity are often entirely forgotten. Better education is needed to foster awareness and tolerance.
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Brian Kennedy on growing up as a gay man in Northern Ireland
In a podcast with Roisin Ingle Brian Kennedy explained that he doesn’t want the gay community to be “a mirror image of straight life.”