A former priest and long-time activist for the LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV/AIDS, Mr. Lynch will be bestowed with the honor of Freeman of the City of London later today. He plans to exercise the ancient right granted to Freemen to drive sheep over London Bridge.
A Clare man will be honored this afternoon, and says he intends to exercise the right to drive sheep over London Bridge . The former priest and well-known activist for the gay community and people with HIV and Aids, says he is looking forward to one day driving sheep over London Bridge , an ancient right that will be bestowed upon him after he is made a Freeman of the City of London later today. Mr. Lynch is due to be conferred with the honor at a ceremony in the city’s financial district at 2pm.
Senior officials from the lord mayor’s office are expected to attend the event, as well as Martin Fraser, the State’s ambassador to Britain. Clare native Mr. Lynch, who famously advocated for Aids sufferers in New York in the 1980s before coming to London about 30 years ago, said he was accepting the honor on behalf of “all members of the diaspora in London and especially any who have ever felt alienated” in the city. “It is about them as much as me,” he said, speaking this morning as he prepared for the ceremony. “The nurses, teachers, writers, carpenters and plumbers who came over from Ireland – they were the lifeblood of this city.” Mr. Lynch said he came to London 30 years ago for a three-year contract with London Lighthouse, a care center for people with HIV and Aids, and never left. “Aids now is not what it was – my work now is very different. But we are still seeing people diagnosed and there is still a stigma attached to it,” he said. Mr. Lynch is a member of the Community Advisory Group that works with the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, on the city’s St Patrick’s Day Parade. He was the first person to lead a group of gay people taking part in the London parade.
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