The politician came out two decades ago, and last year he married his long-time partner Ray Healy - the first-ever same-sex marriage of a minister while holding office
Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman has been the target of abuse due to his sexuality, and explained how he copes with it both online and in person.
He shared that his appointment as Minister for Children turned him into a target for homophobic abuse from the moment he stepped into the role. He said that some of the abuse is rooted in the false and incorrect association of homosexuality with paedophilia, and that language to this effect has been directed towards him on social media.
“You just try to ignore it and order your coffee — but myself and Ray, we have a little nephew and we take him out to a playground and it’s in the back of my mind: is someone going to come up and start shouting or make some sort of intervention? “On a daily basis, me and my team are cleaning off comments on my social media – paedophile, child groomer, all this sort of stuff.”
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