In speech at UN event, Taoiseach criticises re-introduction of ‘draconian law’s in some countries and increasing backlash against transgender people
Elephant carer Gerry Creighton: ‘Mountjoy Prison was full of guys I knew from school. We just had different opportunities’“In the year when we mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, it is more important than ever to re-affirm our dedication to the universality of human rights, that LGBTI rights are human rights.”
“I can vividly remember an Ireland shaped by shame, conformity and fear, where my election as Taoiseach, as prime minister, as an openly gay man would have seemed an impossibility. “Yet eight years ago, in 2015 Ireland became the first country in the world to provide for marriage equality by popular vote in an historic referendum and to enshrine that right in our constitution.”
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