# Gay

Last year

2022

# LGBT

Consultation launched on scheme to disregard historic convictions of gay and bisexual men

The criminalisation of consensual sexual acts between men remained in place until 1993.

13.8k

Nov 4th 2022, 12:45 AM

# Struggles

'I became a self-harmer, I didn’t want to be here frankly' - Kelly Holmes

The double Olympic champion says she suffered a breakdown in 2020.

8.6k

Jun 20th 2022, 9:58 PM

# opening up

Olympic champion Kelly Holmes ‘needed to do this now,’ announces she is gay

The 52-year-old revealed that she came out to her family and friends in 1997.

15.2k

Jun 19th 2022, 10:22 AM

# Trailblazers

Scottish referees Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson come out as gay

‘We need to see the climate change so that people do feel that they can be their true self.’

5.1k

Jun 2nd 2022, 11:55 AM

# Historic

Blackpool forward Jake Daniels comes out as gay

The 17-year-old player told his story in an interview with Sky Sports.

37.4k

May 16th 2022, 6:05 PM

All time

# Imported blood

Campaigners call for changes to Ireland's restriction of blood donation by gay men

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service imported a supply of blood from the UK earlier this week.

17.8k

Jul 4th 2021, 7:30 AM

# chemsex

'GHB is a killer, I know of eight men who died after taking it'

Concerns have also been raised about people being sexually assaulted while taking drugs such as GHB.

69.9k

Jan 4th 2020, 12:05 AM

# Census

'Rectifying the historic wrong': LGBT advocates wanted sexual orientation included on the next Census

Scotland’s census will give individuals up to 21 options under this category including skolisexual and demiromantic.

12.3k

Nov 21st 2019, 6:10 AM

# GHB

One-quarter of men who use 'chemsex drugs' don't use them for purposes of sex

A new study examines chemsex in Ireland and parts of the UK.

38.4k

Nov 15th 2019, 11:48 AM

# tolerance

'I feel like it's going to happen when it happens. We're in Ireland and it's very accepting of being gay'

Members of the Dublin Devils and PFAI general secretary Stephen McGuinness on the lack of LGBT representation in football.

7.1k

Sep 21st 2019, 7:00 AM

Voices

Opinion: 'Children need to learn about LGBT issues in school - it will reassure them and combat fear'

Robin Stevens grew up in a generation were ‘gayness was erased’. Her books have shown her that young readers want to read about LGBTQ+ lives – and she wants to see more of this explored in schools.

17.5k

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May 14th 2019, 7:00 AM

# decriminalisation

Government to apologise for historical convictions of gay men

A motion before the Dáil this evening will acknowledge the harm caused by historical criminal laws.

12.6k

Jun 19th 2018, 9:02 AM

# lgbtq rights

Remarks between Taoiseach and US Vice President Mike Pence will be closed to the media

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said today that he would raise LGBT rights issues with the vice president.

27.6k

106

Mar 14th 2018, 9:55 PM

# Serial Killer

Toronto police search gardens for more victims after landscaper charged with deaths of two men

Bruce McArthur, aged 66, was arrested earlier this month.

16.1k

Jan 30th 2018, 9:21 AM

# Sham marriage

LGBT people in China pursuing marriages of convenience in order to disguise their real relationships

When Xiaoxiong and her lesbian lover wanted to hide their relationship from their parents, they decided to find men willing to marry them. Gay men.

14.5k

Nov 25th 2017, 4:00 PM

# Banned

Turkey bans all LGBTI events across Ankara province

Homosexuality has been legal since the creation of the modern Turkish republic in 1923.

19.0k

Nov 19th 2017, 3:35 PM

# LGBT

'There's a constant fear we will be attacked, intimidated or called slurs'

Seven in 10 young LGBT+ people believe schools in Ireland are not safe places.

25.2k

Aug 30th 2017, 10:38 PM

# Chechnya

'We don't have any gays': Chechnya's leader strongly denies his country tortured and killed gay men

Ramzan Kadyrov has faced wide international criticism since reports of serious human rights abuses.

25.0k

Jul 16th 2017, 11:13 AM

# Human Rights

'Men subjected to these gay purges have endured a gruesome ordeal in Chechnya'

The Kremlin is said to be taking its investigation into the anti-gay “purge” seriously.

13.4k

May 26th 2017, 8:43 AM

# Indonesia

Two Indonesian men caned in front of jeering crowd for having sex

The pair received 83 strokes of the cane each after being found guilty of breaking sharia rules.

45.4k

May 23rd 2017, 8:47 AM

# disciplinary action

First openly lesbian bishop in US Methodist Church may lose her job

Bishop Karen Oliveto’s civil marriage to another woman violates church law that bars clergy who are “self-avowed practicing homosexuals”.

14.0k

Apr 29th 2017, 10:00 AM

# Christianity

Leader of Liberal Democrats won't say if he thinks being gay is a sin

Tim Farron’s comments have been criticised by some, but others have defended him.

17.6k

Apr 19th 2017, 8:52 AM

# Abuse

Explainer: What we know about the killing of gay men in Chechnya

As reports continue to emerge, Russia has said it does not have any confirmed information about violence against gay men in the region.

14.1k

Apr 14th 2017, 7:34 PM

# Homophobia

Gay men in Chechnya reportedly being sent to prison camps and killed

Human rights campaigners say people are being tortured and abused.

27.9k

Apr 11th 2017, 2:08 PM

# Homophobia

Russian paper says gay men are being arrested and killed in Chechnya

The Chechen president’s spokesperson denied the report, suggesting there are no gay people in the country.

25.3k

Apr 2nd 2017, 3:30 PM

# London

'Just being effeminate was enough to convict you': New walking tours on Soho's gay history

Some 46,000 people were prosecuted for homosexuality between 1895 and 1967.

12.4k

Mar 4th 2017, 5:00 PM

# Marriage equality

Gay priest marries long-term partner in 'beautiful' ceremony in Clare

Fr Bernard Lynch – who grew up in Ennis in the 1950s – became the first Catholic priest in the world to have a civil partnership in 2006.

58.3k

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Jan 28th 2017, 1:04 PM

# New Rules

Lifetime ban on gay men donating blood lifted

From today, a man who last had sex with another man more than 12 months ago will now be able to donate blood if he meets the other blood donor selection criteria.

26.4k

Jan 16th 2017, 12:50 PM

# Campaigner

'Being gay was portrayed as a scandal and shame': George Michael's journey to LGBT activist

He was outed by the press in 1998, and went on to become a major supporter of HIV campaigns

12.3k

102

Dec 26th 2016, 8:15 PM

# Equality

Journalist Una Mullally is the government's new youth LGBT czar

The activist will lead a group to develop a strategy for young LGBT people.

16.4k

Dec 19th 2016, 3:14 PM

# Reality Bites

"We still have a long way to go" - does a stigma still apply to being gay in rural Ireland?

A new documentary, The Only Gay in the Village, explores the reality for gay people living in Ireland’s rural areas.

8.5k

Nov 9th 2016, 6:00 AM

# Human Rights

Uganda blames British colonialism for its anti-gay sex laws

It told the UN this week that it doesn’t tolerate such discrimination.

10.4k

Nov 5th 2016, 3:00 PM

# Murder

Chef appears in England court accused of drugging and murdering four young men

Stephen Port (41) had met the men through gay networking sites such as Grindr.

15.5k

Oct 5th 2016, 9:23 PM

# Gay Pride

'Gay conversion' in China: Kidnapped, taken to hospital and fed with medication

One man, who is suing people for taking him to an institution, spoke about his experience.

19.6k

Sep 24th 2016, 7:30 PM

# Maynooth

Social media use at priest training college to be reviewed after 'gay culture' allegations

The procedures for handing whistleblowers will also be looked at.

14.6k

Aug 24th 2016, 1:35 PM

# dublin gays

16 hilarious tweets gay people in Dublin will relate to

“I must be flawless for Pride”.

8.4k

Jun 25th 2016, 11:00 AM

# Omar Mateen

Investigators have found 'no concrete evidence' that Orlando LGBT nightclub shooter was gay

Law enforcement officials have said they believe Mateen was radicalised at some point before the Pulse nightclub attack.

11.7k

Jun 24th 2016, 7:00 PM

Voices

'We were walking through the flats and it came up in conversation. My Dad asked if I was gay'

I got really really angry with my family when they said they wouldn’t be voting in the marriage referendum, writes Patrick Dempsey.

1.0k

May 11th 2016, 2:15 PM

# Equality Tribunal

Teacher to be compensated after principal insulted gay son

She said her boss made derogatory comments about her son’s clothes, and members of the Catholic Church.

30.5k

Jan 5th 2016, 9:00 AM

# Rumours

Joe Dolan placed this ad in 1968 offering a reward for information on rumours about him

Dolan said he was worried parents would stop allowing young people to the ballrooms he played in with the Drifters.

83.9k

Jan 2nd 2016, 8:30 PM