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TODAY MARKS NATIONAL Coming Out Day, an initiative launched around the world to help people be open about their sexuality.
The campaign has been supported in Ireland by a number of well-known faces, including TDs and Senators, television presenters and drag queen Panti, aka Rory O’Neill.
The video above was produced to show what advice people would give to their younger selves if they had a chance for a heart to heart, giving themselves advice on how to handle the process of ‘coming out’ and talking about what they could have done differently.
It features Stella Poole, a 42-year-old transgender person who was once married and came out to her former wife at the age of 39; Paul Knox, a 29-year-old primary school teacher from Kilkenny who has been ‘out’ for seven years; Barbara McCullagh, 46, who came out to friends aged 15 and to her parents at the age of 21; Jack Robertson, 28 from Dublin, who has been open about his sexuality with his friends since he was 20; Vincent O’Toole from Tallaght who has been out since the age of 18 and Kirsty Park, 26 from Drogheda, who came out aged 21.
As part of the day, the LGBT Helpline is asking members of the public to share their stories on social media.
And we’d also love to hear about your experiences. Share your stories in the comments section below.
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I wonder will Kenny say something Important today or will he just be there to kiss Merkels ass?
As long as our gang insist that corporation tax isn’t negotiable, we may forget a debt deal. Raising this soft tax by 2 or 3% in order to have the majority of bank debt wiped out sounds like a no Brainer to me! It seems that business leaders have Kenny and co brainwashed though, so I’m not holding my breath!
Bit of luck the snivelling worm stays there.
Hopefully it was a one way ticket he bought.
All this amounts to is a photo op with the power brokers & another opportunity for Enda to delude himself into thinking that his presence there makes a difference. I’m sure their collective conscience will be eased over a nice free meal although that does not apply to Enda as his conscience walked through the exit door decades ago.
Can’t see how difficult it would be to patrol the medditeranean and stop those boats taking off in the first place. With all the satellite and military technology the eu has at it’s disposal, a few rust buckets should not be a problem to interdict or blockade.
Must be a matter of there not being the political will. Again, fear of do gooding leftists bleeding hearts. Funny how the “Europe last” brigade hold all the sway.
Hopefully the EU Council will put Kenny into childcare until his nationality is proven, he most certainly is not Irish and was probably given away by his parents after he was born. He stated himself that he was “proud to be European.”
I’ve never heard an Irish person refer to themselves as a ‘European’. So Kenny’s not a traitor after all. He is not Irish but European.
Now it all makes sense.
Wonder what the odds are that the US NSA will also be in attendance….in *spirit* if not physically
I take it there are no debates expected at this meeting. I see he is also now calling for the banking deal to be made good. I guess that means the only seismic shift Enda got was in his head and no where else.
I suppose at least our people leaving have a decent transport system to go on ,for the moment anyway
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