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The most notable legal event related to Irish natives was the trial and imprisonment of Oscar Wilde. Some leaders of the Irish Independence struggle of the early 20th century were assumed - at the time or later - to be gay, notably Padraig Pearse and Roger Casement whose sexuality was an element in his trial and execution.
Declan Flynn (22 July 1951 – 9 September 1982) [1] was an Irish gay man attacked and killed in Fairview Park in Dublin. His murder is seen as the catalyst for the LGBTQ Pride movement in Ireland. [2] His death came about as a result of a series of beatings meted out to gay men in Dublin who used Fairview Park as a meeting place at the time. [3]
Colin Ireland, age 43, was jailed for life in 1993 for murdering five gay men. Ireland picked up the men at pubs in London, and then killed them in their own homes. [205] A Scotland Yard review showed that Ireland's capture was hampered by institutional homophobia within the Metropolitan Police. [206]
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The first out gay man on a U.S. magazine cover in 1975. In a March 6, 1975, letter, Air Force Sergeant Leonard Matlovich became the first service member to out himself in order to challenge the ...
"Spershott's hanging was perhaps the last occasion at which was performed the folk ritual of the hangman passing the dead man's hands over the neck and bosoms of young women as a cure for glandular enlargements." John Smith: 27 November 1835: The last two men to be hanged for homosexuality in England John Pratt
Irish Queer Archive (IQA) (Irish: Cartlann Aerach na hÉireann) is a comprehensive collection of material in Ireland relating to homosexuality, LGBT literature and general queer studies. The Archive contains the most comprehensive collection of material in Ireland relating to homosexuality in particular and LGBT studies in general. There are ...
The bear movement considers itself a counter culture to the mainstream gay scene and works toward challenging the single archetype of the effeminate gay man. Most things traditionally considered masculine are celebrated within the Bear community, and Bears identify as a large subset of an already diverse demographic of gay men in Ireland.