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Twenty years since homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland

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  • #2
    Specialun
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    I wonder how will they celebrate


  • #3
    MJ23
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    Fair City.


  • #4
    BBDBB
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    wake me when they make it compulsory


  • #5
    SV
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    Only 20 years? :eek:


    That is insane.


  • #6
    kneemos
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    In another twenty it may be legal to get married.


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  • #7
    efb
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    SV wrote: »
    Only 20 years? :eek:


    That is insane.

    I know I remember when it happened, paid more than a passing interest to it, now I know why.

    I often wonder what it would have been like to be gay growing up in 70/80's Ireland and glad I grew up when it was legal.


  • #8
    Rothmans
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    kneemos wrote: »
    In another twenty it may be legal to get married.

    Alot less than 20 I'd say!


  • #9
    Nodin
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    efb wrote: »
    Tomorrow it will be 20 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland- I was 13 then. I find it so hard to fathom it being illegal, even if it still somewhat taboo where I live.


    ...for a fee, I could go round your way and oppress you....


  • #10
    efb
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    Nodin wrote: »
    ...for a fee, I could go round your way and oppress you....

    I get enough of that for free! Homophobia hasn't gone away :(


  • #11
    Nodin
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    efb wrote: »
    I get enough of that for free! Homophobia hasn't gone away :(


    ...I was wondering why my professional oppression service wasn't taking off.


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  • #12
    WumBuster
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    Just wondering, was the law enforced up until that time i.e were people actually being arrested for being homosexual or was it just a dud law for a number of years


  • #13
    Wacker The Attacker
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    WumBuster wrote: »
    Just wondering, was the law enforced up until that time i.e were people actually being arrested for being homosexual or was it just a dud law for a number of years

    Your username is one letter away from being super relevant


  • #14
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Your username is one letter away from being super relevant

    mumBuster ?


  • #15
    WumBuster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 827 ✭✭✭WumBuster


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Your username is one letter away from being super relevant

    Are you attacking the post or poster, wacker


  • #16
    endacl
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    Specialun wrote: »
    I wonder how will they celebrate

    Surely this is something every reasonable progressive-minded citizen should celebrate?


  • #17
    Pherekydes
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    Specialun wrote: »
    I wonder how will they celebrate

    Buggered if I know...:confused:


  • #18
    OneArt
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    Specialun wrote: »
    I wonder how will they celebrate

    A nice cup of tea and a slice of coffee cake.
















    Then anal sex.


  • #19
    Rachiee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 880 ✭✭✭Rachiee


    It wasnt really enforced but inspite of that fact every court refused to decrinalise it and robinson etc had to go to the european court of human rights to force legislators hands.


  • #20
    Boombastic
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    WumBuster wrote: »
    Just wondering, was the law enforced up until that time i.e were people actually being arrested for being homosexual or was it just a dud law for a number of years

    No. We had no homosexuals in ireland before then.


  • #21
    mike65
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    Boombastic wrote: »
    No. We had no homosexuals in ireland before then.

    True dat, I always thought David Norris' persona as a raging literary queer was a quite brilliant construct designed to challenge attitudes towards homosexuality.


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  • #22
    Tom_Cruise
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    Abit of topic, but maybe someone in this thread could help me.

    Can anyone explain why some gay men talk like women? I cant seem to find an answer anywhere.


  • #23
    Ruudi_Mentari
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    All I ever wanted; all I ever needed is theeeeere, in her pants......


  • #24
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,412 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Tom_Cruise wrote: »
    Abit of topic, but maybe someone in this thread could help me.

    Can anyone explain why some gay men talk like women? I cant seem to find an answer anywhere.
    And why do some straight men talk like men?!?

    :confused:


  • #25
    mike65
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    Tom_Cruise wrote: »
    Abit of topic, but maybe someone in this thread could help me.

    Can anyone explain why some gay men talk like women? I cant seem to find an answer anywhere.

    Some adopt a character which includes a tone which is best described as "modern American sit-com" but not female per se.


  • #26
    Stereomaniac
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    I think some of the gay boys are a lot more in touch with their feminine side than straight people.


  • #27
    mikehammer67
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    Specialun wrote: »
    I wonder how will they celebrate

    Brownies more than likely


  • #28
    efb
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    Tom_Cruise wrote: »
    Abit of topic, but maybe someone in this thread could help me.

    Can anyone explain why some gay men talk like women? I cant seem to find an answer anywhere.

    what does scientology say?


  • #29
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    efb wrote: »
    Tomorrow it will be 20 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland- I was 13 then. I find it so hard to fathom it being illegal, even if it still somewhat taboo where I live.

    Still it was a great step for equality.

    http://www.glen.ie/news-post.aspx?contentid=14972&name=celebrating_the_20th_anniversary_of_the_decriminalisation_of_homosexuality Extracts of the bill passing through the Dáil and Seanad

    This was a brilliant thing and long overdue, but i loath documents that only show one side of the story.

    Anyone have a link to the full debate notes? Would like to read some opposing speeches (if there were any).


  • #30
    CruelCoin
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    Tom_Cruise wrote: »
    Abit of topic, but maybe someone in this thread could help me.

    Can anyone explain why some gay men talk like women? I cant seem to find an answer anywhere.

    Lower levels of testosterone.

    Thats about it really.

    Does it bother you?


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  • #31
    Tom_Cruise
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    CruelCoin wrote: »
    Lower levels of testosterone.

    Thats about it really.

    Does it bother you?


    No i was just curious to know why that's all.


  • #32
    mikehammer67
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    isn't it a bit weird giving to someone up the bum like


    instead of the pussy


  • #33
    the_syco
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    Specialun wrote: »
    I wonder how will they celebrate
    By being unable to walk the next day?


  • #34
    endacl
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    mikehammer67 wrote: »
    isn't it a bit weird giving to someone up the bum like


    instead of the pussy
    How did the Junior Cert go for ye there?

    :rolleyes:


  • #35
    Duggys Housemate
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    CruelCoin wrote: »
    Lower levels of testosterone.

    Thats about it really.

    Does it bother you?

    That's not the reason. Camp is mostly a cultural thing. Most homosexuals sound masculine.

    Especially the females. *





    * gets coat.


  • #36
    efb
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    mikehammer67 wrote: »
    isn't it a bit weird giving to someone up the bum like


    instead of the pussy

    Not when you make love and its wonderful


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  • #37
    john_cappa
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    CruelCoin wrote: »
    Lower levels of testosterone.

    Thats about it really.

    Does it bother you?

    You should be a doctor.


    Great insight you have.


  • #38
    the_syco
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    mikehammer67 wrote: »
    isn't it a bit weird giving to someone up the bum like


    instead of the pussy
    Because;
    It's that time of the month for her
    No condom, but don't want kids
    You want sex, but no kids
    It's tighter
    etc...


  • #39
    endacl
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    This is all getting a bit 'after hours'....

    Where all the grownups at?


  • #40
    efb
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    CruelCoin wrote: »
    This was a brilliant thing and long overdue, but i loath documents that only show one side of the story.

    Anyone have a link to the full debate notes? Would like to read some opposing speeches (if there were any).

    AFAIK it was passed without vote


  • #41
    mikehammer67
    Closed Accounts Posts: 699 ✭✭✭mikehammer67


    the_syco wrote: »
    Because;
    It's that time of the month for her
    No condom, but don't want kids
    You want sex, but no kids
    It's tighter
    etc...

    buy some....


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  • #42
    TheFOB
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    the_syco wrote: »
    Because;
    It's that time of the month for her
    No condom, but don't want kids
    You want sex, but no kids
    It's tighter
    etc...

    It's tighter, warmer and more degrading for her.


  • #43
    efb
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    TheFOB wrote: »
    It's tighter, warmer and more degrading for her.

    Degrading how?


  • #44
    DrumSteve
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    mike65 wrote: »
    True dat, I always thought David Norris' persona as a raging literary queer was a quite brilliant construct designed to challenge attitudes towards homosexuality.

    Jaysus Mike, raging literary queer. I've seen norris descibed as many things but thats a new one.


  • #45
    john_cappa
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    TheFOB wrote: »
    It's tighter, warmer and more degrading for her.

    And the **** pushes back !


  • #46
    efb
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    john_cappa wrote: »
    And the **** pushes back !

    Douche first


  • #47
    B0jangles
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    CruelCoin wrote: »
    Lower levels of testosterone.

    Thats about it really.

    Does it bother you?

    I've only heard that testosterone levels have a possible though inconclusively established effect in utero, and that gay men have the same variance in testosterone levels when they are adults as heterosexual men.


  • #48
    Annasopra
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    CruelCoin wrote: »
    This was a brilliant thing and long overdue, but i loath documents that only show one side of the story.

    Anyone have a link to the full debate notes? Would like to read some opposing speeches (if there were any).

    http://www.mamanpoulet.com/dermot-ahern-and-same-sex-families/

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #49
    mikemcdeedy100
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    efb wrote: »
    Not when you make love and its wonderful

    whats it like for a man to take it up the bum compared to a woman

    can he get an anal orgasm too?


  • #50
    efb
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    mikemcdeedy100 wrote: »
    whats it like for a man to take it up the bum compared to a woman

    can he get an anal orgasm too?

    Prostate man!


  • #51
    mikemcdeedy100
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 115 ✭✭mikemcdeedy100


    efb wrote: »
    Prostate man!

    say what


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