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Rose of Tralee reveals she's gay

  • 24-08-2014 9:40am
    #1
    NightOfTheHunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭


    The interesting question is, would she have won if this information was known before the competition? As progressive as Ireland is, sadly I don't think so. We still have a long way to go in terms of being accepting, interesting on a day there's a rally in Dublin to support gay marriage.

    Edit - I can't post links but it's the headline on independent . ie


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  • #2
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,214 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Omg omg omg omg I can't believe she has tattoos and short hair

    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



  • #3
    Smiles35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,749 ✭✭✭Smiles35


    Poster...
    off...
    wall


  • #4
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,214 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Noblong wrote: »
    Poster...
    off...
    wall

    I thought it'd be the opposite.

    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



  • #5
    Smiles35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,749 ✭✭✭Smiles35


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    I thought it'd be the opposite.

    Rose of Tralee posters are only real in your world. Srz


  • #6
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,779 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Everything to do with Rose of Tralee is gay.


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  • #7
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,064 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    Soooo?? are we suppose to be totally outraged or something... who d fcuk cares what she does in her own time?


    PS. Shes still an absolute lasher :)


  • #8
    omerin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭omerin


    What next, a single mother winning it? The world has gone mad. Gay will be turning in his grave :)


  • #9
    NightOfTheHunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭NightOfTheHunt


    Noblong wrote: »
    Rose of Tralee posters are only real in your world. Srz

    Rose of Tralee calendars are real however... or maybe I dreamt that


  • #10
    ruthloss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 637 ✭✭✭ruthloss


    Ha! Ya boy ya!.


  • #11
    Lando Griffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭Lando Griffin


    Not really fair on the poor escort; what chance did he have of scoring?
    He is probably back in his village in Kerry looking at the bottom of a glass getting slagged by all the locals.


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  • #12
    Jogathon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 516 ✭✭✭Jogathon


    omerin wrote: »
    What next, a single mother winning it? The world has gone mad. Gay will be turning in his grave :)

    Single mothers can't enter it. Neither can married women!

    I don't think she'd have won if they knew.


  • #13
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    As far as I'm aware the Equal Status Act would apply to the Lovely Girls Competition too.


  • #14
    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    Why is this news..........


  • #15
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    Cos it's never happened before.


  • #16
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Zombienosh wrote: »
    Why is this news..........

    Seriously? It's a sign of the Apocalypse.


  • #17
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Zombienosh wrote: »
    Why is this news..........

    First thing I thought of when saw thread title.

    Who really cares.


  • #18
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Shocked & appalled.

    The Sun says she is openly gay, so why did she not reveal it at the competition. :confused:


  • #19
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,260 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Jogathon wrote: »
    Single mothers can't enter it. Neither can married women!

    I don't think she'd have won if they knew.

    Single mothers can


  • #20
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,214 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Jogathon wrote: »
    Single mothers can't enter it.
    Yeah they can

    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



  • #21
    bumper234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,250 ✭✭✭✭bumper234


    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    Not really fair on the poor escort; what chance did he have of scoring?
    He is probably back in his village in Kerry looking at the bottom of a glass getting slagged by all the locals.

    He will be forever known as "That fecker who turned that pretty young wan gay"


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  • #22
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    I'd say the bar on single mothers and married women could be open to challenge. They would want to ensure they're in compliance with the Equal Status act before they end up embarrassing themselves when they realise 2014 isn't 1954.


  • #23
    geret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭geret


    Jogathon wrote: »
    Single mothers can't enter it. Neither can married women!

    I don't think she'd have won if they knew.

    they can. They changed the rules in 2009? to allow mothers. married mothers are still excluded to the best of my knowledge.


    everything's turned in to a platform for some cause, scaffolders must be the busiest people in the country!


  • #24
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Just sayin' if I had a crack off her she'd be at least bi ;)


  • #25
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,214 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    SpaceTime wrote: »
    I'd say the bar on single mothers and married women could be open to challenge. They would want to ensure they're in compliance with the Equal Status act before they end up embarrassing themselves when they realise 2014 isn't 1954.
    1 theres no ban on single mothers 2 the equal atatus act is in relation to providing goods or services.

    So I doubt it.

    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



  • #26
    conditioned games
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 683 ✭✭✭conditioned games


    I was the only one to say she was a lesibon and the worst winner i have seen yet. now i.ve been proven right. I have always said young women with mens haircuts are always gay


  • #27
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,214 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Talib Fiasco wrote: »
    Just sayin' if I had a crack off her she'd be at least bi ;)

    Lol! Dont flatter yourself. She'd probably kick you in the balls.

    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



  • #28
    LenaClaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭LenaClaire


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Shocked & appalled.

    The Sun says she is openly gay, so why did she not reveal it at the competition. :confused:

    Why should she have to? Is it a standard question for the competition?


  • #29
    Heroditas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,688 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    Another quality article from the Independent.
    Did Niamh Horan write it?


  • #30
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,201 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    I dunno lads.. I didn't watch it anyway but looked up the Independent article to see what this fuss is all about. I don't see the appeal myself regardless of whether she's gay, straight, or bi.

    But then short hair and tattoos don't do it for me anyway


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  • #31
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,214 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    conditioned games wrote: »
    I was the only one to say she was a lesibon and the worst winner i have seen yet. now i.ve been proven right. I have always said young women with mens haircuts are always gay

    Do you want a medal?

    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



  • #32
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,397 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Talib Fiasco wrote: »
    Just sayin' if I had a crack off her she'd be at least bi ;)

    I take it you're terrible at the lesbian sex?


  • #33
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    I'd like to enter the rose of tralee.

    Oh wait, I can't.


    She's gay. :mad:


  • #34
    conditioned games
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 683 ✭✭✭conditioned games


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Do you want a medal?

    Yes please


  • #35
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,199 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    And?


  • #36
    brooke 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭brooke 2


    NightOfTheHunt wrote: »
    The interesting question is, would she have won if this information was known before the competition? As progressive as Ireland is, sadly I don't think so. We still have a long way to go in terms of being accepting, interesting on a day there's a rally in Dublin to support gay marriage.

    Edit - I can't post links but it's the headline on independent . ie

    There were rumours during the festival that one of the Roses was gay.


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  • #37
    Red21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Red21


    How do you know they didn't know? It's been well known down in kerry since the festival started, I've seen someone mention it on a rose of tralee thread


  • #38
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    brooke 2 wrote: »
    There were rumours during the festival that one of the Roses was gay.
    Only one?


  • #39
    fran17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭fran17


    finally a rose of Tralee we can fantasize about :)


  • #40
    brooke 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭brooke 2


    'The truth in her eyes ever dawning'.....................:)


  • #41
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Lol! Dont flatter yourself. She'd probably kick you in the balls.

    Probably but that'd only turn me on more...and she wouldn't be the first lesbian either that'd change her tune after a while with me


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  • #42
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    I'd actually bet this will be a non issue in Ireland but it'll be a big deal in the US where aspects Irish America seems to be a tad stuck in about 1907 and American media assumptions about Ireland are totally inaccurate. They tend to assume we're ultra conservative.


  • #43
    Smiles35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,749 ✭✭✭Smiles35


    Everyone decided it did'nt matter enough to mention, so, GO IRELAND


  • #44
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,214 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Do you want a medal?

    I'll give you a medal when you can prove your theory.

    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



  • #45
    The Peanut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭The Peanut


    If it was the first Rose of Tralee, I'd understand why it was newsworthy.

    But 2014? People need to grow up.


  • #46
    brooke 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭brooke 2


    conditioned games wrote: »
    I was the only one to say she was a lesibon and the worst winner i have seen yet. now i.ve been proven right. I have always said young women with mens haircuts are always gay

    What's a lesibon???


  • #47
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Jogathon wrote: »
    Single mothers can't enter it. Neither can married women!

    I don't think she'd have won if they knew.

    The married women can enter Calor Housewife of the year :)

    Gay Byrne to interview them on their household management and then bake some tasty treats


  • #48
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,214 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Talib Fiasco wrote: »
    Probably but that'd only turn me on more...and she wouldn't be the first lesbian either that'd change her tune after a while with me

    Why would any woman go near you with a creepy attitude like that?

    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
    omerin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭omerin


    I don't watch the program so I am claiming ignorance here :), can anyone tell me how many single mothers made it to the TV show .... and if so (which I doubt) was any reference made to the kid?


  • #50
    RustyNut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭RustyNut


    geret wrote: »
    they can. They changed the rules in 2009? to allow mothers. married mothers are still excluded to the best of my knowledge.

    Oh jasus they will let the heathen gays in but not good christian married mothers. I blame Derek Mooney.


  • #51
    geret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭geret


    omerin wrote: »
    I don't watch the program so I am claiming ignorance here :), can anyone tell me how many single mothers made it to the TV show .... and if so (which I doubt) was any reference made to the kid?

    why would their kid be interesting to anybody?


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