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Ciaran shares his personal experience of growing up gay in an honest and forthright manner. His earnest wish is for people to bear in mind the trauma that LGBT youth have suffered in their lives and how a yes vote will go a long way to alleviating that disadvantage.
Shane Hegarty is a journalist and author from Skerries. While he will not be directly affected by the outcome of the equal marriage referendum, he knows that thousands across Ireland will be, and he’s voting yes for them. ‘I have four young children and when I was growing up, Ireland was an at times cruel place and an openly discriminatory …
Eimhin is a 27 year old historian living and working in Dublin. He’s been on the receiving end of homophobia and dreams of an Ireland where no child grows up fearful of expressing their true identity. “We can do nothing about the past, but we can create a future where all children have an opportunity o be happy in themselves. …
Mícheál and Gary met 15 years ago in Galway and have been happily together ever since. They got engaged 12 years ago and entered into a Civil Partnership four years ago. As there is no equivalent of an Irish civil partnership in Australia, where they now live, their union is not recognised there. For many reasons, they would like to …
Neil is a 30 year old Irishman living in London and working there as a journalist. He has watched a lot of videos that talk about great reasons to vote yes, but he thinks his is fairly straight forward: gay people are good people who deserve to be treated equally. And so he’s proud to fly home in May to …
Joe O’Connor, from Kilmore in Co. Roscommon, is an Organiser with IMPACT Trade Union and took part in their video day. “Passing this referendum isn’t, as some people would make it out to be, some kind of a leap into the dark. It would be a majestic jump towards fairness, equality ad equal rights for young people and LGBTQ citizens …
Helena Clarke, from Claremorris in Co. Mayo, is a Communications Executive from IMPACT Trade Union and took part in their video day. “[My husband and my son] are the main reasons I’ll be voting yes for marriage equality on May 22nd because the idea that other people are prevented from having a marriage and building a life with the person …
Con is a terminal manager in Dublin’s docks. As a father and grandfather, he wants Ireland to be a more tolerant place for his children. “By Voting in favour of marriage equality, we are not just allowing same sex couple to marry – we are shaping a country that is more tolerant, more accepting of the LGBT community”
Paul Murphy is an Anti-Austerity Alliance TD for Dublin South West and a member of the Socialist Party. He’s certain that voters won’t be tempted into voting against this referendum if they don’t like the current Government – people are more intelligent and more compassionate than that. “I think people know that the best way to strike a blow against …
Michael Barron is the Director of BeLonG To, an organisation to support LGBT young people in Ireland, which he co-founded in 2003. In his video, Michael speaks about the positive effect that a strong yes vote could have on the lives of countless young Irish people and appeals for you to vote with him to support equal marriage. ‘This referendum …