#VoteWithUs Videos that mention youth or young people as a theme are shown here.
Ciarán Maguire, a 29 year old accounting manager originally from Louth would like you to support civil marriage equality in Ireland. He recalls his experience of his brothers wedding six years ago, and how the realisation that he might never have the same thing influenced him as a young member of the LGBT society. “At the time it really struck …
Dónal Mulligan, originally from Leitrim, is a co-founder of the VoteWithUs campaign. He talks about the many thousands of positive differences that a yes vote in Ireland’s equal marriage referendum will make in people’s lives. He believes that this vote is about equality for Irish citizens but that the change will mean much much more. “We started this campaign because …
Gary O’Sullivan (23), from Sandymount in Dublin, has felt in the past that being gay was a bad thing. He believes that the introduction of equal marriage will have a beneficial effect on young gay people’s mental health, and simply be better for Irish society. “I thought being gay meant that I was worth less than ‘normal’ people. By voting …
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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 …
Brian Stapleton (31), from Loughrea in Co. Galway looks back on his school years and thinks about how homophobic bullying must have affected some of his peers. He knows homophobic bullying is still a daily misery for some. He believes the future must be better and he sees that equal marriage is part of that better future. “Right now in …
Stephen Donnelly is an Independent TD for Wicklow and East Carlow. He talks about his friends who had to leave Ireland in the past because of intolerance – his view is that it’s imperative in a modern society that all men and women are treated equally. To him, this is a very small thing we can do but it will …
Adrianne Wyse (31), from Co Dublin, believes strongly in an Ireland of equals. She wants to see a future in which all children can look forward to celebrating their wedding vows, regardless of their sexuality. “I want every little girl to grow up dreaming about her wedding day and I don’t want that to change because of her orientation. Telling people …
Fintan Warfield (22) is from Terenure in Dublin. He is a Sinn Féin Councillor on South Dublin County Council and the current Mayor of South Dublin. He talks about how so many different kinds of people around Ireland will benefit from a positive result in the referendum. For Fintan, it’s all about equality. “Imagine, for one moment, the message a ‘yes’ …