Tag: transgender
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Media Release: Strong welcome for Working Group report on Disregards for past gay convictions.
1st July 2025 This evening the Government have published the final report of the Department of Justice’s ‘Working Group to Examine the Disregards for convictions of relating to consensual sexual activity between Men’. The LGBT Restorative Justice Campaign welcome the report and the approach that the Working Group has taken to delivering on Disregards for…
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Media Release: Government must expedite legislation for Disregards for Gay Men
1st July 2025 The LGBT Restorative Justice Campaign calls on the Government to publish a timetable for the introduction of legislation to the Oireachtas that would provide for disregards of the convictions of gay men, prosecuted under the anti-gay legislation repealed in 1993. “Time is running out for those convicted under anti-gay legislation prior to…
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Media Release: Disregard Scheme offers the opportunity to right grave injustices.
1st July 2025 The LGBT Restorative Justice Campaign welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee of a public consultation on the proposed scheme to disregard the historic convictions of gay and bisexual men for consensual same-sex activities. “A grave injustice was done to gay and bisexual men who were arrested, charged, prosecuted,…
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