Tag: writing
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Parting Shot: GCN: Justice is in sight for men convicted under anti-gay laws.
March 2026 By Karl Hayden. Published in the GCN, March 2026 Intimate and loving consensual relationships between men in Ireland have been criminalised for hundreds of years. First common law, then English law, then Irish law treated gay men not as citizens but as criminals. The 1533 Buggery Act carried the death penalty. The Offences…
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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,…
LGBT Disregard 