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RE: https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/114810708153094667 I meant to re-post this yesterday. Anyway: happy (belated) anniversary to decriminalisation in Ireland. 🎉 🥂 #MastoDaoine #QueerHistory #QueerStory #Pride #DublinPride #OnThisDay

This is long overdue, and a welcome change to have convictions in Ireland under a Victorian law for sexual activity between men *disregarded* rather than *pardoned* as was an earlier legislative proposal. Still, the proposed statutory requirement that people apply, prompting a "review" seems overly bureaucratic - why not disregard all such convictions under the 1861 law? https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0627/1580581-disregard-legislation/ #MastoDaoine #Decriminalisation #Persecution #Discrimination #Pride #DublinPride

Meanwhile, I trust that transparency, access, and deletion of the files kept by An Garda Síochána on hundreds of gay men in Dublin - which, as far as anyone knows, are retained *to this day* - will soon follow. This by Shamim Malekmian in @dublininquirer@mastodon.ie from 2022: "Forty years ago gardaí interviewed hundreds of gay men while searching for a killer - and they still have all the files" https://www.dublininquirer.com/forty-years-ago-gardai-interviewed-hundreds-of-gay-men-while-searching-for-a-killer-and-they-still-have-all-the-files/ #MastoDaoine #Decriminalisation #Persecution #Discrimination #Pride #DublinPride

Meanwhile, Dublin Dyke March was AMAZING. THOUSANDS of queers, dykes, trans peeps, non-binary folk, and all/some/none of the above taking over the streets of Dublin, and re-capturing the true spirit of Pride - protest, joy, solidarity - and the theme of the event, "Resist and Persist." ✊🏼❤️ https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/116815567597536939 #DublinDykeMarch #DykeMarch #DublinPride #Dublin #Pride

And later, as dusk fell - keeping that same Dyke March spirit alive - the scenes on Parliament Street, in the shadow of City Hall, were off the charts epic, riotous, anarchic joy, celebration, and defiance. #DublinDykeMarch #DykeMarch #DublinPride #Dublin #Pride