Leo Varadkar was in the Sunday Times yesterday, proclaiming that the 2015 referendum to legalise marriage between people of the same sex – the tenth anniversary of which falls this week – to have been “his best day in politics”. But, following in the footsteps of Mr. Rory “Panti Bliss” O’Neill last week, he also issued something of a warning:
“Homophobia, transphobia, racism and misogyny seem to be more socially acceptable today than five years ago as the discourse from the internet spills over into real life. I know gay couples who would be willing to hold hands or kiss in public in Madrid but still would not in Dublin. Last weekend an openly gay professional sportsman I met told me he had no issue with his team-mates, who are in their mid to late twenties, but when it came to those aged 18-24 it was “like being back in high school”.
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