Should i be proud to be gay

It says a lot about how attitudes have changed, both in the gay and the straight community, since decriminalisation 10 years ago". Gay bars down back-street lanes with blacked out windows are largely a thing of the past. Gay-friendly nights are the norm in towns such as Castlebar and Roscommon. In Dublin, mixed bars - where gay and straight people socialise together - are proving popular. And they can be great places for people who have yet to make up their minds. What's missing, though, is a gay quarter, which most other modern cities have.

The gay scene needs a heart, which it just doesn't have at the moment. Observers say the age at which gays, lesbians and bisexuals are "coming out" is getting younger. TV programmes such as Will and Grace and Tipping the Velvet promote an image of gays and lesbians that moves away from the stereotypes and gives people confidence in expressing their sexuality.

Dave, an academic originally from the north-west of Ireland but now living in Dublin, was astounded at how well his parents took it when he came out. He met his boyfriend Michael, a barrister, through the Internet dating service Gaydar.

There is strength in culture and polity that is not monolithic. It is something to be celebrated. We have the opportunity — just in our vast and variegated country — to value our differences and, at the same time, to rejoice in the espoused values that unite us.

Now that would be something to be proud of all year round. Unless one indicates otherwise, one is assumed to be straight and cisgender. Want to write for Novak Education? Submit your guest post for consideration.

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It's a hedonistic and mentally overpowering walk with a thousand others, watched by thousands of allies. And, usually, the occasional little group of chanters, to one side, who attempt to shout away our love. They never seem to learn that we sing louder - and prouder. Every time I walk on the parade, I have always been mindful of those that fought, and shouted, and cried, and died to make that all possible.

And I think of those countries in our world, in , where homosexuality is still a criminal offence. Where you can be hanged for being gay. Where you can be legally murdered for being transsexual. Where I could not write all these words in this blog. I'm proud of Pride and, yes, we should party and blow whistles and cover ourselves with glitter - all of us!