Ireland's gay candidate for president quits race

Ireland's most prominent gay politician, Sen. David Norris, has ended his campaign for president after declaring he was wrong to seek clemency for an ex-partner jailed in Israel for child rape.

2012 Irish Gay Presidential Favourite David Norris target of Westboro Baptist Church extremists who picket US Army funerals | IrishCentral

Gay Irish senator David Norris is now in the cross hairs of the Westboro Baptist Church run by fanatic minister Fred Phelps which pickets US soldiers funerals and claims 'God hates fags' on their website.   Norris, is favorite to become Ireland's president but now faces a  …

'The children we fostered didn't care if we were gay or straight'

This is a story about a gay Irish couple that simply wanted to make a difference. After over two years of applications and denials, they finally got their chance. And as they said: "Of all the children we cared for, not one cared if we were gay or straight."

In which I have a rant regarding the "BT" within "LGBT"

Throughout my time on the gay scene, from the beginning at the closeted days of old when I went to such pains to disguise myself and doing nothing short of wearing a balaclava to succeed from in my goal right up to last Saturday’s free bar and dancing in all my Outed glory …

Sperm donor wins access to son raised by lesbian couple

A sperm donor has won a landmark court battle in Ireland to get access to his son who is being raised by a lesbian couple.

Irish judges: Gay sperm donor should see his son

The Irish Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a gay man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple should be permitted to see his 3-year-old son regularly — in part because Ireland's constitution doesn't recognize the lesbians as a valid family unit.