Ireland Said Yes!

The LGBT staff network was incredibly proud to be part of the movement that saw Ireland voting Yes to Marriage Equality on May 22nd.

A UCC Says Yes event, organised by UCC Students'  Union and supported by Yes Equality Cork and the UCC LGBT society and UCC LGBT staff network gathered UCC community members for a photoshoot on the quad in UCC. Here is a link to some announcements abou the event:

http://yesequalitycork.com/tag/cork-marriage-referendum-marriage-equality-ucc-government/ 

Our committee members played their part in various ways.

Our chairperson Laurence Davis had many newspaper articles published in the leadup to the vote:

Laurence Davis (2015) 'This referendum will be remembered as a victory for equality, democracy and love', Thejournal.ie, 24 May 2015: http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/referendum-victory-for-equality-democracy-and-love-2119506-May2015/

Laurence Davis (2015) 'Marriage equality fight must be just the start', Evening Echo, 7 May 2015: http://pages.cdn.pagesuite.com/1/f/1f95f8ef-651c-45aa-8e88-03a74a5220b8/page.pdf

Laurence Davis (2015) 'What we talk about when we talk about love equality', The Sunday Times, 22 March 2015: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/News/article1534603.ece

Laurence Davis (2015) 'The fight for gay marriage is only the start of a long struggle', Irish Examiner, 19 February 2015: http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/the-fight-for-gay-marriage-is-only-the-start-of-a-long-struggle-313385.html

Cathal Kerrigan's letter was published in the Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/marriage-referendum-the-final-days-of-campaign-1.2214488 

Watch our webmaster Rebecca Murphy on Huffington Post Live:

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/irish-voters-head-to-polls-for-landmark-lgbt-vote/555f89062b8c2aba45000278