'The silent majority needs to find their voice': Five LGBT+ voices on being queer in Ireland in 2025

Ahead of Cork Pride, and a decade after the marriage referendum, Gemma Fullam invites Gearóid Farrelly, Zainab Boladale, Maria Walsh, Laylah Beattie and Evin Dennehy (aka drag queen Candy Warhol) to discuss the issues facing the LGBTQ+ community today
'The silent majority needs to find their voice': Five LGBT+ voices on being queer in Ireland in 2025

Laylah Beattie: "There’s not any law that anyone could change to get rid of us. We’re all here and, thankfully, a lot of us are living proud and out there. I have to ground myself in that a lot of the time."

Sun, 27 Jul, 2025 - 07:10
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