After Marriage Equality in Ireland
Feb 11, 2016, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
The Graduate Center, CUNY, Room 9207
The recent marriage equality referendum in Ireland was a historic event and is what could be the first of many countries throughout Europe who pass marriage equality through a vote. CLAGS, in partnership with the Queens College Irish Studies Program, will be the first to host speaker Quentin Fottrell, an Irish member of the LGBT community to convey the background, buildup and aftermath of the...
After Marriage Equality in Ireland
Feb 11, 2016, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
The Graduate Center, CUNY, Room 9207
The recent marriage equality referendum in Ireland was a historic event and is what could be the first of many countries throughout Europe who pass marriage equality through a vote. CLAGS, in partnership with the Queens College Irish Studies Program, will be the first to host speaker Quentin Fottrell, an Irish member of the LGBT community to convey the background, buildup and aftermath of the vote in the historically Catholic country. Q&A and Discussion revolving around the referendum, and about the future implications for marriage equality across all of Europe.
Quentin Fottrell is an Irish columnist, author, advice columnist, journalist and critic. He was the Irish correspondent for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal from 2003 to 2011, wrote for The Irish Times between 2007 and 2010 and is currently working as a financial journalist in New York, and has also written extensively about gay civil rights over the years.
Here's a sample: http://blogs.wsj.com/expat/2015/05/23/as-ireland-voted-for-same-sex-marriage-thousands-of-expats-came-hometovote/
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