From my piece which was published in University Times on December 8th – It was originally posted here. Let’s not talk about homophobia. Let’s not talk about law, or equal marriage. For just a few minutes let’s not even talk about the violent and heinous acts we hear of in newspapers. Let’s not talk about … Continue reading
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Speaking on air about The Day I Held My Boyfriends Hand on RTÉ – The John Murray Show
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The Day I Held My Boyfriends Hand – #HumansofHomophobia
You can read a follow up piece to this letter here I held my boyfriends hand yesterday. I caught it, as I usually do on University College Cork campus and held it until we reached the main gates, only this time I didn’t let go. We moved along the Western Road, towards Washington Street, and … Continue reading
The Night I Almost Died – An intensely personal post for #UCCTALKS14
I sat on my bed vacant with a what I can only describe as some tremendous vibrato akin to the buzzing of a bumble bee, buzzing, buzzing, buzzing, in my brain. I could feel my body vibrate, the earth shake beneath me, because In those moments I had felt a profound heaviness, sit itself upon … Continue reading