more classic drag. yeah. and there is the likes of me, say, a girl doing drag. that was certainly quite unusual, you know, in ireland anyway. change has come here only relatively recently, however. but legendary female impersonator danny la rue came from cork and went on to become one of the 1960s highest paid entertainers. but that success and acceptance was mostly found in britain after moving there as a child. ireland back then was such a different place, entirely different different attitudes and different outlook. it was only in, i believe, 93 that homosexuality was actually decriminalised. so i lots of people that i know from that time upped sticks and moved. they might have gone to the uk or wherever they went, went to a country that was more liberal with its attitudes, or where the community was larger so you could feel that security.
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say, a girl doing drag. that was certainly quite unusual, you know, in ireland anyway. change has come here only relatively recently, however. but legendary female impersonator danny la rue came from cork and went on to become one of the 1960s highest paid entertainers. but that success and acceptance was mostly found in britain after moving there as a child. ireland back then was such a different place, entirely different different attitudes and different outlook. it was only in, i believe, 93 that homosexuality was actually decriminalised. so i lots of people that i know from that time upped sticks and moved. they might have gone to the uk or wherever they went, went to a country that was more liberal with its attitudes, or where the community was larger so you could feel that security. and then, of course, ireland has progressed so much. # gonna get married. ireland was the first country to legalise gay marriage in 2015 through a referendum. all cheer.
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