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@clickhere@mastodon.ie9th September 1982: Declan Flynn is killed in a homophobic beating in Dublin’s Fairview Park. His death sparked a protest that influenced Ireland’s Pride movement.
(via #GCN magazine)
GCNDeclan Flynn: The Fairview Park murder that ignited the Irish Pride movementOne unseasonably warm evening in September 1982, ‘The Rollers’ had one aim: to rid Fairview Park of “steamers”. Their crusade ended in a brutal murder that would change gay Ireland forever.
@clickhere May this awful crime, the ridiculous sentence, and Declan Flynn be remembered.
@FionnulaMac I hope so.