Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Snowdrops and daffodils...



For no apparent reason, today's Irish Times reports that gay bullying is a still a problem in Ireland. Well let me be the first to congratulate them on that fantastic piece of investigative journalism.

National Lesbian of Ireland and ex-nun, Anna Nolan, warned that homophobic bullying can lead to young people feeling suicidal. In order to raise awareness of suicide prevention she is promoting Suicide Snowdrops. The snowdrops cost €3 and are available from M&S, Dunnes and wait for it, Veritas!

Veritas? Well it turns out that the oul' Veritas bookshop has a few books on homosexuality. It's books like these, which back up the misguided on notions of bigots that being gay is somehow wrong. So long as myths like these are propagated, people will feel that they are justified in their bullying.


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