Gay Ireland

Gaze

Gaze Film Festival

This festival, showing mainly films not previously screened in Ireland, is aimed not just at the Dublin gay community but at anyone interested in film.

There is a particularly strong shorts programme, as the festival is a nominating festival for the Iris Prize for the Best International Gay and Lesbian Short Film.

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Dublin Pride

Gay Friendly Ireland

Although homosexuality was not decriminalised in Ireland until 1993, things have changed rapidly since and there is an active and lively gay scene in most cities and some larger towns.

Outside of urban centres things are still a little bleak on the social front, though intolerance is rare.

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