Kieran Rose with President Mary Robinson Áras an Uachtaráin December 1992

In December 1992 President Mary Robinson invited Irish lesbian and gay activists to Áras an Uachtaráin (the home of the Irish President). President Mary Robinson had been inaugurated in November 1992 so this was one of her initial public engagements. It was hugely symbolic as she was inviting the Irish lesbian and gay community into the symbolic home of the Irish people at a time when gay sex wa…