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Vigils in memory of Michael Snee & Aidan Moffitt

A number of vigils in memory of Michael Snee & Aidan Moffitt will be held across the country in the coming days.
If more should be added, we will update this post with new info in the comments.
As of now, these are the vigils confirmed. Please check locally in case there are any changes.

Belfast: Friday, April 15, 6pm, City Hall
Cork: Monday, April 18, 6pm, Bishop Lacey Park
Carlow: Friday, April 15 , 6pm, Liberty Tree Fountain
Dublin: Friday, April 15, 6pm, Dáil Éireann
Galway, City: Saturday, April 16, 7pm, Eyre Square
Galway, Loughrea: Friday, April 15, 5 pm, The Long Point
Kerry, Tralee: Monday, April 18, 7pm, The Square
Kildare, Newbridge: Friday, April 15, 6pm, Liffey Linear Park
Killkenny: Friday, April 15, 6:30pm, Town Hall
Laois, Portlaoise: Friday, April 15, 6pm, Laois County Council Plaza
Leitrim, Carrick-on-Shannon: Monday, April 18, 6pm, Town Clock.
Limerick: Monday, April 18, 6pm, Arthur’s Quay
Louth, Drogheda: Friday, April 15, 6pm, Tholsel
Louth, Dundalk: Friday, April 15, 6pm, Town Square
Mayo, Ballina: Wednesday, April 20, 9pm, Tom Ruane Park
Sligo: Friday, April 15, 6pm, Town Hall
Tipperary, Clonmel: Friday, April 15, 7:30pm, Main Guard, O’Connell Street, Clonmel
Tyrone, Omagh: Friday, April 15, 7pm, Omagh Courthouse
Waterford: Friday, April 15, 6pm, John Roberts Square
Westmeath, Mullingar: Friday, April 15, 6pm, Mullingar Park
Wexford: Friday, April 15, 7pm, Wexford Quay
Wicklow, Arklow: Monday, April 18, 6pm, Arklow Bandstand
Wicklow, Blessington: Saturday, April 16, 6pm, The Square in Blessington
Wicklow, Bray: Friday, April 15, 5pm, Bray Bandstand

From https://gcn.ie/vigils-michael-snee-aidan-moffitt-across-ireland/

Gender is a spectrum

I run into a lot of peope on twitter who spout harmful anti trans rethoric. Some of them seek me out cos I use the term pregnant people when discussing reproductive rights.

I rarely see it here on fb, Esp on friends time lines thankfully, how ever I am still going to make a statement.

Gender is between a person’s ears.

Transmen are men.
Transwomen are women.

Genderfuild people are either, & I respect them by being mindful of them, thier presentation on any given day, and which ever name/pronoun combination they need me to use.

Non gender binary people are those who are somewhere on the gender spectrum, I respect them by not expecting them to conform in any way to my ideas of gender presentation & using thier correct pronouns and names.

Agender people do not relate to being anywhere on the gender spectrum, I respect them by using the names and pronouns they need me to and by trying to not make gendered statements or assumptions about them.

Acknowledgement and acceptance are part of respect.

Gender is a spectrum, all people deserve respect.

Respect also means not outing a person to other people and being mindful when in public what I say. My words no matter how respectful may, in public but a person in danger or be used by strangers as an excuse to abuse or ridicule.

Yes this is far from the idea of people I grew up with, but life and people are always more wonderful than how it was dumbed down, to create sexist stereotypes.

I am always glad for the world stories and fantastic fiction I read as a teen which made me ponder beyond the gender binary.

I have zero time for not respecting people’s gender.

In Ireland we don’t have lgbtqi people being gunned down

In Ireland we don’t have lgbtqi people being gunned down, but we still have lives lost due to Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia.

Achieving marriage equality has not stopped lgbtqi people being beaten up.

Achieving marriage equality has not stopped lgbtqi people from ending their own lives.

Achieving has not stopped lgbtqi people’s potential being crippled by the impact Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia has on their mental health.

Achieving marriage equality has not stopped lgbtqi people from being or becoming homeless, from living in poverty, from struggling with addiction, due to the impact on mental health & emotional well being.

Achieving marriage equality has not stopped lgbtqi young people from having to stay at ‘home’ in nonsupporting toxic spaces, as they can not afford to move out.

Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia in Ireland ruins and takes lives in far slower crueler ways then bullets.

The LGBT Helpline is Opening early to day, from 4pm on wards.
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