IMPACT activist named Cork Person of the Month
by Niall Shanahan
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| L to R; Cork Persons of the Month Kieran Rose and Arthur Leahy with Jerry Buttimer TD. |
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Long time IMPACT member and activist Kieran Rose has been named Cork Person of the Month along with Arthur Leahy. Both are long time LGBT activists and played a prominent national and local role in this year's Marriage Equality referendum. Kieran is a civil rights activist and also played a pivotal role in securing decriminalization of homosexuality in Ireland in 1993. He has been a champion of human rights and equality over the years, particularly for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. He is the current Chairman of GLEN, the gay and lesbian equality network and has worked closely with successive governments on the development of legislation in the areas of equality for lesbian and gay people. Arthur Leahy is director of Southern Gay Men's Health Project based in Cork. He is also a founder of Cork Gay Community Development Project and has had long term involvement in Cork's Quay Co-Op initiative. He is also centrally involved in a substantial Sheltered Housing initiative is also a board member of GLEN. Kieran and Arthur were nominated for the honour by Jerry Buttimer TD, and their names will now go forward for possible selection as Cork Persons of the Year at a Gala event next January.
Kieran is featured in the current edition of Work & Life under Inspiring Public Servants.
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