Colm Finlay | LGBT Correspondent When Leo Varadkar, the Minister for Health, publicly came out as gay on Sunday, he said that his sexuality was no secret, but that it was not something he felt comfortable discussing until recently. The response to his coming out has been largely positive, both in mainstream media as well as on social media. Many online commentators have expressed apathy towards his announcement, saying that his sexuality does not matter or is irrelevant, and some have gone so far as to ask that he simply “sort out the hospitals”. Clearly, Irish society has got to a point where, in some … Continue reading LGBT Safe Spaces