Edel Coffey: The risk of violence, persecution, loss of life is real for the LGBT+ community

Edel Coffey. Picture: Ray Ryan
‘In a world where ye can be anything, just be yourself.’
That was the caption that Olympic boxing star Kellie Harrington wrote on her tweet announcing her marriage to her wife Mandy Loughlin a few weeks ago. They were both dressed in white wedding outfits, their cute tuxedo-clad dogs sitting at their feet. It was a beautiful sentiment with a beautiful image of the happy couple.