A life dedicated to advancing LGBT+ rights

It is 40 years ago this year that the Cork Gay Collective was set up

Donal Sheehan, Kieran Rose, Sandra Rose and Brendan Ryan at the Diverse Communities book launch in 1994.

For almost half a century Kieran Rose has been a constant voice in advancing LGBT+ rights in Ireland, a lifetime dedicated to the cause of a progressive, inclusive and diverse society.

Dating back to his early years with the Cork Gay Collective in the 1980s, where he led the successful efforts to get the Irish Trade Union Movement to support gay rights, his involvement with the Gay Lesbian Equality Network successfully lobbied for the 1993 Criminal Law Amendment Act that finally decriminalised sexual activity between males in the Republic of Ireland.