Coming Out: Irish Gay Experiences Book

	Complete reversal	17
	I, deaf, lesbian	22
	Father and son I	29
	Father and son II	32
	Fragments of a fairy	35
	A woman dispossessed	45
	I never knew I was gay	52
	Mary and Joe	58
	Silent screams	60
	Dublin in the rare auld times	63
	A rambling garden	67
	How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?	72
	Enjoying retirement	80
	Life begins	84
	Coming to terms with being gay	89
	Out of the cold I have called my son	93
	My teenage friend coming out to me	106
	My grandmother, God and I	108
	Two ordinary lives	111
	Mary, my daughter	121
	Gay in the shadows	123
	Lesbian mums and their baby boy	127
	A bad story with a good ending	134
	David	140
	Being gay : it's only part of who I am	147
	A chat in the kitchen	151
	I was so lucky with my gay son	156
	Enniscence	164
	So far along the road	176
	'Til deceit do us part	181
	Being different in a rural area	184
	Changing through life's journey	188
	Coming and going	191
	A window on my soul	197
	We're gay but still mums	206
	Growing up gay in the '90s	211
	Priesthood : no place to hide	223
	The Saturday night lad	228
	Galway wedding	235
	My gay dad	239
	To A.	242
	The Bible and Christian living : homosexuality as a test case	247
	Love's endeavour, loves expense	260
	The Garda gay liaison officer	269
	Implementing equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people	275
	Welcoming church	279