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Participants in the 2015 gay pride in Dublin, the first one since the referendum that approved gay marriage. (Photo: William Murphy)

How has Ireland's gay rights referendum changed activism?

Five months after gay marriage was approved by the Irish public in a landmark referendum, the office of Irish president Michael Higgins formally signed the country’s new marriage equality law into effect on Thursday (29 October).

On that same day, on the other side of Europe, gay rights activists gathering in Athens from across the continent fretted that the high-profile victory could lead some to draw the wrong conclusions.

The activists were meeting at the annual conference of ...

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