Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Roderic O’Gorman
A small group of people with a very clear agenda have been making allegations about me on social media over the last few days.
I’m taking this opportunity to set the record straight. pic.twitter.com/AKKLkauYvg
— Roderic O’Gorman TD (@rodericogorman) July 6, 2020
This morning.
Minister for Children rejects ‘ridiculous’ online claims over paedophilia (irish Times)
Previously: ‘Report, Report, Report’
Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu claims Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman is being bullied
I see trolls are out in force for my colleague @rodericogorman. Posting lies & creatively editing things people have written to present as ‘facts’.
Well our new Minister must be doing something right if these idiots are after him. Don’t let bullying win, report report report!
— Hazel Chu (@hazechu) July 3, 2020
Last night.
Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu responds to online criticism of her Green Party colleague Roderic O’Gorman and his ties to British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
Ms Chu urged her followers to report ‘trolls’ who are posting ‘creatively-edited’ lies about Mr O’Gorman, the newly-apppointed Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration.
Mr Tatchell had stated in a 1997 letter that friends as young as nine had sexual experiences with adults which gave them “great joy”.
This week, a tweet (top) from 2018 showing Mr O’Gorman with Mr Tatchell, who was guest of the Green Party at the Dublin Pride Parade, resurfaced.
Previously: Consenting
Meanwhile…
As someone who was targetted for my sexuality I'm very familiar with homophobia.
The questions @rodericogorman is failing to answer are not about his sexuality but about his suitability for Childrens minister based on who he has been a cheerleader for. That is not homophobia. pic.twitter.com/CNOs1NOE0A— Keith Mills (@KeithMillsD7) July 4, 2020
Happy Pride! Delighted that @PeterTatchell is marching with @greenparty_ie today🌈🌈🌈#DublinPride #dubw pic.twitter.com/E9L0ukxTLX
— Roderic O’Gorman TD (@rodericogorman) June 30, 2018
This morning.
In a two-year-old tweet (above) being shared again online, newly-appointed Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Roderic O’Gorman (above left), of the Green Party, poses with veteran British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell (in green shirt) at the 2018 Dublin pride.
In a letter to The Guardian in 1997 (above), Mr Tatchell stated that friends as young as nine had sexual experiences with adults which gave them “great joy”.
Mr Tatchell, who has called for the age of consent to be 14 in the UK, claimed that not all sex involving children was “unwanted, abusive or harmful”.
He later said the letter had been edited and issued a ‘Statement Of Clarification’.
Mr Tatchell said:
“The printed version [of the letter] did not include my point that I oppose adults having sex with children. I empathise with victims of child sex abuse and agree for the vast majority of children, sex with adults is neither wanted nor joyful.”
Peter Tatchell: Statement Of Clarification
Update:
A clip from the 2018 Pride Debate. @PeterTatchell advocates forcing parents that don’t want their kids in the new Sex Ed classes to pick up their kids from schools. He says this wears them down and forces the resistance rate for the classes down to 0 😳#IrelandsPedoGate pic.twitter.com/SfDL3HjwRH
— Professor JennyQ (@jenny87797866) July 1, 2020
My letter was edited. It still says paedophila is “impossible to condone”. This means I condemn it. I oppose adults having sex with children. I’ve supported abuse victims & campaigned for proposals to help combat abuse https://t.co/DBZ7bFnXQY
— Peter Tatchell (@PeterTatchell) July 1, 2020
Tonight.
