The George was homophobically vandalised, and Twitter responded
Last night, on the anniversary of the Marriage Equality referendum, the iconic LGBT bar The George was vandalised.
The bar and club, which has maintained its place on South Georges Street, Dublin since 1987, was defaced with homophobic slurs.
The offensive language included the use of the term 'f*****,' with the phrase 'f****** out' scrawled across the door of the venue.
The George being vandalised is such an upsetting thing pic.twitter.com/VL6taoLBqz
— Co (@ConanGShore) May 20, 2017
The hateful language was accompanied by etchings of swastikas.
The bar opened eight years before homosexuality was legalised in Ireland, and this weekend intended to host celebrations for the second anniversary of the Yes Equality referendum.
'Gardaí in Pearse Street are investigating this incident,' a Gardaí spokesperson confirmed.
Twitter has been responding to the vandalism:
@ConanGShore Clearly more than just antisocial behaviour and there must be lots of CCTV around there.
— Ruth McAvinia (@ruthie147) May 20, 2017
@isaaccp This isn't our Dublin, this is the angry hate of a small small small minority
— Co (@ConanGShore) May 20, 2017
@ConanGShore My stomach fully lurched what the fuck
— Ellen Tannam (@incogellen) May 20, 2017
@ConanGShore Why can't they let us have nice things
— FÍA (@punchedmonet_) May 20, 2017
@ConanGShore I can only imagine how it makes LGBTQ people feel. I am so sorry
— Kate McEvoy (@ImKateMc) May 20, 2017
Me, but everytime you do homophobic shit I get gayer
— Mother (@su6lime) May 20, 2017
@ConanGShore @colettebrowne I don't think this is representative of Ireland or Irish thoughts on homosexuality. Probably the actions of a moronic teenager.
— James O Connor (@JamesOC09392973) May 20, 2017
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