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A colour photograph of Senator David Norris addressing a group of people outside the gates to the Dáil with a big pink cake reading happy birthday and candles.

A seminal moment in the struggle for gay rights in Ireland, captured by the great Christopher Robson. In October 1988, David Norris won his case in the European Court of Human Rights that the criminal laws on homosexuality were unjust and must be changed. Four years later, the Government had done nothing to implement these changes, and indeed stated that such law reforms “were at the bottom of the list of priorities.” In response, the Gay & Lesbian Equality Network [GLEN] held a “Fourth Birthday Party for Norris.” A huge pink cake was carried through the city, and TDs and Senators were invited to the party outside the Dáil, which was addressed by Senator Norris.

A purple ticket with shiny writing for the Quatercentary Trinity Ball. Blacktie ad on back.

Letter from the Lord Mayor, Gay Mitchell’s office saying ‘Breakfast on the occasion of the conferring of the Honorary Freedom of the city of Dublin on Mother Teresa 2nd June, 1993’ and lists the menu which is made up of Irish produce.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta trained at Loreto Abbey in Rathfarnham. This letter from the office of the Lord Mayor confirms the breakfast menu for the occasion of her acceptance of the Freedom of Dublin. The food was provided by Superquinn, and a traditional full Irish breakfast included bacon, sausages, eggs, tomatoes and black and white pudding. Mother Teresa was not a vegetarian.

A colour photograph of a group of people at the Pride Parade with banners behind them.

The 1993 Pride Parade was held the day after the old criminal laws were abolished, and the celebrations on the steps of the Central Bank were, in the words of photographer Christopher Robson, “wild and memorable.”

A colour photograph of the National Gay and Lesbian Federation float in the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community were not allowed to march as a group in the famous New York St. Patrick’s Day parade. To mark the difference in Ireland, the Dublin community applied to enter the Dublin parade. Their float won a prize.

A colour photograph of Tom McGinty dressed as a cavalier in a frame with the caption 'the not so laughing cavalier' and with bare legs below the frame.

Thom McGinty, better known as the Diceman, was a street performer in the 1980s and early 1990s. He came to Ireland in 1976 to work as a model. The name Diceman came from a shop that sold role-playing games. In the 1980s and early 1990s, McGinty became well-known for performances on Grafton Street where he would sometimes work as a mime artist or would otherwise perform in costume, advertising the shop. He is pictured here as the Not So Laughing Cavalier. McGinty was diagnosed with HIV in 1990 and died in 1995.