Laura Dowling

the body parts of me just don't belong to me and yet I was bombarded online for believing that trans trans rights is the right thing because of certain directions by right-wing conservatives yeah and then but we park all that for a second because you're like in okay well I'm a politician I put my hand up and got involved for a reason I have a team that supports me

If I need help, I have money in my pocket to be able to get that help.

I couldn't imagine being a gay kid in the ass end of rural Europe and terrified to come out because of my physical or emotional or medical safety.

It's wild.

Okay.

Eastern countries are... Eastern Europe?

Yeah, Eastern Europe.

But we don't have full visibility over conversion therapy in particular or LGBTI rights.

in any point.

I mean, you have like the UN, you have an organization called ILGA in Ireland here you have belonged to.

I mean, I could name a bunch that are consistently doing reports to say this is getting worse, this is getting worse.

But it's very difficult to have a full understanding of someone's lived experience on a paper, on a black and white paper and trying to convince somebody on this.

They're in front of you like we are having this conversation and people are shedding light to it.

But it is happening.

It is absolutely happening.

Yeah.

I often laugh about this, but it's really not funny.

So in 2019, when I decided to run, one of the famous Berks, who clearly hasn't spent enough time in jail, created a website that's still active.

And if you Google Maria Walsh and Europe, you'll find it.

And that I brainwashed children to being gay.