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Ireland’s first same-sex wedding takes place

The first couples have tied the knot in Ireland – after the country’s marriage law came into effect following this year’s historic referendum.

The Republic of Ireland approved same-sex marriage in a landslide referendum earlier this year, by 62.07% to 37.93%.

After months of preparations and overcoming bureaucratic hurdles, the green light has been given for weddings to start from this week.

The country’s first couple to wed were Richard Dowling and Cormac Gollogly of Clonmel, who tied the knot this morning in a low-key ceremony outside the registrar office at Clonmel Community Care Centre.

Senior Registrar Mary Claire Heffernan confirmed they were the first same-sex couple to wed in the country.

Mr Dowling told RTE: “We got civil partnered on the 18th of September and all our family and friends were there, that was really our wedding day.

“This is formalising the legalities of our marriage. We wanted to try and get in the history books and be first across the line.

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He added: “I really wanted to thank everyone in the Yes Equality campaign, their hard work really paid off.

“What a seachange Ireland has been through and it’s just so lovely to have been part of it.”

Kieran Rose of the Gay & Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) said: “It is a truly joyful and historic moment, not just for lesbian and gay people, their families and friends, but for all Irish people.

“It is the end of a long legal journey that began with decriminalisation in 1993, equality legislation in 1990s, Civil Partnership in 2010 and culminated in the passing of the marriage equality referendum in May.

“But today is an especially magical moment for lesbian and gay couples who start their new journeys together as married couples.”

Rose added: “There is further work to be done to ensure that the extraordinary support and goodwill of the Irish people is translated into real change in the daily lives of LGBT people.

“Together we can create an Ireland where this and future generations of LGBT people can achieve their full potential in school, in work and in wider society on the same basis as all others.”

Northern Ireland continues to ban same-sex marriage, after the DUP used peace process powers to override a Parliamentary majority voting in favour of equal marriage.

Northern Ireland will ‘recognise’ Irish same-sex marriages as if they were civil partnerships – as it does with all same-sex marriages from elsewhere.

نتیجه یک تحقیق: زن‌ها یا به هر دو جنس گرایش دارند یا به همجنس

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نتایج پژوهشی تازه می‌گوید اگرچه زنان همجنسگرا از نظر جنسی منحصرا به زنان گرایش دارند، احتمال زیادی وجود دارد که زنانی که همجنسگرا نیستند، به هر دو جنس زن و مرد گرایش داشته باشند.

دکتر جیرولف ریگر، از دانشگاه اسکس در بریتانیا، که هدایت این تحقیق را به عهده داشته است می‌گوید: "اگرچه اکثر زنان خود را دگرجنسگرا می‌دانند، تحقیق ما نشان می‌دهد که از حیث اینکه چه چیزی برایشان تحریک‌کننده است، آنها یا به همجنس گرایش دارند یا هر دو جنس، و هیچ وقت کاملا دگرجنسگرا نیستند."

در دهه‌های اخیر مطالعات بسیاری در این زمینه انجام شده که رفتار جنسی انسان‌ها از یک الگوی ساده "مردانه - زنانه" پیروی نمی‌کند.

پژوهش تازه، که یافته‌هایش در مجله علمی شخصیت و روانشناسی اجتماعی منتشر شده، با پرسیدن سوال‌هایی از داوطلبان و همچنین سنجش سطح برانگیختگی جنسی آنها، الگوی رابطه میان هویت جنسی و تحریک جنسی را بررسی کرده است.

دکتر ریگر گفت اینکه زنانی که خود را کاملا همجنسگرا می‌دانند به طور چشمگیری بیشتر با دیدن تصاویر زنان تحریک می‌شوند، مشابه الگوی رفتاری مردان است، چرا که برای مردان عموما همان جنسی تحریک کننده است که می‌گویند به آن گرایش دارند.

اندازه‌گیری برانگیختگی جنسی

به زنانی که خود را کاملا دگرجنسگرا یا کاملا همجنسگرا می‌دانستند و همچنین زنانی که اعلام کردند به هر دو جنس گرایش دارند، تصاویری جنسی نشان داده شد و سطح برانگیختگی آنان، از طریق اندازه‌گیری شدت گرفتن جریان خون در اندام جنسی، در حین تماشای تصاویر جنسی از زنان یا مردان، اندازه‌گیری شد.

سطح برانگیختگی گروه دیگری از داوطلبانی که در این تحقیق مورد مطالعه قرار گرفتند با اندازه گیری گشاد شدن مردمک چشم به هنگام دیدن تصاویر جنسی از زنان و مردان بررسی شد.

دکتر ریگر می‌گوید اینکه زنانی که خود را دگرجنسگرا می‌دانند با دیدن تصاویر زنان برهنه هم تحریک می‌شوند لزوما به این معنی نیست که آنان تمایلات خود را سرکوب می‌کنند بلکه ممکن است نشان دهنده این باشد که هویت و رفتار جنسی زنان پیچیده‌تر از مردان است.

Most women are either gay or bisexual but ‘never straight’, says study

The study found that women respond the same way to both attractive men and women (Getty Images)

New research suggests that women who identify as heterosexual ‘very rarely are’.

The study – led by Dr Gerulf Rieger from the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex – involved 345 women.

The subjects were shown a series of videos and had their responses recorded – including whether their pupils dilated in response to sexual stimuli.

The results found that straight women were strongly sexually aroused by videos of both attractive men and attractive women – despite identifying as heterosexual.

By contrast, women who identified as lesbians exhibited a much stronger sexual response to women than to men.

Researchers found that lesbians were the most like heterosexual men in their responses because it is usually men who show distinct sexual responses to their favourite sex.

“Even though the majority of women identify as straight, our research clearly demonstrates that when it comes to what turns them on, they are either bisexual or gay, but never straight,” Dr Rieger said.

He went on to say that his study also rubbished the stereotype that lesbians who dress in a more masculine way may have more masculine behaviours.

“Although some lesbians were more masculine in their sexual arousal, and others were more masculine in their behaviours, there was no indication that these were the same women,” he said.

“This shows us that how women appear in public does not mean that we know anything about their sexual role preferences.”

Earlier this year, a similar study found that half of all young people in the UK do not identify as 100% straight.

YouGov asked 1632 people to plot themselves on a Kinsey scale of sexuality, from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual).

Just 46% of young people (aged 18-24) would rank themselves as 0 (exclusively heterosexual) – compared to 49% who picked something else.

However, the sharp increase is not due to a much greater proportion of people who are exclusively gay – with just 6% identifying as exclusively homosexual.

Rather, 43% of people identify themselves as somewhere between exclusively homosexual and exclusively heterosexual – showing people increasingly see sexuality in a less polarised way.