Using primary archival material, this article explores the role of students and universities in the campaign for gay rights in Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s. At a time when few organisations in Ireland involved themselves in the campaign for gay rights, student bodies facilitated the promotion of gay rights, interaction between gay rights organisations and students and challenged the legal and societal attitudes towards homosexuality in Ireland. In doing so, universities, both north and south of the border, became important spaces of gay rights activism, both in terms of the activities taking place there, but also symbolically, as gay and lesbian students challenged their right to claim a space within their respective universities, something denied to them in the past. Moreover, through the use of the student press, conferences and campaigns to gain official recognition for gay societies, students helped to promote a broader discussion on gay rights in Ireland. This case study analysis of gay rights activism on Irish universities offers an insight into the importance of exploring the efforts of students beyond the long 1960s, arguing that students continued to be important agents in challenging the status quo in Ireland and transforming Irish social norms.

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“同性恋不是问题——它不会对你造成任何伤害，而且可以带来很多乐趣”：爱尔兰大学的学生和同性恋权利运动，1970 年代至 1980 年代

本文使用原始档案材料，探讨了学生和大学在 1970 年代和 1980 年代爱尔兰同性恋权利运动中的作用。在爱尔兰很少有组织参与同性恋权利运动的时候，学生团体促进了同性恋权利的促进、同性恋权利组织与学生之间的互动，并挑战了爱尔兰对同性恋的法律和社会态度。在这样做的过程中，边界北部和南部的大学成为同性恋权利激进主义的重要空间，无论是在那里发生的活动方面，还是象征性的，因为同性恋学生挑战他们在他们的生活中要求空间的权利。各自的大学，过去被他们拒绝的东西。此外，通过使用学生出版社，在为同性恋社团获得官方认可的会议和运动中，学生们帮助促进了关于爱尔兰同性恋权利的更广泛讨论。这个关于爱尔兰大学同性恋权利激进主义的案例研究分析提供了对探索 1960 年代以后学生努力的重要性的洞察，认为学生仍然是挑战爱尔兰现状和改变爱尔兰社会规范的重要推动者。