Cork pinks up for gay Olympics

By: watches2010 Mood: Date: 01/31/2010 18:32:45 Music: None

CORK is to hold a gay Olympics finishing off with a "mince marathon", it was revealed yesterday.

Cork Gay Project's David Roche said the sporting event would be teamed with the city's gay pride parade on May 28.

Mr Roche said: "Basically we have taken some of the more popular Olympics events and queered them up!

"We will have the high-heeled dash, the handbag discus, and of course the mince marathon.

"There will also be a football match between the men and women, and we hope to have a lot of fun!"

Mr Roche, the group's community development manager, promised the day's events would be a colourful affair.

He said: "This project is largely about fun, but it is also about awareness of the struggle for gay rights. People forget that it was illegal to be gay in Ireland only 13 years ago."