Cork gay club

Jen Bowler said growing up in Tralee was challenging as it did not have venues for gay people to socialise that were free of prejudice. Jen Bowler. Jen is living in Cork for 20 years having attended college to study music. Enter your email address below and click 'Sign Up' to receive the This is Kerry newsletter direct to your inbox.

Please check your inbox to verify your details. Vibe will offer an environment that was absent for Jen when she was transitioning between her teenage and adult years as a gay woman.

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When I was 18, there was nothing for gay people. When Jen first moved to Cork she frequented a gay bar called Instinct and found there was no issue with being gay in a busy city. There was a feeling of group support that being gay in Tralee lacked. Jen says prior to Vibe, there was no official gay bar even in Munster.

I play in a band and we take bookings for weddings and events like that. But running a bar is going to be different. I plan to twin the two jobs. Jen says cork there are pop up gay events that take place regularly in Cork, not having a permanent venue is at odds with the vibrancy of the gay community in the city. Even when I announced the news that Vibe was opening online, many of the things that were said about me were awful.

I want to make people feel safe and that they can go somewhere to meet someone, or whatever. Life is good for Jen at the moment as she gets set to club her club while looking ahead to getting married to Caroline in April. Legally, I can get married now and that is great, even if it feels slightly as if I gay been allowed get married.

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