Maura Healey is traveling to Ireland next week to address local lawmakers on the country’s 30th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality, her office said Tuesday afternoon. During her first international trip as governor, Healey plans to speak at a series of business-focused events and offer remarks to the Irish Senate in Dublin over the course of her three-day visit. Healey said she is “honored” to have been invited to Ireland as a granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Irish immigrants and the first openly LGBTQ governor of Massachusetts. Ireland decriminalized homosexuality in June 1993 and legalized same-sex marriage in May 2015, becoming the first country to do so on a national level. After a clean tech, energy, and sustainability roundtable hosted by UMass Lowell on Wednesday, Healey is scheduled to attend a “Homecoming: JFK in Ireland” panel discussion and reception in Dublin.

Source: The Herald June 21, 2023 02:42 UTC