EILE Magazine Nov/Dec 2018 (Vol. 5, Issue 12)

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Transgender boxer wins in historic pro debut Patricio Manuel made boxing history on Saturday night, becoming the first transgender male to fight professionally in the United States. Manuel, 34, beat Hugo Aguilar by unanimous decision in Indio, Calif., on a Golden Boy Boxing fight card. Afterward, as he heard

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some detractors in the unprecedented decision. audience, Manuel vowed to continue fighting, and That led to a pair of try to win them over. amateur fights — he won the first in a three-round “I hear some fans aren’t decision, and lost the happy, it’s OK, I’ll be second — before his pro back. I’ll make them debut on Saturday night. happy then”, Manuel said during his in-ring Fresh off the win over interview. Aguilar, Manuel insisted he’s looking to a future Manuel began his in the ring. transition to male shortly after being “I’m not in here just eliminated in the 2012 for one show, for one US Olympic Trials, fight”, he said. “This is having withdrawn after something I love. I’m not one fight with an injury. done with this sport. I’ll be back”. He eventually convinced the California Boxing — Field Level Media Commission to approve an amateur licence, after (eile.ie 11 December 2018) it had hesitated with the


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Rainbow Project NI

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Artist Charlotte Prodger wins Britain's Turner Prize With Phone Video About Coming Out

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pages 84-85

Social Slurs

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Transgender Boxer Wins in Historic Pro Debut

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pages 80-81

LGBTQ Individuals In Wrestling and Wrestling Management

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Portugal

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pages 76-77

British Lawmaker Comes Out as HIV Positive to Tackle Stigma

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Irish Horror 'The Hole in the Ground' To Have World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival

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New Novel By Glenn Quigley

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Frances Winston On Movies; The Girl in the Spider's Web

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Frances Winston On Movies; Ralph Breaks the Internet

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Frances Winston on Movies; Aquaman

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Frances Winston on Movies

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Get Back Your Zest!

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Enjoy a trip of a lifetime to the Deep South

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Review - The Band Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin

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Irish Government Aims to Join Equal Rights Coalition

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The Party Season!

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