Gaylgeoirí: Walking a mile in my high heels - for Movember
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Cian Griffin who plays for Na Gaeil Aeracha, an LGBTQ+ football team based in Dublin will be walking 30 km, wearing a pair of women’s high heels, as part of an event that he has organised for this year’s Movember. Photograph Moya Nolan
Cian Griffin has a flamboyant online alter ego known as @gaylgeoirí.
The 28-year-old Wicklow native uses social media to kickstart conversations about what it means to be a man in today’s Ireland.
One day, he might post a photo of himself in a wedding dress. The next, he could be posing in his GAA football kit.
![Cian Griffin: Because there were no openly gay sports players then, I thought gay people didn’t belong in sports. Photograph Moya Nolan Cian Griffin: Because there were no openly gay sports players then, I thought gay people didn’t belong in sports. Photograph Moya Nolan](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7638/3819211_2_articleinline_cian_20griffin_20Movember_20_2669.jpg)
![Cian Griffin: "I do what I do on social media and with Na Gaeil Aeracha GAA team so that young people don’t feel alone in their difference the way I did". Photograph Moya Nolan Cian Griffin: "I do what I do on social media and with Na Gaeil Aeracha GAA team so that young people don’t feel alone in their difference the way I did". Photograph Moya Nolan](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7638/3819214_2_articleinline_Cian_20Griffin_20Movember_202652.jpg)
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- For more information about Movember events, see https://ie.movember.com/en/events