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Will St Leger Will St Leger Will St Leger is a street artist/artivist, Radio DJ and Gay Rights activist living in Dublin, Ireland. A former Greenpeace activist St Leger as been involved in activism for many years. In 2009, St Leger co founded an LGBT direct action group, 'Equals'. - On 25 June 2009 the group staged a direct action at entrance of the Dáil (Irish Parliament) in Dublin. The group demonstrated their discontent with what they see as the inequality in the Civil Partnerships Bill 2009, by chaining themselves to the gates of the building. St Leger climbed onto the pillars of