LGBT culture in Ireland is the small Christian Solidarity Party, which has never been successful electorally, at either local or national level. On 23 May 2015, Ireland became the first country to legalise same sex marriage through nationwide referendum in favour of allowing same sex couples to wed. Ireland's longest running LGBT publication is "Gay Community News", which was first published in 1988 before homosexuality was legal in Ireland. In April 2013, "EILE Magazine" was launched, serving as a new platform for Ireland's LGBT community. The national broadcaster RTÉ provides various LGBT related programming, such as the television documentary "Growing Up Gay" or the
Premiership of Theresa May certainty and stability for the years ahead is to hold this election and seek your support for the decisions I must take." May previously indicated through a spokesperson she had no plan for a general election, the spokesperson stated, “There isn’t going to be one. It isn’t going to happen. There is not going to be a general election.” She denied there would be an election many times. On 19 April 2017 MPs gave May the two-thirds super-majority required to call the snap election she had called for. MPs voted 522 in favour and 13 against, giving the go-ahead for