What is David Norris?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = David Norris |image = David Norris politician.jpg |office = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] |term_start = 25 April 1987 |term_end = |constituency = [[University of Dublin (constituency)|University of Dublin]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|07|01|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Kinshasa|Léopoldville]], [[Belgian Congo]]<br><small>(now Kinshasa, [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo-Kinshasa]])</small> |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |alma_mater = [[Trinity College, Dublin]] |website = {{URL|http://www.senatordavidnorris.ie}} }} '''David Patrick Bernard Norris''' (born 1 July 1944) is an Irish scholar, [[Independent (politician)|independent]] [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]], and [[gay rights|gay]] and [[civil rights]] [[activism|activist]].<ref>[http://news.salon.com/2011/09/27/ira_leader_ireland/ Can a former IRA commander lead Ireland?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427103245/http://www.news.salon.com/2011/09/27/ira_leader_ireland/ |date=2012-04-27 }} Salon.com.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14882512 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14882512 Can David Norris still become Ireland's first gay president?] BBC News.</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/28/david-norris-irish-presidency-nomination?CMP=twt_gu David Norris wins Irish presidency nomination] The Guardian.</ref> He was in the election for [[President of Ireland]] in 2011. If elected, he would have become the world's first openly gay head of state.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14882512|title=Can David Norris still become Ireland's first gay president?|work=BBC News |date=12 September 2011}}</ref> He left the race before the election. Norris lives in his house in Dublin. The house is on North Great Georges Street. When he bought the house he became a landlord.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifes