Editing David Norris (politician) (section)

==Early and personal life==
David Norris was born in Léopoldville in the [[Belgian Congo]], now known as [[Kinshasa]], capital of the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], where his father (John Norris) worked as chief engineer for [[Lever Brothers]].<ref name="sundaytimes" /> John Norris served in the [[British Armed Forces]] during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]; he died while Norris was still a child. David Norris was then sent to Ireland to be cared for by his mother, Aida Fitzpatrick, and her extended family.<ref name="sundaytimes" />

::...while, on hearing his dad had died, he "had to squeeze out tears" because they were never that close, the death of his mother, was "totally heartbreaking".

::"It destroyed my sense of reality," he adds, now. "This was somebody I loved who was there one minute, then the next minute she was gone."<ref name="independent1">{{Cite news |date=22 May 2011 |title=All my life, I have fought against being labelled and against stigma |url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/all-my-life-i-have-fought-against-being-labelled-and-against-stigma-2654239.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218002000/http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/all-my-life-i-have-fought-against-being-labelled-and-against-stigma-2654239.html |archive-date=18 February 2013 |access-date=28 September 2011 |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>

After first meeting in 1975, Norris was in a long-term relationship with Israeli activist [[Ezra Nawi]] for a number of years until 1985.<ref name="radical" /> They continued a platonic friendship after that. In a [[Today FM]] interview with [[Matt Cooper (Irish journalist)|Matt Cooper]] in Summer 2011 Norris said (paraphrasing{{who|date=September 2011}}) "nowadays people think of a romantic relationship as a sexual one and Ezra and myself have not had that kind of relationship since the 1980s."{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}