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Added on: 11/10/2020

Over 60 buildings across Ireland turn purple for Intersex Solidarity Day

11/10/20

Over 60 buildings in 19 counties across the island of Ireland lit up in purple last night in solidarity with Ireland’s intersex community. The campaign was coordinated…

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Added on: 10/13/2020

Co Cork town ends twinning arrangement with Polish “LGBT-Free zone”

10/13/2020

Saoirse Mackin, the chairperson of the Cork East branch of the Social Democrats, welcomed the news in a statement on Monday: “Poland, one of just six European…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

The impact of the anti LGBTQ+movement in Poland on Irish trans masculine people’s healthcare

10/06/2020

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I firmly believe that an attack on one of us, is an attack on all of us. I believe that…

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Added on: 09/20/2020

Big Read: The Irish far right is on the rise

09/19/2020

Bloodied and bashed, an image of LGBT campaigner Izzy Kamikaze being attacked for voicing her opposition to anti-face mask demonstrators last weekend in the capital went viral….

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Added on: 07/05/2020

Farmer comes out as trans at 65, proving it’s never too late to be your true, authentic self

07/04/2020

A farmer from rural Ireland has proven that it’s never too late to be your authentic self by coming out as trans at the age of 65….

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Added on: 06/24/2020

Statue of IRA leader Sean Russell vandalised as LGBT flag is painted on by Dublin protesters

06/23/2020

DUBLIN protesters have vandalised a statue of former IRA leader Sean Russell by painting an LGBT flag on it to mark the final week of pride month….

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Added on: 05/22/2020

Ireland made history by emphatically saying yes to same-sex marriage five years ago today

05/21/2020

Five years ago today, people in Ireland went out in their droves and voted in favour of same-sex marriage. Ultimately, 62 per cent of the public voted…

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Added on: 05/17/2020

LGBT families in Ireland still caught in legal loophole

05/16/2020

In the run-up to the marriage referendum, one of the key pieces of legislation that was on the table was the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015….

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Added on: 03/15/2020

The struggle for LGBT inclusion in US St Patrick’s Day parades

03/14/2020

In 1992, Cork made history when its St Patrick’s parade included the first-ever LGBT float to take part, which also won best new entry in that year’s…

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Added on: 02/26/2020

Irish leader Varadkar to resign, as parliament fails to find new leader

02/20/2020

Irish leader Leo Varadkar has told parliament that he will resign on Thursday night, after suffering a crushing defeat in a parliamentary vote. No clear successor has…

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Added on: 02/19/2020

Osaka and Japan’s outreach to LGBT tourism is a model for Ireland to replicate

02/18/2020

Ireland’s groundbreaking marriage equality vote will be five years old this May – but have you seen one major ad campaign to attract the sought after LGBT…

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Added on: 02/07/2020

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’: Less than 1 in 5 LGBT teachers come out over career fears

02/07/2020

A ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ culture still exists in schools with a religious ethos when it comes to LGBT teachers. That is the finding of a new…

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Added on: 11/21/2019

Ireland Slips in Global LGBTI Safety Poll

11/21/2019

Ireland’s reputation among LGBT holidaymakers has fallen slightly, according to a new global poll. Gallup asked 1,000 Irish participants ‘Is the city or area where you live…

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Added on: 11/12/2019

Ireland: Majority of gay teenagers feel unsafe in school

11/11/2019

Almost three-quarters of gay or transgender teenagers feel unsafe in schools, according to the largest survey of LGBT young people in the Irish education system. A large…

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Added on: 10/04/2019

For sale: UK jail that held Oscar Wilde for gay sex

10/03/2019

Reading Prison – a forbidding Victorian jail turned LGBT landmark – is for sale, Britain said on Thursday, offloading a deserted site best known for housing playwright…

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Added on: 09/22/2019

‘I feel like it’s going to happen when it happens. We’re in Ireland and it’s very accepting of being gay’

09/21/2019

Last July, an anonymous Twitter account caused a major stir. A user of the site claiming to be an anonymous Championship footballer suggested he was intending to…

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Added on: 09/04/2019

‘Disco outside the Dáil’ protest against Pence visit

09/03/2019

A “Disco outside the Dáil” organised in protest against the visit of US vice-president Mike Pence drew a crowd to Kildare Street this afternoon. Protesters led by…

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Added on: 08/04/2019

Belfast celebrates Pride amid hope same-sex marriage ban is lifted

08/03/2019

Thousands took to the streets of Belfast for what could be the last Pride held under the same-sex marriage ban in Northern Ireland. Ulster has been packed…

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Added on: 06/17/2019

Young people key to combatting homophobia: LGBT rugby chief

06/17/2019

Educating young people about the evils of homophobia was a key message from Europe’s largest LGBT+ inclusive rugby tournament, the biennial Union Cup, held in Dublin last…

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Added on: 05/05/2019

Ireland ‘still on’ for gay-hate preacher Steven Anderson after Dutch ban

05/05/2019

An American preacher who says homosexuals should be executed, and who was banned by Dutch authorities last week from entering the Schengen area, still plans to visit…

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Added on: 04/30/2019

Riyadh Khalaf: ‘Homophobia begins from a lack of education’

04/27/2019

Riyadh Khalaf is standing on St Stephen’s Green when he is approached by two young women. “Are you Riyadh K?” asks one, referring to his YouTube handle….

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Added on: 04/18/2019

‘DRAG STORY TIME’ CANCELLED AT IRISH LIBRARY AFTER ‘VIOLENT HOMOPHOBIC’ MESSAGES

04/15/2019

A drag collective have announced their event with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has been cancelled due to ‘age appropriateness’. Glitter Hole had arranged to read children’s…

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Added on: 04/10/2019

Calls for pastor who celebrated Orlando massacre to be banned from Ireland

04/09/2019

A petition has been signed almost 5,000 times calling for anti-LGBT+ pastor Steven Anderson to be banned from entering Ireland. Anderson—a preacher with the Faithful Word Baptist…

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Added on: 04/07/2019

Belfast church protest by LGBT group against ‘conversion therapy’

04/06/2019

LGBT group the Rainbow Project has organised a protest at a south Belfast church on Saturday morning against what they have labelled “conversion therapy”. Windsor Baptist has…

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Added on: 02/18/2019

Outing the Irish LGBT past, telling the truth to the present at New York Irish Center

02/15/2019

For most of the 20th century, LGBT Irish citizens were forced to live in a kind of exile in their own country, with the laws, the church…

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Added on: 01/17/2019

LGBTI Families Protest Over Lack of Legal Recognition as Parents

01/16/2019

A number of LGBTI families have held a protest outside Leinster House calling for same-sex couples to be given legal recognition as parents. The provision allowing for the…

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Added on: 01/05/2019

Life of a gay migrant: Racism exists in the LGBT community too

01/05/2019

Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte, but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to…

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Added on: 12/20/2018

Explainer: What is a ‘terf’ and what’s going on with the UK’s debate on transgender rights?

12/19/2018

IN 2015, IRELAND became the fourth country in the world to enshrine in law the right to gender recognition based on self-declaration. The historic move was a vital…

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Added on: 12/20/2018

Catholic schools in Ireland may have to include LGBTI topics in sex ed

12/19/2018

According to a new report on sex education in Ireland, Catholic schools in the country may have to start including LGBTI topics. The Oireachtas Education Committee released a draft of the report. It…

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Added on: 12/17/2018

Woman given payout after shop worker told her ‘you are only a lesbian’

12/16/2018

A woman who was told she was “only a lesbian” by a shop worker has been awarded €2,000 (£1,800) after a hearing before the Workplace Relations Commission…