2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1069+ words) One evening in early 2013, Aidan Mullally found himself nervously hovering outside the Foggy Dew pub in Dublin city centre. After “a bad Christmas” overshadowed by grief, Mullally had taken to Google in search of a sense of community. He stumbled…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (562+ words) Ireland’s first-ever permanent LGBTQ museum exhibition has opened in Cork. The exhibition, “We Were Always Here”, opened on Wednesday at the Cork Public Museum in Fitzgerald Park and is a collaboration with the Cork LGBT Archive and features both a…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (417+ words) In the case, a High Court judge has refused the man an application to judicially review (JR) a decision by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (Ipat) affirming a recommendation that the man be refused refugee status and subsequent decisions by…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (534+ words) Thousands of people attended the seventh annual transgender and intersex pride march in Dublin on Saturday, calling for better access to healthcare. The crowd chanted “Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide” as people marched from City Hall to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (485+ words) The US supreme court has upheld laws in two conservative states excluding transgender girls and transgender women from competing in female sports. The far-reaching ruling is likely to have an impact on trans rights throughout the US. The court’s nine…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (558+ words) Draped in rainbow flags and dancing to music blasting from speakers, dozens of members of the LGBTQ+ community gathered outside Outhouse community centre on Capel Street on Saturday morning before setting off for Dublin’s annual Pride parade. “Queer people are…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (445+ words) The Irish Times The Irish Times view on the Pride Festival: the long road to equality This weekend’s events are a reminder of the road travelled and work still to be done In 1974, the year of the first Gay…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (633+ words) Pride season is officially upon us with marches, family picnics, club nights and more, running in locations all around the country this month and late into the summer. While some counties have been celebrating since late May, here is a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (666+ words) Social media giant Meta must be challenged for failing to stop the amplification of homophobic and racist posts on its social networking site Facebook, the Dáil has been told. Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne expressed “deep concern” about Facebook, which…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (977+ words) I grew up in Glasnevin and I went to school in Finglas. I wasn’t funny in class. I was kind of funny with my friends, but I have always been very much the listener. I come from a family of…...