Dublin LGBTQ Pride today advertised for a licence to hold an event in Merrion Square at the end of this years Pride March. Merrion Square Park – perfect location for hanging out in comfortable accessible surroundings with areas for children and families, self contained, wheelchair accessible, picnic friendly. Perfect. Given that 22, 000 people participated […]
No doubt there is a lot of fevered scribbling going on amongst political parties at the moment with regards to writing their manifestos to be launched during General Election 2011. After the election during the coalition negotiations a Programme for Government will be produced with more lobbying by pressure groups and priorities slipping in the […]
The first national research programme documenting the experiences of LGBT people aged 55 and older has been launched recently and reserachers are seeking participants for research into the lives and concerns of Older LGBT’s. This is the area I spent 3 years researching for the never completed PhD and I think the initiative will contribute […]
The Dáil is on holiers and I am not. Excuse the lightness on the blogging as the day job keeps me occupied and tired. However you could peruse the programme for Stranger than Fiction – this is a documentary film festival taking place in the Irish Film Institute this weekend. Of note besides Pyjama Girls, […]
Tags:Documentary film·Fawcett Society·Film festival·Ireland·LGBT·Oliver Stone·Tom Shakespeare·Youth
Last week at the same time as the Civil Partnership Bill began it’s committee stage, GLEN were holding a launch of their Guide on LGB Diversity in the Workplace. The project was developed in conjunction with IBM, the Irish Business Employers Confederation, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Business in the Community Ireland and the […]
Tags:Civil Partnership Bill·Discrimination·Ireland·Irish Congress of Trade Unions·Lesbian·LGBT·Minority group