Results from Europe’s biggest ever survey on LGBT discrimination and hate crime are released today. Over 93,000 people responded to the EU LGBT survey conducted by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. The Agency (FRA) provides evidence-based advice to EU and national decision makers so as to inform debates, policies and laws on fundamental rights. The survey [...]
The European Gay Police Association are in Dublin this week holding their 6th conference. It is hosted by G Force, the Garda Gay Lesbian and Bisexual employee resource group. There are over 130 delegates from throughout Europe attending. They’ve visited Áras and Uachtaráin and been given a reception by President Higgins. The Minister for Justice [...]
Yesterday LGBT Noise held a protest outside the opening of the International Eucharistic Congress in the RDS. Like it was going to change anything? The real question that might be asked is if it was a correct and politically astute location and target for a protest? I know there has been a lot of polite [...]
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Today is International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), the event is being marked internationally and has grown hugely over the past number of years. UN agencies and major human rights organisations are invovled in marking the day and launching initiatives, research and policies promoting good practice. Senior Irish Politicians involved in the education sphere [...]
Voices from outside the Irish America LGBT community have joined in criticism of the exclusion of lgbts from the New York St. Patricks Day parade which took place yesterday. (Post from Joe My God with great pictures from the Irish Queers protest.) There is a new avenue of criticism this year targetting the local NBC affiliate who [...]
Update The Minister’s office confirmed that she will be viewing the Parade today and will meet a group of Irish American LGBT’s on Monday in the Consulate. The people she is meeting are from the St. Pat’s for All parade which takes place in Queens. Those who protest the Manhattan Parade exclusion from Irish Queers have not [...]
Tags:Irish Queers·Joan Burton·St. Patrick's Day Parade New York
In the midst of the snow and economic chaos the Traveller Pride Awards yesterday may have gone unnoticed, however the Irish Times gives excellent coverage to the ceremony and the prize winners. The prizes were presented by President Mary McAleese. The community prize was shared by Rosaleen McDonagh and the Gay Traveller Support Group. When [...]
Tags:Gay Traveller Support Group·Rosaleen McDonagh·Traveller Focus Week
I had a restful weekend but it seems the Burkes in Mayo – you remember them – the Campaign for Concience family of 10 with biblical names – were very busy indeed. On Saturday they registered http://www.davidnorris4president.com. It is presented as a positive site but a quick glance and a few clicks later it’s full [...]
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The Catholic Bishops have been having their spring meeting for the past three days and the press conference today saw them complain about unfair treatment by the media and also express their concerns about the civil partnership bill. The Press release sent out at the end of the meeting says that the bishops are going [...]
Tags:Bishops' Conference·Catholic Church·Civil Partnership·Civil Partnership Bill·Patsy McGarry
I was asked 3 times yesterday about gay people in the Irish Army and if they were allowed to serve. The hearings to examine the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) have commenced in the USA and Obama has promised to remove the bar on lesbians and gay men serving openly in the US [...]
Tags:Defence Forces·Gay Lesbian and Bisexual·Ireland·Sexual orientation
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