The results of the first national major study into the lives of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people are launched today. Visible Lives surveyed 144 people and interviewed 36 people in depth – all were over 55 and from the Republic of Ireland. The study was commissioned by GLEN, funded by Age and Opportunity [...]
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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
Next week is European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week. There are a number of developments recently in screening for cervical cancer – some I’ve previously written about which have concerned me but it’s vitally important that women continue to be screened for the disease. (And for the many lovely lesbians who read this blog - I [...]
Tags:Cervical cancer·CervicalCheck·Human papillomavirus·Ireland
The Burning Issues research launched today by the National Lesbian and Gay Federation comes shortly before the debating of the Civil Partnership Bill. Yesterday evening a number of LGBT organisations were invited to the Equality Authority for a briefing on the Bill. As Tipster says it’s a bit odd that GLEN could not/did not want [...]
Tags:Civil Partnership Bill·European Commission·Gay Lesbian and Bisexual·Gay community·Same-sex marriage·Society and Culture
Congratulations to Cllr Ruth Illingworth on her election as Mayor/ Cathaoirleach of Mullingar Town Council. Ruth is being described as Ireland’s first Out Mayor a tag I think she doesn’t really have much truck with. I do think she’s probably one of the first elected out lesbian councillors in the state. A member of Fine [...]
Tags:Fine Gael·Ireland·Matt Cooper
Minister for Health, Mary Harney this morning launched a report on a major study entitled Supporting LGBT Lives: A Study of the Mental Health and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People . You may remember the survey phase of the project and my post about it in late 2007. The reports authors, Paula [...]
Tags:Gay Lesbian and Bisexual·Health Service Executive·LGBT·Mental Health·Sexual orientation·Suicide Prevention
I went to see Milk tonight and loved it. I’m not a good reviewer of books and movies – I find myself going off on tangents – just go see it! (Tangent alert coming up!) I couldn’t help myself from getting angry though at the lack of a Milk figure or politics in operation in [...]
In what would be a world first (in terms of an openly lesbian or gay politician) Johanna Sigurdardóttir, Iceland’s Minister for Social Affairs, has said she’s prepared to take on the post of Prime Minister if she feels that she has sufficient support. You may have heard that Iceland is bankrupt, has had riots recently [...]
Tags:Andrew Sullivan·Gay Lesbian and Bisexual·Iceland·Lesbian·Politician·Prime minister
Image via WikipediaThis blog is going quiet for a few weeks cos I’m out of here. I didn’t plan to go on my holidays the day after Lisbon but I did plan it to avoid being seen as a bridesmaid or having to watch a load of others at Dublin Pride. (Alway’s the bridesmaid, never [...]
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