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Green Party Conference

April 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Ciaran Cuffe, Gay, Green Party, KAL Case, Lesbian, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Same Sex Partnerships

All eyes turn to Dundalk on the political front this weekend. They have a conference blog (looking forward to hearing from the Green Party Gay and Lesbian bloggers this weekend!) And they have a conference flickr stream as you can see from Minister Gormley’s smiling face. And they have guest speakers…including Ann Louise Gilligan and […]

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Green Party failing children in lesbian/gay headed families?

April 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments · Ciaran Cuffe, Equality, Gay, Iona Institute, Lesbian, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships

Or so the feeling will be amongst many in the lesbian and gay community. Fianna Fáil are also failing children in this situation if this morning’s Irish Times lead on the 200 pages of legislation on civil partnership and recognition of cohabitants is to be believed. However FF never promised us a rose garden! Remember […]

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Marriage Equality – Irish Style!

February 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Ciaran Cuffe, Feminism, Lesbian, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships, Social Policy

The Marriage Equality initiative was launched yesterday, I’ll have more later in the week on the issues raised by the campaign but I have some immediate thoughts and questions. The Civil Registration Act amendment move is one that has been called for before and it would be good to get an answer from Government that […]

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The Green Party meet lesbians and gay men and talk relationships

February 7th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Blogging, Ciaran Cuffe, Equality, Gay, Homophobia, Irish Politics, Lesbian, LGBT, Personal, Queer, Same Sex Partnerships, Social Policy

Last week I received an invitation from John Gormley‘s office to attend a consultation that the Green Party was holding to discuss forthcoming developments in the legislation for Civil Partnerships for same sex couples. Readers of MP will know I have been vocal on the issue of the Green Party policy in government regarding same […]

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Hilary Clinton talks about gay suicide

January 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Lesbian, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships, Social Media, US Election 2008

Well as it gets a bit hot over there on the campaign trail (and rather dirty) Hilary is answering questions from the young people in an attempt to woo them as they all desert her for Obama. They’ve twittered the questions in and emailed them seemingly. It’s refreshing to see a candidate talk about something […]

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