Some of the ‘clamour’ to get David Norris nominated has been nasty but I was going to ignore it whilst marvelling at the fact he was running again, getting nominations signed despite the letter, the terribly worded explanations and the poorly run campaign. While Norris himself was working behind the scenes this week seeking nominations [...]
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All eyes turn to the NorthWest for the annual pride celebrations which commence next week. A packed programme of events in Leitrim and Sligo are planned. The parade takes place on Saturday through Sligo’s town centre and from past experience (I’ve been to five!) is the nicest dander with lovely receptive crowds lining the street [...]
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Blogging on the iPad being away from home is very difficult so no matter how much I want to comment on what is happening to the Norris for President campaign I’m restricted really to twitter and mulling it over in my head. The spelling will be iffy. Whomever I vote for in the Presidential election [...]
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Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn accompanied by Deputies Kevin Humphreys and John Lyons with the President of the Irish National Teachers Organisation Noreen Flynn and members of the INTO LGBT group. (Pic: K Mulhern) So that work is going well regarding Section 37 Minister?
Yesterday the Council Of Europe released comprehensive research on LGBT rights in Europe. There are 47 states in membership of the Council of Europe and they all are signatories of the European Convention on Human Rights, (but not all of them uphold it.) The Council of Europe’s Commissioner on Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg is outspoken [...]
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LGBT Minds is a research project that aims to explore the experiences of LGBT people within mainstream mental health services in Ireland. This study is supported by the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) and the HSE. The study is being led by Dr. Eddie McCann, a lecturer in Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with [...]
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The Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn has been making his inaugural speeches to the Teachers Union conferences this week. Yesterday he spoke at the TUI conference and raised the issue of lesbian and gay teachers and the possible impact of equality legislation protections regarding religious ethos. Before concluding I want to consider one further issue [...]
If you are a lgbt teacher and feel like writing a letter about Section 37 of the Employment Equality Act, the Taoiseach may need a lesson in his own programme for government. The publicly identified bit in the programme for government may need a bit of editing too while you are at the suggesting! Labour [...]
I’m proud to be a supporter of Belong To, very proud after seeing this advert this afternoon. Congratulations also to Anna Rodgers and Aoife Kelleher who directed it. More on the Stand Up 11 campaign.
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The Census due for completion next week is out of date already in its failure to ask about the status of those who have entered into civil partnership or who have had foreign partnerships/marriages recognised. Last year after trialling a question on the issue the Central Statistics Office decided not to ask at all because [...]
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