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Entries Tagged as 'Queer'

Co Sie Gapisz Lesbo?!

March 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Gay, Homophobia, Lesbian, LGBT, Poland, Queer

What you staring at, dyke?! ‘The campaigns teaser posters “What are you staring at, faggot!?” and “What are you staring at, dyke!?” are used as a symbolic summary of all the wide-spread forms of homophobia in Poland today – regular hate-speech from the leading politicians, growing intolerance and exclusion by the other groups of society, […]

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It’s not about the age of consent

March 5th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Irish Media, Lesbian, LGBT, Queer

There are parts of this saga worthy of Tuppenceworth‘s Paper Round and other parts which I have been thinking about a lot over the past few days without the ‘assistance’ of yesterdays less than stunning piece of investigative journalism in the Sunday Tribune. The 14 year old boy in north Dublin who went looking for […]

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Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Just Spray

January 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Lesbian, LGBT, Queer

‘Stop right there – don’t come any further – if you do I might gay spray you!’ The Pentagon in trying out a few new non lethal weapons have been looking at a spray that turns enemy forces into homosexuals. No reports are available on the trials but it seems they along with other rayguns […]

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Labour Party Publish Civil Unions Bill

December 14th, 2006 · 1 Comment · KAL Case, Lesbian, LGBT, Queer, Same Sex Partnerships

Ten years after the party passed a motion onthe matter (proposed by yours truly) at a party conference in Limerick, today the Labour Party have published a Civil Union Bill to be debated in the Dáil during private members time. I could say about time but really it’s a bit late into the ‘game’ really […]

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High court rules against recognition of same-sex marriage

December 14th, 2006 · Comments Off on High court rules against recognition of same-sex marriage · KAL Case, Lesbian, LGBT, Queer, Same Sex Partnerships

Hardly surprising really but Katherine Zappone and Anne Louise Gilligan have lost their High Court Challenge to have their Canadian Marriage recognised in Ireland. They’ll be off to appeal this to the Supreme Court no doubt. Later today there will be further developments outside the legal arena towards recognising same sex partnerships. More on Maman […]

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