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 […]
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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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 […]
A response to a written question from Sean Kenny on Eamon Gilmore’s trip to New York and Washington elicted the following information on that meeting with lesbian and gay ‘representatives‘. I had a very a useful meeting with representatives from the Irish American Lesbian and Gay community about a range of issues of concern to […]
Update: Picture from Merrionstreet.ie of Tanaiste Gilmore meeting emigrant rights groups and Irish gay rights groups. Gilmore met with some LGBT and Emigrant groups in the Irish Consulate last night and has strongly criticised the parade ban. He’s still going to attend it though. (Were reps from Irish Queers present or was it the ‘good gays’ […]
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