Tag: Ireland
Young musician and LGBT activist first to be elected to the Seanad
An LGBT activist who was the youngest elected mayor in the country two years ago, has convincingly topped the polls in the Seanad Cultural and Educational Panel elections.
WordPlay at The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival
‘Why is it okay to say words sometimes and not others?’ – This is the main question that is asked in WordPlay, a Canadian production participating in the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival.
American TV Actor, Jimmy Doyle, Brings Acclaimed One-Man Show to Dublin
American actor and writer Jimmy Doyle is bringing his acclaimed one-man show “Must Be Nice” to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival in May.
LGBT Youth organisation ‘Comes Out’ with May 22nd as #BelongTotheFuture day
On May 22nd 2015, the Marriage Equality Referendum changed what it meant to grow up LGBT in Ireland. We told young people and their friends and families that it was safe to come out, that they #BelongToTheFuture. Young people now feel confident to come out, and demand for services from BeLonGTo, has literally doubled since the referendum.
Ireland : Gay teenagers continue to endure widespread bullying
The LGBTIReland Report, one of the largest national studies of mental health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, has just been launched.
Playwright pens highly controversial play about gay ISIS terrorist who falls for a Dublin drug dealer
An Irishman is writing a controversial play about a gay affair between a Dublin drugs mule and an ISIS jihadi.