Tag: Katherine Zappone
LGBT Helpline Sees Sharp Increase in Calls for Support During Annual Pride Season
The number of people contacting the LGBT Helpline rises sharply each year during Pride season. That’s according to Paula Fagan, National Coordinator of the Helpline, who was speaking today at the launch of a new partnership with telecommunications company eir.
BeLonG To welcomes the promise of “Fostering Greater Social Inclusion and Empowering the LGBT Community”
BeLonG To are delighted that the new Government are promising to take a proactive and pragmatic approach to LGBT Youth Affairs with a series of measures that will benefit all.
Gender Recognition Legislation Must Reflect & Protect the Lives of Those People Who Need It
Today (Tuesday 3rd February), the Committee Stage debate on Gender Recognition Bill 2014 began in Seanad Eireann.
9th International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival
The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, now in it’s 9th year, will from the 7th – 20th of May host 147 performances, by 83 performers in 22 new plays and 16 free events, over 14 days, in 8 Dublin venues, from 7 countries, in two new weekly programmes.
There is no place for fear or prejudice over same-sex marriages
The virulent opposition to same-sex marriage, when one strips away all of the extraneous religious ideology, is, at its core, a battle to protect the last bastion of legitimised discrimination.
Inaction on gay marriage criticised
Independent senator Katherine Zappone has criticised Government inaction on gay marriage and questioned if incoming gender quotas for general election candidates will work.