Category: Ireland
Students make DVD about same-sex parents
Two student at Sligo Institute of Technology who have made an educational video for small children about same-sex parents hope to generate a debate about the rights of non-traditional family units.
Quinn to publish anti-discrimination proposals ‘within weeks’
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has said he will publish proposals to remove discrimination against gay and lesbian teachers in the coming weeks.
LGBT Helpline Launches Volunteer Recruitment Drive
The LGBT Helpline – the national support service for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people – launched a nationwide volunteer recruitment drive in Dublin city centre last Thursday. The recruitment drive was launched with the aim of expanding the opening hours of the helpline, which is currently unable to meet demand for its services.
How homophobic bullying led to tragedy for one family
Although 19 years have passed since homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland, being gay and young can still have tragic consequences today.
Students urged to stamp out racism
President Michael D Higgins has called on student leaders and the wider public to work together to combat “pernicious racism and homophobia” which he said were wreaking havoc in the lives of many of the State’s young people.
Transgender woman becomes first to enter Irish same-sex partnership
Social Protection minister Joan Burton is drafting legislation to address a legal problem where transgender people can only enter a civil partnership if their new gender was recognised abroad.