Category: Ireland
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.
Eamon McGee, Donegal GAA star launches The LGBT Safe and Supportive Schools Project model
Today, Wednesday 11th May, saw the launch The LGBT Safe and Supportive Schools Project model: BeLonG To and HSE’s venture to create safe, supportive and fully inclusive schools for young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in Donegal.
Eamon McGee, Donegal GAA star, will launch The LGBT Safe and Supportive Schools Project model
Wednesday 11th May sees the launch by Eamon McGee, the Donegal GAA star, of the LGBT Safe and Supportive Schools Project delivered in Donegal. This was established to develop and test a Whole School Community Model designed to create schools that are fully inclusive and supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people.
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.
LGBT Helpline Experienced Busiest Ever Year in 2015
Weeks leading up to marriage equality referendum saw unprecedented demand for LGBT Helpline supports.
Major Survey Of LGBT Ireland Launched
In 2009, Ireland’s National LGBT Federation (NXF) conducted a survey to find out what was really important to LGBT people in Ireland.