“Adoption loss: the only situation where the victims are expected by the whole of society to be grateful”. Reverend Keith C Griffith. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone, is attempting to rush through the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill before the summer recess. The Bill has been rejected by all groups representing […]

Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing fathers, father figures, step-dads, guncles and the countless women who do the job of two parents on their own. I’m Dónal Traynor, together with my partner, Joseph Bowlby, we are the adoptive fathers of two amazing boys, Callum and TJ, who came to live with us when they […]

Imagine you could save a life. Imagine you could do it just by filling in a form, waiting in a queue, then lying on a bed for 15 minutes. And afterwards, you can leave, without having lost or given up anything, except maybe an hour of your day. Now imagine someone told you that your […]

Dublin Pride is just around the corner and one of the newest additions to this year’s parade: An Garda Siochana. Yesterday, a photo posted on their Twitter and Facebook accounts showing two garda squad cars emblazoned in the rainbow colours along with the caption: “We are really looking forward to participating in Dublin Pride Parade […]

Ireland has come a long way and while many LGBT+ folks are excited as Pride season is approaching, others question the need of having a parade when we are now equal. But, are we really? There was a time back in the good old days when men were men and women had to travel when […]

Laura Harmon led the Mobilisation Team in Together for Yes. She was also the president of the Union of Students in Ireland during the marriage equality referendum. She is an LGBT+ rights campaigner.

John Butler’s new drama/comedy Papi Chulo opens tomorrow. It’s the story of a gay weatherman struggling after the end of a romantic relationship who has a meltdown live on air. Forced to take leave from work, he hires a middle-aged Latino day labourer to do some work around his house. Separated by language, class and sexuality […]

Owen Hanley, a member of the Social Democrats, has become the first openly LGBT+ Councillor in Galway. A progressive activist, Owen has campaigned for gender equality, third level funding, an end to the housing crisis and repeal of the Eighth Amendment. He had a fun getting-to-know-you chat with GCN. So Owen, who is your LGBT+ […]

A new civil society campaign created to highlight and address the harm caused by homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in Ireland has been launched. Call It Out is a message to the LGBT+ community saying – this type of prejudice is not acceptable and you don’t have to stand for it. “I was coming out of […]

At the age of 31, Maria Walsh is the youngest candidate seeking election in the 2019 European Elections. Maria rose to national attention when crowned the 2014 International Rose of Tralee. She took this opportunity to visit every county in Ireland and every continent. The platform allowed her to visit many communities and she now […]