It was the worst of tweets that, after some criticism, was subsequently deleted and replaced with a classic non-apology apology. The tweets came from The Economist, a weekly publication whose Twitter account has 23.6 million followers and whose bio reads ‘News and analysis with a global perspective.’ It’s a magazine you’ll have seen in your […]

“All citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law.” This is what our Constitution tells us. This is the message 1,201,607 people voted to reinforce the meaning of four years ago on 22nd May 2015. So, why aren’t we equal? In our new, modern Republic of equality and fairness, why is it that […]

Please don’t tell survivors of Mother and Baby Institutions to be patient and that the fight for our basic Human Rights will take time. We have been fighting all our lives and are tired of waiting for justice. Since Marriage Equality and Repeal, we are full of the new Ireland conversations but for adoptees, it […]

Through the glare of the computer screen, one overriding discourse appears time and time again. It is a narrative that pairs women’s bodies with the concept of repulsion. I am reminded of the Twitter wars of last month, when a group of women shared pictures of their leg and underarm hair all in the name […]

My name is Ranae and I am the same as you. However, if you are straight, I’m not seen as your equal. Neither is my wife. You see, we are a married same sex couple. Despite the passing of Marriage Equality in 2015, we are not treated the same as straight married couples. We have […]

Four years on from marriage equality, the state has yet to fully protect same-sex parents and their children. In May 2015, streets in Ireland were plastered with posters for the upcoming referendum on civil marriage equality. ‘Every child deserves a mother and a father’ read many of the posters erected by the ‘No’ campaign. These […]

Dublin-based poet Rosamund Taylor, the founder of Dún Laoghaire’s new LGBTQ+ Book Club, has been going from strength to strength in her creative work. In 2017, she won the inaugural Mairtín Crawford award and was nominated for a Forward Prize for her poem ‘Detour (Leaving Edinburgh).’ Last year, she gave a standout performance alongside fellow queer […]

Following their stunning display of fabulosity at this year’s Mardi Gras, Casey McDonagh of the Sydney Queer Irish group gave GCN the lowdown on the hard work behind the sparkle. So Casey, how did the Sydney Queer Irish group come together? The SQI was formed due to a need for visibility and a voice for […]

Sitting down to watch Kate Dolan’s Catcalls before beginning this article, headphones on, fresh cup of coffee in hand, this horror fanatic had seen it all and then some. Yet at a certain moment in the fantastically effective short, I jumped so hard, the aforementioned coffee launched into the air, spilling across my desk.  It’s […]

Sitting in the cramped confines of the GCN broom cupboard surrounded by printer cartridges, Christmas trees and mop buckets, I take a deep breath before hitting record and dialling the living legend that is Skin – the frontwoman of the massive ‘90s rock band Skunk Anansie responsible for some of the most iconic rock songs […]