“It became difficult at around 14 or 15, when I became more aware of having to fit a certain role in society.”

Hello! My name is Laoise Sutton and I have recently completed my Gaisce Gold Award. I was born in Derbyshire, England and moved to Ireland when I was 7 years old. My Gaisce experience started in secondary school when the students of the younger years (1st, 2nd and 3rd year) looked on enviously at the […]

Netflix’s new LGBTQ section is a little bit lacklustre when it comes to bisexual/lesbian representation that isn’t cringey. With endless films about sultry looking women, sometimes it can be hard to find something to watch that isn’t terrible. Picture this. It’s Saturday night. Rather than go out and socialise, you’ve chosen Netflix (great choice. You’re […]

Disturbing homophobic posters have surfaced in Melbourne in advance of the plebiscite on same-sex marriage that is scheduled to happen in Australia next month. A new poster depicts two men holding rainbow belts with a sad child curled up in a closed off, foetal position. The implications of the poster’s imagery are that children are […]

“Of course, not every gay, bi, queer or trans identifying man likes anal, but I wager it won’t take you long to find one, which means sooner or later a man is going to get penetrated.”

Brian’s Pick: The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin Monday August 7: Screen 1: 5.30pm I discovered Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City in Sligo Library when I was 18, and it made me not only excited to be gay and on the cusp of a whole new world, it also made me want to write. […]

Former Neo-Nazi Kevin Wilshaw has come out as gay and rejected Nazism and far-right policies in a bid to “hurt” the movement he had been a part of for decades. Wilshaw joined the National Front in the late seventies but only recently realised the real-life implications of the group’s intolerance first hand. Being a member […]

Interviewed in the latest issue of Hot Press, former RTÉ presenter Michael Murphy said that the Catholic Church’s strong stance against homosexual acts  – that they go against the natural law – is “nonsense”. He went on to make a radical suggestion which would alter the training period for priests in a fundamental way to […]

On World Mental Health Day, Snapchatter and business owner James Kavanagh gives some tips to help put an end to homophobic bullying and gives some advice to young LGBT+ people who are experiencing it. After James Kavanagh’s appearance on The Late Late Show last weekend where he talked about dealing with homophobic bullying we thought […]

Ahead of his comedy show in The Laughter Lounge this Wednesday, we caught up with Tom Allen, the quick-witted UK comedian with an incredible sense of style. Allen draws on his experiences as a gay man living with his parents to create a show that is uniquely funny and that LGBT+ people are instantly going […]