It has been a remarkable few years for women in Ireland. The author details a personal journey into activism and talks to other activists fighting the good fight. Beginning with Marriage Equality and then standing to fight with other activists for reproductive rights, my first experiences of WLW (women-loving-women) solidarity and love were the kind […]

Bi-visibility day takes place on September 23 at the end of Bisexual Awareness Week. It’s been happening for 20 years now since it first kicked off in Johannesburg in 1997, but there is still a long way to go in terms of social acceptance and understanding of bisexuality. To rather succinctly pose the question, as […]

Growing up in the digital age comes with its ups and downs, but as a young queer person today it’s definitely hard to romanticise the unplugged past. Social media and modern technology give LGBT+ people the space to explore our identities incognito mode, and later affirm them out-and-proud. Many of us have found solace in […]

A young person, who decided to remain anonymous, speaks to GCN about the struggle of not being able to come out to their homophobic family and how their friends helped them feel accepted. If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve had to come out to someone at some point. And if you haven’t, that’s okay. […]

In February of this year, I wrote an opinion piece for GCN, asking for the LGBT+ Community to support adopted people in opposing a draconian piece of legislation called the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill. Minister Zappone was attempting to rush the Bill through the Seanad, without consulting the stakeholders, or even acknowledging their ongoing […]

Privilege was once a word that most people associated with someone being honoured to do something; ‘It would be my privilege’. Now, it’s a word we cower from when it is directed at us, a word used to describe a majority of people who receive more than a minority of people. We have grown to […]

This article originally appeared in Issue 360 of GCN.

Located on 64 South Great George’s Street, The Dragon was one of two dedicated queer nightclubs in Dublin until its closure in 2015. It was youth-focused and, at times, chaotic – mainly due to the club’s unusual layout. Samuel Riggs moved from Carlow to Dublin in 2011. He first visited The Dragon with Trinity College’s […]

Fi Connors and her partner, the ‘Brunette’ took a road trip across the US to visit the startlingly original artist Delmas Howe in his studio to find out just what inspires his unique genius. It would prove to be the perfect example of why you should meet your idols. It’s a hot day setting out […]

“I’m Ollie, I’m non-binary, I use they/them pronouns and I’m 23.” Before meeting the co-founder of Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin, I remind myself of the current, undeniably sombre, statistics regarding the marginalised community. Each year on November 20, the International Trans Day of Remembrance is held. The annual Trans Murder Monitoring report compiled by […]