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Béar Féile announces 2026 festival packed with fur-tastic events

Community & Entertainment & Lifestyle 16 Dec 2025

Exploring Rob Reiner's legacy of LGBTQ+ allyship
News & Top News & World 16 Dec 2025
Community rallies to save The Complex as eviction announced
Community & Events & Ireland & Lifestyle & News & Today's Top Story & Top News 16 Dec 2025

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First World AIDS Day Festival concludes with powerful Out of Shadows film premiere

Events & Ireland & Top News 2 Dec 2025

The World AIDS Day Festival was a powerful celebration of the strength, resilience and diversity of people living with HIV in Ireland.

Written by Beatrice Fanucci

Screengrab from trailer for Mother Mary showing Anne Hathaway dressed in gold

Watch: Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel star in first-look trailer for pop thriller Mother Mary

3 Dec 2025

Competition: Win ice-skating passes to Dublin's Christmas experience TwinkleTown

Competition 26 Nov 2025

Project Arts Centre to host exciting evening of alternative queer panto
Community & Entertainment & Ireland & Lifestyle & Top News 16 Dec 2025
9 of the best queer couples in film and TV
Entertainment & Film & TV 16 Dec 2025
9 tips for staying safe while using hook-up apps
Community & Lifestyle 16 Dec 2025
7 words that have been reclaimed by the LGBTQ+ community
Community 16 Dec 2025
11 animals that show us queerness in nature
Health & Science 16 Dec 2025
The origins of Drag Story Hour and its importance in LGBTQ+ politics and culture
Community & Lifestyle 16 Dec 2025
9 queer sex scenes in film and TV to spice up your screen time
Entertainment & Film 16 Dec 2025
13 of the biggest Irish LGBTQ+ entertainment stories from 2025
Entertainment 16 Dec 2025
Watch: Grandmother's heartwarming reaction to trans grandchild coming out goes viral
Community & Entertainment & Lifestyle 15 Dec 2025
10 Christmas songs for the perfect festive playlist
Entertainment & Music 15 Dec 2025
37 LGBTQ+ sports clubs to check out across Ireland
Community & Ireland & Sport & Fitness 15 Dec 2025
Demonstration held outside Girl Guides headquarters to protest trans ban
News & Top News 15 Dec 2025
Useful tips for travelling as a queer person this holiday season
Community & Lifestyle & Travel 15 Dec 2025
The legend of the Wolf Girls at Vassar, the students who turned their resistance into a queer folktale
Community & Lifestyle 15 Dec 2025
New Zealand’s women firefighters turn up the heat in first fundraising calendar
Entertainment & Online 15 Dec 2025
13 LGBTQ+ celebrities who came out in 2025
Community & TV 15 Dec 2025
Discover the revolutionary photobook centring the transmasc experience
Books & Community 15 Dec 2025
How sobriety led a gay man to reclaim his own agency
Health & Science 15 Dec 2025
Queer migrants living with HIV in Ireland shine in groundbreaking documentary
Community & Featured & Film 15 Dec 2025
Eurovision director criticised for boycott statement that fails to mention Gaza
News & Top News 15 Dec 2025
LGBTQ+ coalition calls for action following closure of National Gender Service waitlist
Community & Ireland & News 12 Dec 2025
Watch: Full trailer drops for Charli XCX mockumentary The Moment
Entertainment & Film & Music 12 Dec 2025
Eurovision winner Nemo hands back trophy in protest of Israel's participation
Music & News 12 Dec 2025
Trans groups in Ireland respond as National Gender Service closes waiting list
Health & Science & Ireland & News & Top News 12 Dec 2025
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members of the bear community pose togther at event before Béar Féile 2026

Béar Féile announces 2026 festival packed with fur-tastic events

Entertainment 16 Dec 2025

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GCN is a free, vital resource for Ireland’s LGBTQ+ community since 1988.

GCN is a trading name of National LGBT Federation CLG, a registered charity - Charity Number: 20034580.

GCN relies on the generous support of the community and allies to sustain the crucial work that we do. Producing GCN is costly, and, in an industry which has been hugely impacted by rising costs, we need your support to help sustain and grow this vital resource.

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