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  • This article is about queer friendship. The image shows the backs of two people in a field, embracing as they stand side by side.

    Young Irish woman shares her experiences of finding love in queer friendship

    News, Opinion 29 Mar 2024

  • From left to right, comic images of Marvel's Northstar, DC's Catwoman, and Marvel's Jessie Drake.

    Marvel vs DC: who has better LGBTQ+ superheroes?

    Books, Entertainment, Opinion 27 Mar 2024

  • Photo of queer people carrying Pride flags and Palestinian flags

    What it's like to be queer and Palestinian amid Israel's war on Gaza

    Opinion, World 26 Mar 2024

  • Cyndi Lauper sitting on top of a convertible car at a gay Pride parade. She wears an elaborate silver head piece, and holds a rainbow flag up in the air.

    What makes Cyndi Lauper a gay icon?

    Entertainment, Music, Opinion 22 Mar 2024

  • The photograph is a headshot of Lisa Connell, co-founder of Mother queer space. In the image she is looking directly into the camera smiling with her mouth closed. She has long sandy coloured hair worn loose with a fringe.

    Mother co-founder Lisa Connell highlights the importance of queer spaces ahead of Cultúr Club

    Events, GCN Current Issue, News, Opinion, Top News 13 Mar 2024

  • Activist Dr Shubhangi Karmakar, who advocated for yes no vote in the family and care referendums, sitting on a rock with the sea in the background.

    Activist Dr Shubhangi Karmakar advocates for YES NO vote in Irish referendums

    Ireland, News, Opinion, Top News 8 Mar 2024

  • This article is about the care referendum. In the photo, activist Rosaleen McDonagh smiling at the camera.

    Disability rights activist Rosaleen McDonagh shares the importance of considering intersectionality in upcoming care referendum

    Ireland, News, Opinion 6 Mar 2024

  • The image shows activist Ranae Von Meding with her wife and two of her children. In this article Ranae outlines why she will vote yes in the upcoming referendums. In the image, the family are posing behind a life-sized multicoloured picture frame. The frame has signs on it which read "love is love", "Still Not Equal" and "Family is Everything.

    LGBTQ+ family rights activist shares the importance of voting YES in upcoming referendums

    GCN Current Issue, Ireland, Opinion, Top News 29 Feb 2024

  • A still from queer film Saltburn. It shows Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan as their characters sitting side by side on a couch. They both wear white dress shirts and black dickie bows.

    Just how queer is Saltburn?

    Entertainment, Film, Opinion 28 Feb 2024

  • The image shows a split screen of three of the black queer tv characters featured in this article. On the left is a woman with long dreaded hair. She is wearing a tight orange and black jumpsuit and a silver eye mask. In the middle is a man leaning one arm on a desk. He is bald and is smiling. He is wearing a white shirt and black tie. On the right is a trans woman with a curly bob haircut. She is wearing a denim jacket and has her arms folded across her chest.

    9 queer Black TV characters we can't get enough of

    News, Opinion, Top News, TV 23 Feb 2024

  • Photograph of person's wrist wearing rainbow pride bracelet representing an LGBTQ+ ally

    6 easy ways to be a good LGBTQ+ ally

    Community, News, Opinion, Top News 30 Jan 2024

  • The image shows part of the cover of the first issue of Identity, an LGBTQ+ periodical. On the left of the image is a grey scale negative image of a man's face with his eyes closed. on the right, written sideways from bottom to top are the letters T I T Y. They are written in bright red in a bubble handwritten font.

    Remembering Identity, one of Ireland’s first LGBTQ+ periodicals

    Entertainment, News, Opinion, Top News 22 Jan 2024

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