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  • 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

  • A still from Unseen. It shows two people embracing underwater.

    Queer Cork dancer highlights hidden disabilities in new multimedia performance Unseen 

    Ireland, Opinion 22 Dec 2023

  • Young queer man shares how reality TV helped him come out and find community

    GCN Back Issues, Opinion, TV 20 Dec 2023

  • This article is about the power of language when coming out. The image shows hands holding a cardboard sign, reading "NON-BINARY IS BEAUTIFUL". In the background are other signs and flags.

    Irish non-binary butch lesbian shares the power of language when coming out

    Community, GCN Back Issues, GCN Magazine, Ireland, Opinion

  • The image is a screen shot from an RTÉ Prime Time Documentary. It shows a headshot of a man wearing a blue shirt and wine coloured tie. He is sitting in front of a window with blurred out trees behind.

    Doctor condemns misrepresentation on RTÉ Prime Time transgender healthcare episode

    Health & Science, News, Opinion, Top News, TV 19 Dec 2023

  • The image shows a split screen portrait of Pradeep Mahadeshwar who wrote a poem about racism in Ireland. The image shows two portraits of Pradeep. in both he is looking away to the left with his head slightly tilted upwards. The image on the left is saturated in Blue, the image on the right is saturated in red.

    Powerful poem highlights impact of racism on queer people of colour in Ireland

    Community, News, Opinion, Top News 8 Dec 2023

  • The image shows two people who have come out about their LGBTQ+ identity at a Pride event. They are standing with their backs to the camera. One has a trans Pride flag wrapped around their shoulders and one has a rainbow Pride flag wrapped around their shoulders.

    Irish blind trans man shares how attending Pride helped him come out

    Ireland, News, Opinion 28 Nov 2023

  • This article is about solving the transgender healthcare crisis in Ireland. The image shows a medical professional consulting with a patient. The back of the patient's head is shown in the left foreground of the photo, with an out of focus doctor facing her.

    Opinion: Why compassion is key to solving Ireland's transgender healthcare crisis

    Health & Science, News, Opinion 9 Nov 2023

  • The image shows Marlon Jimenez-Compton holding up a sign which reads "Two years sober". He is standing in a garden wearing a blue fedora hat and a rainbow coloured hoodie.

    Celebrating two years sober as a gay man living in Ireland

    Health & Science, Lifestyle, News, Opinion 2 Nov 2023

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