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  • 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

  • The article explores trans representation in media. The image is a photoshopped image of a stack of folded news papers on the right, overlapping a photograph of a trans rights demonstration on the left. One of the protestors is carrying a pink octagonal stop sign with the word "Transphobia" grafittied in blue over it.

    How Irish media is failing the trans community

    Featured, GCN Back Issues, GCN Magazine, Opinion 19 Oct 2023

  • Black queer activist Beryl Ohas, speaking at a microphone.

    Activist Beryl Ohas on how to empower the Black queer community in Ireland

    Community, Ireland, News, Opinion, Top News 12 Oct 2023

  • One of Ireland's queer vampires Carmilla. This illustration is taken from the novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. It shows a black and white drawing of a woman sleeping in a bed, while a female vampire in a cloak crawls onto the bed.

    The problem with Ireland's queer vampires

    Books, Ireland, Opinion 6 Oct 2023

  • Two actors from Marry My Dead Body sit on at desk

    A look at the Taiwanese supernatural queer comedy Marry My Dead Body

    Entertainment, Film, Opinion 28 Aug 2023

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