Meet the panel for the essential event Call It Out: A Queer Perspective

The speakers will address homophobia, biphobia and transphobia as experienced by LGBT+ people in today's Ireland.

Events . Written by Peter Dunne .

Panelist of the Call It Out: A Queer Perspective event

On June 5, Dublin’s Project Arts Centre will play host to Call It Out: A Queer Perspective – an important an essential evening of discussion between a panel of speakers looking at prejudice faced by the LGBT+ community.

In conjunction with TENI and the Call It Out campaign, GCN will present an evening of conversation exploring the complex and multifaceted nature of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia as experienced by LGBT+ people in today’s Ireland.

Award winning journalist and author, Una Mullaly, will host the conversation. Una has long been an activist for LGBT+ rights. Her novel, In The Name Of Love, documented the movement for same-sex marriage in Ireland, while the anthology Repeal The 8th gathered together works from novelists, poets, artists and journalists on the front line of the referendum. Una recently launched the United Ireland podcast, which she co-hosts with Andrea Horan.

https://twitter.com/UnaMullally/status/1133809539353063426

On the panel will be Ellen Murray from TENI. A trans rights and disability rights advocate, Ellen is the founder of the trans youth service GenderJam in Northern Ireland and the Belfast Trans Resource Centre through SAIL NI. Having worked in the past with the European Commission, the European Union and the United Nations, Ellen is also Policy And Research Officer at TENI (Trans Equality Network Ireland).

Also appearing is presenter, broadcaster and fashion designer Brendan Courtney. Brendan is instantly familiar from his successful television career where he has produced and hosted such shows as Off The Rails, Wanderlust, Treasure Island and The Brendan Courtney Show. Brendan recently shared his own experience of homophobia as part of the Call It Out campaign.

Joining them on the panel is Shubhangi Karmakar. Shubhangi is an educator and facilitator of conversations on diversity in academia, politics and media, known better as their moniker ‘Repealist’ and has been involved with grassroots political movements like Radical Queers Resist,. They work with groups like House of STEM, Women in Medicine Ireland (WiMIN) and Pride in STEM internationally, to “queer scientific spaces, and bring science to queer spaces”, with a focus on representation for people of colour, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ people.

LGBT+ and disability rights activist Paddy Smyth will also appear. Paddy has been a trailblazer for LGBT+ and disabled people in the media, appearing on First Dates Ireland and currently hosting the RTÉ fashion show The Fitting Room. The show features members of the public including gender non-conforming folk and people living with a disability.

With such an incredible lineup of speakers, the event is sure to be an important and invigorating discussion. Click here to book tickets for the event.

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