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  • A stained glass portrait of St Brigid in multiple colours.

    How St Brigid became a queer icon for the Irish LGBTQ+ community

    GCN Back Issues, Ireland 1 Feb 2024

  • A cropped scan of the poster for the first Gay Games. The scan is black and white, with "GAY OLYMPIC GAMES I San Francisco 1982" printed in the top right corner. Below is an image of several men running in track and field.

    Revisiting the first-ever Gay Games in San Francisco 1982

    News, Sport & Fitness, World 20 Dec 2023

  • Black and white photo of Pearl M Hart. She has short dark hair and looks down the lens of the camera.

    The legacy of Pearl M Hart, a fierce lesbian lawyer and “Guardian Angel” of LGBTQ+ rights

    News, World 19 Dec 2023

  • Historic same-sex couples. From left to right, period photographs of Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sanchez Loriga, a painting of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas.

    7 historic same-sex couples you should know about

    News

  • The story is about a GCN radio documentary. The image shows a split screen, on the left is a fan spread of GCN Magazines, and on the right is a studio microphone with a pop filter in front of it.

    35-year history of GCN celebrated in new radio documentary

    Entertainment, Ireland, News, Top News 9 Nov 2023

  • An LGBTQ+ fairy tale. The image shows an illustration of Sleeping Beauty. A person with long blonde hair lies in bed looking up at a knight in shining armour who also has long blonde hair.

    Where are all the LGBTQ+ fairy tales?

    Books, Entertainment 27 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

  • A grainy image of the Kylie Kreatures. The four queens sit on a bed as they are interviewed by Eurotrash. Each are dressed a Kylie Minogue impersonators.

    Watch: Iconic Dublin drag quartet Kylie Kreatures go viral in resurfaced 1995 clip

    Entertainment, Ireland, Videos 26 Sep 2023

  • Ewan Forbes

    The legacy of Sir Ewan Forbes, the first trans baronet of Scotland

    Community, News 11 Sep 2023

  • An image from the dancefloor of Flikkers in Dublin. It shows a big crowd of extravagantly dressed customers.

    Stories from the dancefloor of historic Dublin LGBTQ+ nightclub Flikkers

    Community, Ireland 6 Sep 2023

  • The image shows a promotional shot for the new TG4 documentary of two women posing as the Ladies of Llangollen. The two people are walking in a rural setting holding hands. They are walking away from the camera and are wearing period costumes. The one of the left is wearing aa long tan coloured dress. The one on the right has a long brown skirt with a frilly white blouse. She is also carrying a dark brown hat.

    New docu-series to explore iconic Irish lesbian love story of the Ladies of Llangollen

    Entertainment, News, Top News, TV 30 Aug 2023

  • Marlene Dietrich

    Exploring the legacy of Marlene Dietrich, the LGBTQ+ icon who left a mark on Hollywood

    Entertainment, Film, Music, Theatre 3 Aug 2023

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