The Emerald Warriors womens+ team, the Azures, will play its first match in Leinster Women’s Division 5. The Azures are the first full-contact women’s+ team fielded by the LGBT+ club. It was founded in 2003 and aims “to provide an open, inclusive, and safe environment to watch, play, and enjoy rugby.” The team’s captain, Jess […]
2 years ago
60% of LGBTQ+ workers reported experiencing micro-aggression at work A new survey by Indeed has found that over half (53%) of Irish workers who identify as LGBTQ+ feel discriminated against at work. Over 1000 Irish workers were surveyed for the study, with over half of respondents coming from the LGBTQIA+ community. The survey also highlighted […]
2 years ago
“The gays need a piece of that, so let’s do a big weekend of events and showcase everything.” Chairperson of Mullingar Pride, Daniel Boyne, grew up locally but said he left the lovely rural Irish town because there was no LGBT representation and “no queer people to be seen”. After travelling the world, Daniel returned […]
2 years ago
More than half feel unsafe. The School Climate survey by Ireland’s national LGBTQ+ youth organisation, Belong To found that over 1,000 students found bathrooms, lunchrooms and PE class was the space most LGBTQ+ students felt most unsafe. It also showed that 76% of LGBTQ+ students feel unsafe at school, 69% of LGBTQ+ students hear homophobic […]
3 years ago
“I want this utopian world of sexuality to be one where everyone just sleeps with everyone else.” When it premiered in early 2020 – which, if you haven’t successfully buried the memory, was also “early pandemic” – Normal People arrived on its self-made tsunami of headlines thanks to a series of intimate sex scenes. Viewers had […]
3 years ago
Our hearts aren’t ready. Netflix has released the first trailer and premiere date for its upcoming romance series Heartstopper. The plot follows shy and introverted student Charlie (Joe Locke) as he attends an all-boys grammar school and meets an enigmatic classmate named Nick (Kit Connor). The pair strike up an unlikely friendship that quickly turns into […]
4 years ago