Ireland

Sport

Kevin Penrose, an active Gaelic football (GAA) player, who publicly came out in February, has urged other sports people to come out

Kevin Penrose, an active Gaelic football (GAA) player, who publicly came out in February, has urged other sports people to come out. Kevin, who also works as a travel blog influencer, is among a small cohort of openly gay sportsmen – a small list, which includes Jake Daniels and Donal og Cusack. Kev

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Irish TV presenter Brendan Courtney, the first openly gay presenter in Ireland, warns of a rise in “anti-gay rhetoric” after he was attacked in Dublin

Irish TV presenter Brendan Courtney, the first openly gay presenter in Ireland, has warned of a rise in “anti-gay rhetoric” after he was attacked in Dublin. Speaking on Instragam, the TV star, 53, said he raised the case to highlight that attacks like this are still happening and described the event

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

LGBTQ+ News

Katie-George Dunlevy, Ireland’s most decorated Paralympic athlete of all time, hopes to inspire visually impaired children and the LGBTQ+ community

The most decorated Irish Paralympic athlete of all time, Katie-George Dunlevy, discovered she had retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic disorder of the eyes that causes loss of vision, when she was not yet 12 years old. Now the English-born, out gay athlete, who won a gold and two silver medals at this ye

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

LGBTQ+ News

LGBT Ireland reacts to sentencing of Yousef Palani who has been found guilty of murdering two gay men in Ireland

Yousef Palani (23) of Iraqi descent has received two life sentences for the murders of two gay men in Sligo, Ireland in April 2022. Aidan Moffitt (42) and Michael Snee (58) were found murdered in their own homes, 1km apart, in the space of 24 hours. Aidan Moffitt was found murdered at his home on th

By Graham Robson • 1 min read

News

Irish Rugby Football Union bans transgender women

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is amending its gender participation policy for the forthcoming season, preventing transgender women from playing contact female rugby.

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

Arts

‘Queer Love’ with Colm Toibin, Shannon Yee & Paul McVeigh

Join Paul McVeigh, Colm Toibin and Shannon Ye this evening at 8pm for a discussion on their Queer Love anthology

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

General News

Lesbian couple recognised as legal co-parents in Ireland

Two women are the first same-sex couple in Ireland to both be recognised as legal co-parents.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read

Community

Research on gay men in rural communities

How gay men have overcome the challenges of living in rural communities.

By Graham Robson • 2 min read

General News

Lesbian refugee denied asylum in Ireland

A lesbian refugee from Zimbabwe, who was facing death threats from her own family, has been denied asylum by Irish authorities which argued her claim ‘lacked credibility’.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

General News

Northern Ireland now has full marriage equality

The Northern Ireland government have amended a law which was preventing same-sex couples from converting civil partnerships into marriages, meaning the country now has complete marriage equality.

By Rachel Badham • 1 min read

General News

Trans woman attacked on night out in Belfast

A trans woman named Anna Montgomery, 20, was left with facial injuries after she was attacked in a bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

By Rachel Badham • 2 min read