Berlin LGBTQ refuge carries ‘psychological burden’ as homophobic attacks rise
One owner of queer cafe-bars has filed 45 police complaints in the last 18 months, all linked to homophobic violence
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Kevin Penrose: ‘You have guys playing Gaelic football who are too scared to come out. I want to give them courage’
‘I was in Thailand and there were four of five days where I didn’t leave the hotel room. That’s when I decided to ring home and come out’
Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin – How bigotry was moved off the statute books
The author intersperses an account of the evolution of gay rights in the US with the story of his own early love affair
Discrimination against sexual and gender minorities in Ireland has increased, UCD study finds
Research demonstrates broad support for LGBTIQ+ people, women’s rights and abortion
‘Disgusting and deliberate’: Second man arrested over spreading of slurry on Ballymena Pride route
Man (19) to appear in court charged with criminal damage and possession of an article with a blade or point
‘None of us are free until everyone is free’: Tens of thousands attend Budapest Pride in defiance of ban
Police had sought to prevent event going ahead, arguing that it fell under the scope of a child protection law passed by Orbans’s government
Ireland’s only LGBTQ+ salon: ‘We’re doing something that makes people feel comfortable where they otherwise wouldn’t’
Part barbershop, part community hub, Queer Hawk offers a sanctuary of pink chairs, pronoun badges and disco-ball confidence at a time many bricks-and-mortar queer spaces are closing
Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman to take part in banned Budapest Pride march
O’Gorman criticises Hungarian PM Viktor Orban for ‘chipping away’ at LGBTI+ rights
A Family Matter by Claire Lynch: Serviceable, highly readable but a bit preachy
The book centres on the author’s noble desire to illustrate the hideous treatment of lesbian mothers in British courts
Glasnevin Cemetery’s Queer History Tour: ‘If you’re here for the drama, you’ll get it’
Guide Anna Collins on the radical characters who feature on a tour introduced to mark Dublin Pride
Why is Irish media so reticent about covering gender issues?
Gender issues are a hugely important story in Ireland today, and deserves coverage to match
Strange new worlds and a summer camp murder: YA reads for June
Skipshock by Caroline O’Donoghue; Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel; The Brightest Star by Meg Grehan; The Last Wish List by Jacqueline Silvester; Exit Stage Death by Ava Eldred
‘I will not be held prisoner’: The transgender women turned back at Ukraine’s borders
Trans women reportedly denied passage to safer countries despite legal status as women
In The News: How Poland’s right-wing politicians are reshaping society
Donald Tusk wants this ‘black dream’ to be over, but what do people on the ground think?
Biden to receive Covid-19 vaccine in effort to boost public confidence
Some 300,000 Americans have died of disease with roughly 5% of population infected
Martina Navratilova: ‘If I had Twitter 30 years ago, I would have been raising holy hell’
Former tennis star discusses her glittering career, being a gay role model and ‘evil’ Trump
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