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February 2010 sees LGBT History Month being celebrated for the first time in Ireland, at Tallaght County Library. There will be talks on LGBT literature and history, a screening of Gus Van Sant’s “Milk”, and an ongoing exhibition curated by Tonie Walsh of the Irish Queer Archive.

The Dáil is to resume its debate on the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 this Wednesday, 27th January 2010. (It is scheduled to take place at some point between 11:29am and 1:30pm, although first to be debated in that time-slot will be two other bills.) A Live Blog has again been set up, and we hope to embed the stream to the live Oireachtas video to allow readers to follow the debate.

The Dáil is to resume its debate on the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 this Thursday, 21st January 2010. (It is scheduled to take place at some point between 10:30am and 3:30pm, although first to be debated in that time-slot will be the Adoption Bill.) A Live Blog has again been set up, and we hope to embed the stream to the live Oireachtas video to allow readers to follow the debate.

As I type this, the various writers and contributors who have kept you entertained and informed on all things lesbian over the last 12 months are quite possibly opening their various pressies under the tree, avoiding the grand-aunt who keeps asking about why they bring their ‘roommate’ “home every year and where’s that nice man you brought to your graduation/debs?” and generally relaxing I hope.

You may or may not have yet heard about the BBC poll earlier this week, which asked the question, “Should homosexuals face execution?” No doubt as a result of worldwide outrage at the question, the Beeb has, of course, since quietly changed the title to “Should Uganda debate gay execution?” That’s significantly different, but [...]

The Portuguese government yesterday approved proposed legislation to remove references to gender in respect of marriage. Yes, Portugal looks set to soon remove any prohibitions on same-sex marriage. The proposals, however, exclude such couples from being considered for adoption, with some saying that this enshrines further discrimination.

Knowing and learning about LGBT history is hugely important: Stonewall was a milestone, but not the beginning. It was an important milestone on a long journey. But what was life like for 20th century gays before 1969? “Before Stonewall” is a wide-ranging documentary which sets out to explore the answer to this question, through first-hand accounts and original footage, from a US perspective.

The Dáil is to debate the second stage of the Civil Partnership Bill today 6:45pm. As you may recall, the Bill was published the day before the Dublin Pride march in June of this year. A couple of weeks ago we wrote that An Taoiseach said the Bill would be debated, “Hopefully, in the first week of December.” And so it has come to pass.

I came across crazy Christians, Renew, thanks to recent posts on MamanPoulet. MP has also been writing about the religious fundies lobbying for a religious “opt-out” to the Civil Partnership Bill. The misses tried to extract some reasoned discussion from the un-speak and scare-mongering by dropping them an email..