Last week, Hal geeked about words. Today, because I now feel free to express my geekiness, I will geek about acronyms. There’s even a chart.
The reason I’m thinking about acronyms right now is because of Law & Order SVU’s recent episode called “PC” featuring Kathy Griffin as a lesbian activist. You can read lots about [...]

“Seventy-nine percent of [US] Democrats said they support permitting gay men and lesbians to serve openly. Fewer Democrats however, just 43 percent, said they were in favor of allowing homosexuals to serve openly”. What does this mean for the rest of us?

The newly formed Stop Conversion Therapy Taskforce (SCOTT) protested an ex-gay conference held in Ballynahinch, County Down.
The group was founded by gay investigative journalist Patrick Strudwick who sought to discover the methods used by those therapists who claim they can cure the gay, by presenting himself as seeking to be rid of his homosexuality.  In [...]

LoveAction is a collective which is promoting equality for same-sex relationships, diverse families and young gay people. TONIGHT, make Love at War!

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.

You may have heard some mutterings on t’internet about Lip Service, a new telly show coming from the BBC in the Spring, which will follow the lives of some Scottish lesbians. Scottish lesbians are right up there with brown paper parcels tied up with string on my list of favourite things, so the excitement is mounting here in Gaelick towers.

It’s that time of the year again, when most colleges go gay during their Rainbow Weeks or days. They serve to raise the visibility of LGBT students on college campuses, and thereby help LGBT students know that they’re not the “only gay in the village”. This is especially true for the smaller colleges throughout the country, where some students can genuinely feel that they are alone.

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.

Let’s be honest, in the history of tellyland we’ve been pretty starved for lady-loving ladies. Over in the states they’ve had it even worse than us. In my lifetime (shurrup down the back) the first lesbian couple on TV were Beth Jordache and Margaret Clements in Brookside back in 1993, American audiences had to wait until Tara put a spell on Willow in 2000. But who are your favourite? Vote and let us know.

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.