As you may or may not have read this week, it seems that under current travel regulations in Canada, transgender individuals can be prevented from merely boarding a plane. In a recent post, I wrote about the violations of every day rights faced by T* identified people, and this is a prime example.

Irene Greene, a student in applied psychology in UCC, is looking for participants to complete an anonymous online survey examining the impact of online social support on trans* individuals. The survey will take just 15 minutes.

This week, I lost quite a bit of faith in the LGBT student movement. What started off as a link left on a wall of a Facebook group, turned into a week-long debate that has left me somewhat disillusioned and if I’m honest, a little bit heartbroken. I don’t know if you have heard of the offensive train wreck of a television show called Work It currently being aired by ABC?

Meeting people online gives you the chance to come across as less of a plonker than you do in real life. But only if you make an effort to stand out. New Gaelick contributor, Tole, takes you through the ups and downs of being an online Casanova.

Morning folks! Happy Hump day as the Americans call Wednesday. What’s hot and not in the world of web news this week I hear you ask Let’s start with PinkNews’s report that

Following the hugely successful premiere of The Big Deal at The Kilkenny Arts Festival 2011, Una McKevitt brings us an extraordinary real life story of two women who knew from a very young age that they were born into the wrong bodies

Last week, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. In the final in our series of articles, we look at parents and children, and other miscellaneous issues

On Tuesday, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. In the second of our series of articles, we look at two further areas examined: immigration and legal procedures

Morning folks! Isn’t it just a lovely Autumn day out there! I am back and well refreshed after a 3-week honeymoon involving Boston, New York and lots of quality time with my favourite lady Right, news I hear you cry!

It was with a mixture of anticipation and excitement that I made my way to the official release of the Report from the Gender recognition advisory group (GRAG), by Social Protection Minister Joan Burton yesterday morning.

Tonight I assume a lot of you lovely readers will be heading to the Dyke Night! Back in the day when I toddled along it was such a great night and so many lovely ladies! This year it has a 1920′s theme so glad your glad rags on and get down the Purty Kitchen.

Mischief is a new night which started in The George bar a few weeks ago. Taking place every Friday, the idea behind the night is that each week has a different theme, and so far the organisers have gone all out to give the clubbers in attendance the best experience possible.

This is an open invitation to all members of the transgender community to join TENI
for a consultation with the Rights Now campaign:

We talk a lot about the politics of outing people as gay, lesbian or bisexual. Some of us believe it’s always wrong. Others, that it’s only ok if the closeted person is being a hypocrite — that it’s ok to out an anti-gay politician as gay, but not a closeted person who fights the corner [...]

First — As you could probably discern from the title, this post is about sex. If that worries you (or your employer if you’re at work ), here’s a link to some cuddly pets. Now, everyone else with me? Let’s talk about sex. Sex can be complicated. It can be especially complicated when one or [...]

There remain countries in the world where LGBT people are criminalised for who we are, and in six of these the penalties include execution. When LGBTs flee such countries to seek asylum, will we get protection? How does Ireland treat asylum seekers who fear persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity? How many LGBT asylum seekers have been deported to unsafe countries where they may face torture, death or other forms of serious harm?