GENDER BASED VIOLENCE & THE IRISH STATE

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AMBITIOUS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD
NXF – New Team - 2022

In Memory of EOIN COLLINS
In Memory – Eoin Collins – A Tribute

BODIES IN MOTION
Film – Art – Identity

RETURN FROM OZ
Australia - Ireland - Return

LIVE BOLDLY
Drag - Monsters - Art

FOR THE LOVE OF KINK
Kink - OinK - All You Need To Know

How to tell a secret
Disclosure - Documentary - VMDIFF

Forward Fashion
In November 2021, Irish urban clothing brand, The Human Collective, burst onto the scene proudly wearing a message of equality on its sleeve. Speaking with Oisin Kenny, disability activist and Head of Community, Paddy Smyth, details what makes inclusive fashion

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE & THE IRISH STATE
Emily O’Connell talked to some of the most marginalised members of the queer community about their experiences with GBV, how it intersects with other facets of violence and oppression, and asks if policing works for them

MEETING OF LIKE MINDS
The Lesbian Lives Conference returns this March for its 25th edition, taking up residency in University College Cork (UCC) for the first time. Han Tiernan takes a look back at the origins of the conference and why Cork is the perfect place to host it

SOLIDARITY
Susan Stryker will be a keynote speaker at the 25th Lesbian Lives Conference. Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll spoke to her about her life, community, work, and what to expect from her upcoming talk

THE BOLD TYPE
Performing as part of the unmissable Lesbian Lives Conference, poet Julie Goo shares with Peter Dunne how the Irish language has helped her work reach new depths and how poetry helps her make sense of things

Dating & Difference: NEURODIVERGENCE
When thinking about the myriad personal reasons we disregard potential partners, longterm or short-term, romantic or sexual, it would be naive to think that these reasons are not affected by more universal influences like racism, classism, body shaming, ableism and ageism, writes Adrian Colwell

In remembrance of OLIVER HEGARTY
GCN was extremely saddened to learn of the

THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND
George Robotham’s recent departure as long serving Chair of Outhouse marks the end of an era for the vital community space. Outhouse Board Member David Carroll thanks a beloved teammate. Portrait of George by Paul Connell from his Path Finders exhibition

After the Cameras Stop
Cam_Stop? @atcs

HIGHLIGHTING LGBTQ+ CREATIVES
Luis Noguera Benitez and Ciaran Gildea of PShirts, and founders of the Quirk Market