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O'Gorman to attend Pride parade in Budapest despite ban

Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman has said that he will travel to Hungary to attend the Budapest pride parade on 28 June.

Europe • 19 Jun

New support for LGBTQ+ in mental health services launched

A guidance document and a training resource to support mental health services staff working with LGBTQIA+ service users will be published this morning.

Ireland • 06 Jun

rAecent protest against the LGBTQ+ policy of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest

Ireland frustrated by Hungary LGBTQ+ measures - minister

Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has said that, as a net contributing EU member state, Ireland is increasingly frustrated at Hungary's crackdown on fundamental rights and its alleged erosion of the rule of law.

Europe • 27 May

Reverend Dr Katherine Meyer described the decision to resign as one of the most painful of her life

Reverend resigns following enquiry over LGBTQ+ events

A minister who was summoned before the Presbyterian Church of Ireland's Judicial Commission for taking part in events with the LGBTQ+ community has resigned.

Ireland • 06 Dec 24

The raids came on the one year anniversary of Russia's Supreme Court outlawing the 'international LGBT movement'

Police in Moscow raid bars over 'LGBT propaganda'

Police in Moscow have raided multiple bars and arrested the director of a gay travel agency, under laws criminalising "LGBT propaganda", state media reported.

Russia • 30 Nov 24

Trans activist Jenny Maguire is president-elect of Trinity College Dublin Students' Union

Trans visibility is 'an act of defiance' - TCD student

The president-elect of Trinity College Dublin Students' Union (TCDSU) has spoken about the importance of trans visibility, describing it as "an act of defiance."

Ireland • 31 Mar 24

People march during Budapest's Pride parade in July 2021. Organisers said it was as much a rally against an anti-LGBTQ law

Why is the European Commission taking Hungary to court?

Ireland is one of 15 European Union member states that has joined an EU legal case against Hungary. At stake is a law passed by Hungary in 2021 prohibiting content that promotes homosexuality and gender change to under-18s.

Europe • 22 Apr 23

Antonio Guterres accused social media platforms and advertisers of profiting off the spread of hateful content (file image)

'Stop the hate', UN chief pleads on Holocaust Day

The UN secretary-general has warned of social media's role in spreading violent extremism around the globe as he marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, urging policy makers to help stop online hate.

Europe • 27 Jan 23

Students from St Laurence College in Loughlinstown at the launch of the 2022 School Climate Survey

Around 76% of LGBTQ+ students don't feel safe at school

Teenagers who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or queer do not feel safe in Irish schools and many are skipping school in order to avoid negative treatment, a survey has found.

Ireland • 15 Nov 22

Supporters of LGBT rights at a rally in Singapore last January

Singapore to repeal legal ban on sex between men

Singapore will decriminalise sex between men, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said today.

World • 21 Aug 22

Pride march in Tbilisi cancelled over fears of violence

LGBT+ pride march in Tbilisi cancelled after violence

LGBT+ rights campaigners who planned to stage a pride march in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, have cancelled the event after their office was stormed and ransacked, activists said on Twitter.

World • 05 Jul 21

Italy 'free' to decide on homophobia law - Draghi

Prime Minister Mario Draghi insisted yesterday that Italy's parliament was sovereign after the Vatican made an unprecedented complaint about a draft law against homophobia.

Europe • 24 Jun 21

A man holds a placard during a demonstration against Hungary's Anti-LGBT Law in Amsterdam

Nations voice 'grave concern' at Hungary anti-LGBTQ law

Thirteen of the EU's 27 member states, including Ireland, voiced their "grave concern" at a new law in Hungary they said discriminates against LGBTQ people while claiming to protect children.

World • 22 Jun 21

Jed Dowling said the emphasis this year is on small events

Range of Pride events planned across country

Pride is being marked across the country this month but many events are taking place virtually for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.

Ireland • 20 Jun 21

A new mural on Dublin's Camden Row for Pride month

New Dublin mural inspired by LGBTI+ young people

A mural inspired by the stories of LGBTI+ young people growing up in Ireland has been unveiled in Dublin.

LGBTQ • 17 Jun 21

More than 5,000 people rallied outside parliament on Monday against the legislation, which LGBTQ groups have compared to similar legislation in Russia

Hungarian law criticised as crackdown on LGBTQ rights

Hungary's parliament has passed a law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality to minors in what critics have criticised as a crackdown on LGBTQ rights.

World • 15 Jun 21

Mary McAleese said the joint statement represented 'a small step towards countering (homophobia)'

McAleese joins call for ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy

Almost 400 global religious leaders and representatives, including anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu and former Irish president Mary McAleese, have called for countries to end LGBT+ conversion therapy.

World • 16 Dec 20

Members of the anti-homophobia group 'Stop Bzdurom' have said they hung flags on statues of Jesus and other figures last week as part of a fight for LGBT rights

Polish protesters detained over arrest of LGBT activist

Polish police have said they have detained 48 people after protesters tried to stop them arresting an LGBT activist accused of hanging rainbow flags over statues in Warsaw and damaging a pro-life campaigner's van.

Europe • 08 Aug 20

Some Polish regions have declared themselves "LGBT ideology-free zones" that Brussels regards as discriminatory

EU denies grants to 'LGBT-free' Polish towns

The European Commission has rejected applications from six Polish towns to take part in a subsidised twinning programme because of their official attitude to the LGBT community.

World • 29 Jul 20

The court confirmed the Civil Rights Act protects workers from discrimination because of sexual orientation and transgender status

US court rules civil rights law protects LGBT employees

The US Supreme Court has ruled that federal protections against workplace discrimination apply equally to sexual orientation, contrary to the position taken by the administration of President Donald Trump.

World • 15 Jun 20

America's top court rules LGBTQ workers are protected from job discrimination

Protection of LGBT workers backed by US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court has delivered a landmark victory for the gay and transgender communities when it ruled that employers cannot discriminate against workers because of their sexual orientation.

News • 16 Jun 20

Tunisia's Mounir Baatour submits his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections

Arab world sees first openly gay political candidate

An openly gay lawyer has announced he would stand in Tunisia's presidential elections, a first for the Arab world.

World • 08 Aug 19

Ranae Von Meding and her wife Audrey have two daughters: Ava and Arya

Raised by both: Same-sex parents fight for recognition

Four-week-old Finn is being cradled in the arms of Ailbhe O'Nolan while her wife AnneMarie Whelan looks on adoringly.

Ireland • 05 Aug 19

Democratic, anti-war and LGBT movements activist was brutally murdered near her house on Friday night

Russian LGBT activist murdered after threats

Russian campaigners have said a woman found murdered with multiple stab wounds in the city of Saint Petersburg was a well-known local activist who had received threats over her protests for LGBT rights and opposition causes.

World • 22 Jul 19

Some 800 supporters of LGBT+ rights marched through the city some 200 km northeast of Warsaw

Polish Gay Pride marchers defy stone-throwing hooligans

The first-ever Gay Pride parade has been held in the eastern Polish city of Bialystok, but the march was marred by violence from soccer hooligans and conservative campaigners staged counter protests, local police said.

World • 21 Jul 19