I recently changed my MSN name to “Homophobia is Gay” and i was shocked to discover the amount of my friends who thought that was offensive or didnt know what homophobia was! I have created beo gallery here of images against homophobia. As for what is homophobia dictionary.com has this to say ho·mo·pho·bi·a n. 1. Fear of or contempt for lesbians and gay men. 2. Behavior based on such a feeling. Wikipeidia’s article on homophobia has this to say...
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Ireland His Excellency Vladimir Rakhmanin Embassy of the Russian Federation184-186 Orwell Road Rathgar Dublin 14 7/06/2006Dear Sir, I am writing to you, as the representative of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Ireland, to ask you what steps the Russian Government is taking to bring those who attacked the Gay Rights Parade in Moscow on the 27th May 2006 to justice. Being from Cork where we...
2 May 2006 The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has welcomed the publication of a new study revealing the number of gays and lesbians who have chosen to marry in countries that uphold marriage equality. Marriage equality is enshrined in the laws of the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and the US state of Massachusetts, where the constitution forbids the creation of second-class citizens. In the first 20 months after equality was legalised in Massachusetts, 14,682 residents wed a partner...
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt, Comhionannais agus Athchóirithe Dlí SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ON “DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP” A Working Group on Domestic Partnership has been established by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The Working Group is to prepare an Options Paper on Domestic Partnership for presentation to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform by October 2006, within the following terms of reference: • To consider the categories...
Submission from Stephen Spillane, Finance Officer,University College Cork, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered SocietyWorking Group Member,Union of Students of Ireland, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Campaign In today’s society nothing is or should be taking for granted. People have to look for security in their lives at all times. When it comes to domestic partnerships, security is lacking, if something happens to one of the partners, they have no rights to each others property even if it is held...
Police Probe Memphis Transsexual Killingby 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff (Memphis, Tennessee) A 21-year old transsexual woman was murdered Thursday outside her South Memphis apartment building. Police say that Tiffany Berry was shot three times. She stumbled into the lobby of the building and died moments later. Investigators say the killing appears to have been a robbery gone bad, but friends believe it was a hate crime. “She still had her purse and everything. They shot her in the chest. They...
I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian. I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman. I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights. We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time. I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of...
On the 6th of December, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service will come to UCC for its annual blood drive. At this time, LGBT students and the Students Union, using recently outed and former poster boy of the IBTS, Westlife member Mark Feehily as their own poster boy, will begin an awareness campaign to draw attention to their outdated and discriminatory policy of refusing blood from gay men. The campaign is a peaceful one and does not want to interfere...
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