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Northern Ireland Policing Board to launc...

Posted by TRP in News on 03 8th, 2012 | No Comments

The Policing Board will be launching its Human Rights Thematic Review on Policing with and for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGB&T) individuals on Thursday 8 March 2012 at 5:30pm for 6:00pm in Unison, Galway House, 165 York Street, Belfast. It will be a ‘let’s talk’ styled event to...

Posted by TRP in News on 03 7th, 2012 | No Comments

The Rainbow Project, in partnership with Cara-friend and LASI is asking for your help with an important piece of research. Studies in other countries suggest that levels of drug and alcohol use tend to be higher among LGBT communities, but there is little information on the local situation. We have...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 28th, 2012 | No Comments

The Rainbow Project has welcomed the commitment from the Sports Minister Caral NiChuilin MLA to work towards eradicating homophobia in sport in Northern Ireland. LGBT History Month takes place each year in February and the theme of this year’s history month has been sport, on account of the Olympic...

LGB&T Spirituality Retreat At Corry...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 28th, 2012 | No Comments

Adoption For The Single Gay Man – ...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 27th, 2012 | No Comments

As part of LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week, PinkNews.co.uk talks to one gay man about his experiences of adopting as a single parent. Gay men and women across the UK are being invited to attend an event in the country’s first-ever LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week which is currently running...

Comment: It’s Time To Put Vulnerab...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 22nd, 2012 | No Comments

There is something rather cringeworthy about the government’s determination to drive homophobia out of sport. It’s welcome, but an easy target for a government that wants easy-fixes rather than tackling the underlying causes. Things aren’t going nearly as fast as it seems, and ministers are fuming that...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 17th, 2012 | No Comments

Following our meeting with the Minister for Rural and Agricultural Development last year which highlighted the isolation and lack of access to services faced by LGBT people in rural areas, The Rainbow Project is pleased to assist a new informal social and support group in the Fermanagh area. The...

Northern Ireland Prison Service – ...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 16th, 2012 | No Comments

Northern Ireland Prison Service Custody Officer Salary: £18,000 – £23,000 per annum (subject to completion of training) The core purpose of the Northern Ireland Prison Service is to improve public safety by reducing the risk of reoffending through the management and...

Gay Ethnic Group Meeting and Social

Posted by TRP in News on 02 15th, 2012 | No Comments

Monday 27th February 2012 18.00 to 20.00. LGBT Centre, 9-13 Waring Street, Belfast, BT1 2DX Another meeting and social for people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds in Northern Ireland who also identify as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. This month we have some more good news to share...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 14th, 2012 | No Comments

A charity single raising money to tackle homophobic and transphobic bullying has become a sensation over the weekend. The L Project’s début It Does Get Better aims to raise as much money as possible to help combat anti-gay and trans bullying using the most talented lesbian UK performers. The song has hit...

LGB&T Sexual Health Workshop –...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 13th, 2012 | No Comments

The LGBT Person’s Experience Of Vi...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 13th, 2012 | No Comments

The Rainbow Project and Advocacy Scheme present a lecture to mark LGBT History Month: The LGBT Person’s Experience Of Violence – A Gendered Analysis – Nel Whiting (Scottish Women’s Aid). The lectures are on Monday 20th February 2012 at 7.30 pm and Tuesday 21st February 10.30 am. Both...

Minister For Health’s Position On ...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 8th, 2012 | No Comments

Following the revelation that Northern Ireland has taken blood from England, Scotland and Wales, every month since the life time ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood was lifted there, The Rainbow Project have said that the Ministers position on this issue is no longer tenable. Back in September 2011...

San Francisco’s Year Zero: We Were...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 7th, 2012 | No Comments

This David Weissman documentary tells the story of how San Francisco’s gay community was hit by an unimaginable disaster over 30 years ago. Going back to 1981 it tells, through the vantage points of sufferers, activists, researchers, friends and lovers, how AIDS changed their beloved city into the...

The Shocking Truth About Religious ̶...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 6th, 2012 | No Comments

Last month, a state funded Jewish school in North London, JFS, was accused by the Jewish Chronicle of showing students the logo and central message of JONAH, a so called ‘gay cure’ group and implicitly portrayed it as something they should explore if they thought they might be gay. The chief rabbi of...

Edinburgh Plans Valentine’s Day Ma...

Posted by TRP in News on 02 6th, 2012 | No Comments

Gay marriage advocates in the Scottish capital are asking equality-lovers to march in support of the cause on 14 February. Organisers have called for supporters to bring a positive attitude to the event to show the government their passion for equality. The Love Equally March is being promoted by...

Britain’s Gay Footballers

Posted by TRP in News on 02 3rd, 2012 | No Comments

Justin Fashanu was an English footballer who played for various clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was the first black player to command a £1m transfer fee and became the first professional footballer to come out as gay. Shunned by both footballers and his family he committed suicide on 2nd May 1998 after...

Protest At “Core Issues” Rep...

Posted by TRP in News on 01 18th, 2012 | No Comments

On Friday 20th and Saturday 21st January a conference is being held, in Orangefield Presbyterian Church, promoting Reparative Therapy. We will be protesting outside the event on both dates from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. The Truth About Reparative Therapy There is a substantive and mounting body of evidence that...

Posted by TRP in News on 01 11th, 2012 | No Comments