Author name: Alexa Moore

Education Unions, Children’s Rights Groups and LGBTQIA+ Organisations call on Education Minister to Reinstate Trans Guidance

Today a group of youth organisations, LGBTQIA+ charities and education unions representing thousands of teaching and non-teaching staff across Northern Ireland have condemned the Education Minister’s removal of guidance for supporting trans youth in education, urging him to reinstate the guidance in a joint statement co-ordinated by The Rainbow Project. Alexa Moore, Policy Campaigns and […]

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Share your Experiences: Impact of the Supreme Court Judgment in Northern Ireland

The Supreme Court Judgment on FWS vs Scottish Minister’s, which redefined the terms ‘man’, ‘woman’, and ‘sex’ as they’re interpreted in the 2010 Equality Act, has already had a significant impact on trans communities across the UK. While the implications of this judgment in Northern Ireland is more complex due to our different equality legislation

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Minister Lyons, Don’t be a Drag! Support our Queens

The Communities Minister, Gordon Lyons, has stated that a ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ event which took place recently in East Belfast “should not have taken place,” claiming that it was “not appropriate for children” and that he would apply pressure on Libraries NI to ensure events like this couldn’t happen in the future. This event,

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Lack of Progress on Equality Strategies a ‘Missed Opportunity’

The Rainbow Project’s Policy, Campaigns and Communications Manager, Alexa Moore, described the failure to progress both the Gender Equality Strategy and the LGBTQI+ Strategy as a ‘missed opportunity’ to ensure equality across Government and society in Northern Ireland. She gave evidence on Thursday 13th March alongside a delegation from the Women’s Policy Group, led by

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Programme for Government Risks Deepening Inequality

The Northern Ireland Executive’s newly unveiled Programme for Government risks deepening inequality and leaving LGBTQIA+ communities behind in key policy areas across the board, including addressing homelessness, health inequalities and building social cohesion. “Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most” is the Executive’s shared Programme for Government, agreed and published at the end of February. The

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Press Release: Indefinite Puberty Blockers Ban creates significant uncertainty for trans young people and families

A coalition of Northern Ireland based LGBTQIA+ charities have criticised the Executive’s decision to ban puberty blockers indefinitely, to not be reviewed until 2027, leaving trans children and young people, and their families, denied their healthcare needs for a further 3 years.  Alexa Moore, Policy Campaigns and Communications Manager at the Rainbow Project, said, “We

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An image showing a striped quilt with red hearts in it. Written at the top is 'To Mummy', and at the bottom are the dates 1st February 1954 - 23rd October 1991.

Northern Ireland AIDS Memorial Quilts put on Public Display for first time since 1996

As part of World AIDS Day, which is marked every year on the 1st of December, the Rainbow Project is displaying a collection of AIDS memorial quilts originating in Northern Ireland, likely last exhibited in 1996. The quilts, which formed part of ‘the Names Project’, were part of the world’s largest community folk art project,

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The Rainbow Project’s Statement on the Cass Review

The Rainbow Project is concerned by a number of elements contained in the Cass Report released this week on care for transgender children and adolescents. We’re currently taking the time to read through it and digest all its implications for care in England and any ramifications it might have across the UK and Ireland.  Cass

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