Author name: Alexa Moore

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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