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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

Celebrate a magnificient 100 Years of HereNI, CaraFriend & The Rainbow Project
18:00 Arrival Drinks 19:00 Welcome Address 19.30 Dinner is Served 22:00 Entertainment 01:00 Event Close  Dress Code: Smart, but not formal, dress to impress

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

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.

Community Engagement Manager
The Rainbow Project is seeking to recruit a Community Engagement Manager to lead our new Belfast LGBTQIA+ Community Engagement Project under the PEACEPLUS Programme, in
There is no place for anti-LGBTQIA+ hatred in Northern Ireland.
The Rainbow Project has responded to the news regarding a security alert in Portrush, County Antrim yesterday evening, where a suspicious item wrapped in a

Research Participants required for Department for Communities research on Conversion Therapy
We are recruiting LGBTQIA+ people with experiences of Conversion Practices (also known as conversion therapies, reparative therapies, and cure therapies) to take part in interviews

Stigma and discrimination against people with HIV are as big an issue as ever
World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by

LGBTQIA+ Awareness Week – 16th to 22 May 2022 CHECK OUT THE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS!
LGBTQI+ Awareness Week will take place this year from 16th – 22nd of May. With a whole range of events to choose from please check

LGBTQIA Holocaust Memorial Event – Belfast 2022
This week LGBTQIA sectoral groups came together week to mark Holocaust memorial week and lay wreaths at The Belfast Cenotaph. The group were welcomed to

The Rainbow Project response to EHRC statements on upcoming LGBTQ+ legislation in the United Kingdom
Yesterday’s statements from the EHRC are an unwelcome and unwarranted attack on Trans equality. We believe that these two statements (one in response to the

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020
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Mental Health Week: Coming Out is Good for Your Health
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Lesbian Visibility Week: I need a Shero!!
Eimear Willis is The Rainbow Project’s Health and Wellbeing Officer in the Western Area. Heya, it’s Eimear here. I work with the adult groups in

Lesbian Visibility Week: Three women, three stories of coming out
Three women from across Northern Ireland share their stories of coming to terms with their sexual orientation and coming out. Annie Hi my name is

With visibility comes community, empowerment and self-confidence for young lesbians
Rebecca Toolan is a lesbian from Belfast who currently works in marketing and occasionally writes about pop culture, politics, and LGBT issues. You can follow

Lesbian Visibility Week: Wynonna Earp, Krashlyn and Loving Women
Rainbow Counsellor Ciara O’Neill writes about the impact of meaningful representation of lesbian women in media.

Celebrating Transgender Day of Visbility
Our counsellor Nat Creighton talks about notable trans & non-binary icons and why visibility is important!

Are you experiencing financial abuse?
As part of the #16daysofactionNI and our #hiddenfromview domestic abuse campaign. Our Advocacy officer Aisling looks at the issue of financial abuse.
How you can support someone experiencing Whorephobia
“Did you know that The Rainbow Project is a sex worker affirming organisation that supports decriminalisation and sex worker rights? Off the back of our