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The Rainbow Project is now delivering a new support service for families of trans people in Northern Ireland. This service is taking over from Mermaids UK’s in-person service which ceased in Northern Ireland earlier this month. Support for trans young people and their families is vital. Parents and families need to be provided with the space […]

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

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

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,

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 partnership with Cara Friend and HERe NI. Applications close: 4/8/25 Interviews on: 13/8/25 – Job Role: Community Engagement Salary: £32,031 Hours per week: 35.00 Based: At our Belfast Office – Download