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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 Pride flag was left at a home address. The PSNI are treating the incident as a hate crime. Scott Cuthbertson, Director of The Rainbow Project said: “We are deeply concerned …

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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 about their experience. Call out for individuals to be interviewed about their experiences with conversion practices (also known as conversion therapies or reparative therapies). These practices encompasses all medical, psychological, …

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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 Belfast City Hall by Lord Mayor Kate Nicholl and speakers included Adam Murray, Community Development Manager of CaraFriend, Professor William Spurlin from Brunel University, Aisling Twomey, Policy and Advocacy Manager …

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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 Annie, I’m a 32 year old, finally out and proud lesbian, in the Causeway Coast and Glens area. It’s Lesbian Visibility Week and I would like to share a bit …

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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 her on Twitter at @rebtool     “Lesbians really do exist!” exclaimed Derry Girls’ Orla McCool against the backdrop of the North of Ireland in the mid-1990s, around the same time …

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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 recent sex worker rights awareness training that all of our staff received – we’ve created a handy how-to on supporting someone who is experiencing whorephobia (a term sex workers use …

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