The LadyBirds mean business. One of BeLonG To’s youth groups, over the last while they have taken part in training courses with Dublin Lesbian Line, released a manifesto of what they want to achieve and just last month they launched a video campaign to highlight the stigma that surrounds the female reproductive system and the lack of education that young people receive when it comes to women’s bodies.
The LadyBirds’ drive to campaign came from discussion groups in which they would share their experiences of coming to terms with their sexuality and the lack of resources and general information that was out there. For many of the participants these were the first discussions of that kind they had ever had, and the ability to finally be able to share and relate their struggles to other people allowed them to fully process their anger and clearly see what problems they had to face going forward.