The Outing Festival Returns!

ONCE MORE WITH FEELING

A vibrant new play spanning 40 years of queer life and the journeys of those involved is about to take the theatre scene by storm. Chris Rooke speaks to the creators.

INNER SPACE/OUTER SPACE

The new project by photographer Niamh Barry -Within and Outside These Spaces -explores the overlap between queer people and the spaces they move in.

BLACK QUEER BOOK CLUB

Book Club – Black Queer Writers – Black Queer Readers.

HAPPY ALMOST BIRTHDAY, TRANS WRITERS UNION

On September 22, 2020, James Hudson sent a DM to Anna Walsh, an Irish writer living in Glasgow, opening with: “Hey Anna, I have been, how you say, plagued (in a good way) by your Tweets.”

Proud as

Holly Shortall speaks to the people depicted in the Proud AF campaign and explains why it is needed now more than ever.

A state of collapse

Trans Healthcare in Ireland is a National Emergency.

The struggle

Decade of Centenaries - Criminalisation - Harmful Legacies.

Essay by a Girl from Somewhere Else

Based in the US, Sarah Wright shares how applying for dual Irish/American citizenship felt almost like coming out all over again in terms of identity.

BODY IMAGE

“Recently I realised that I have been on a diet for the past 23 years”, explains James O’Hagan.

FROM THE TEAM

Welcome dear reader, to the October issue of GCN.

DANCE WITH YOUR MA

After what felt like a lifetime, Mother Club proved that yes, we would dance again, as the Mother Summer Block Party brought the community to its (dancing) feet.

NEW LAND NEW LIFE

In recent years, the LGBTQ+ community in Ireland has become more diverse but is it becoming inclusive simultaneously?

NOT WELCOME AT HOME

Tomás Henegan asks why he is forced to go abroad to give blood when the country is crying out for donations.

SHADES OF EILEEN GRAY

Han Tiernan visits the new exhibition by artist Emma Wolf-Haugh and finds its depiction of queer women through the prism of Eileen Gray both whimsical and intricate.