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Since it was first published in 1988, GCN (Gay Community News) has been providing a uniquely Irish angle on LGBT culture, news, politics, entertainment, celebrity and lifestyle for a devoted readership. Published monthly, we have grown to become the most recognised and established gay magazine in Ireland, leading the way with top-rate journalism, fantastic production values and outstanding content.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in GCN 342.
FROM THE EDITOR
Don’t be fooled by the secular nature of the campaign to retain the Eighth Amendment. Back in 1983, the Catholic Church was front and centre in the referendum campaign to change the Irish Constitution...
WE ASKED THE TEAM
WHY ARE YOU VOTING YES?
For our special issue on the Repeal the Eighth referendum
BRIAN There has always been unwanted pregnancies and abortion. The Eighth pushes this fact under the carpet, lea...
The GCN30 Exhibition
Water Cooler Chatter
This month we’re having words about…
This year GCN leaves its 20s and settles into its 30s as the national LGBT+ press – the oldest publication of its sort in the world, the...
You Shall Go To The Ball
HIV Ireland’s Red Ball is all geared up to paint the town the same colour on June 16 at the Guinness Storehouse. This inaugural ball is being thrown to raise both awareness and funds to support peopl...
Poet In Motion
Mark Ward, sure to be a familiar face to lovers of queer cabaret in Dublin, is releasing his first book of poems - Circumference. When Mark isn’t entertaining lovers of drag, burlesque and musicals a...
A LaBruce Revolution
The latest offering from provocative queer filmmaker, actor and self-described ‘reluctant pornographer’, Bruce LaBruce is released on DVD this month, ready to stick a celluloid finger up to society. ...