“Oi you two! Yes you two holding hands… you’re offending me and my customers. We don’t want your sort here. Please leave.” Perhaps you or someone you know has had this said to you in a bar, or a shop, … Continue reading Oi you two! holding hands, please leave! – new resource to combat discrimination from Equality Commission
PA MagLochlainn’s funeral mass will be in Dungiven at 10am on Saturday. Belfast people can pay their respects in O’Kane’s funeral parlour from 3pm today. Suggestion is allow the family to be there first and gather after 4. The top bar in Union Street has been opened by Andre Graham to allow people to gather there. Continue reading paying our respects – PA MagLochlainn
This afternoon, I learned that a very dear friend, mentor and colleague, PA MagLochlainn has ‘gone home’. A few weeks ago I learned that he was in hospital and was very unwell, while we were celebrating 30 years of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Northern Ireland. Last week, the Pink Triangle Commemoration at Belfast City Hall was organised for the first year not by him. He was due to come, but this was not to be. And now, today, we are in mourning. He was many things to many people. His life touched all around him. Upon hearing the news … Continue reading PA MagLochlainn RIP
November is a month of remembrance, from the Christian celebrations of All Saints and All Souls on the first and second days of the month respectively, through the almost continual prayers for the Holy Souls at Mass during the … Continue reading can the LGBT community stop self-stigmatising and join the general remembrance please?
Just been speaking to Judith Cochrane MLA, one of three Alliance Party MLAs unable to bring themselves to be present in The Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday for the Marriage Equality vote. I asked her: “Can you tell me why you were absent from the chamber yesterday for the Equal Marriage vote?” Her response is below. I am sorry if you feel that I let you down yesterday. I have many friends in the LGBT community both in NI and further afield whom I care about deeply but who accept that I believe that marriage is between a man and a … Continue reading Judith Cochrane MLA’s answer on why she was absent from chamber for #equalmarriageni vote yesterday
Some weeks ago I was asked by a friend on Facebook to assist in the setting up of a new social group. I was hopeful that a group such as this would be great for the building-up of our community in our part of the city of Belfast. Today, as the result of a Facebook status update by my other half, ”He enjoys passing the time by getting angry at stupid people doing stupid things, and generally getting angry at social injustices and inequalities enforced on other people.” Anyone like to guess whose bio that comes from? I have found … Continue reading Disappointment…
For all those who are wondering if their child is lesbian or gay, the Education Ministry in Penang, Malaysia, has a simple list of ‘symptoms’ which may assist you, according to freemalaysiakini2.com. Symptoms of gays: Have a muscular body … Continue reading Gaydar not required – Education Ministry in Penang gives four simple symptoms…
With so many election geeks or is it nerds in the room both as RO and ROAs as well as voters what could possibly go wrong in the elections to the Equal Marriage NI Executive? Continue reading A bit of farce never hurt any one… #equalmarriageni campaign gets going
Before you echo Amen in your home or place of worship, think and remember. A child is listening. Continue reading ‘Remember. A child is listening.’
Michael was challenged by a post about pledging to think about what and how we speak after not doing either when discussing an issue with his husband Andrew and friend Pam this evening. Can you sign the pledge as he has? Continue reading Thinking before we speak…
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