CORK LGBT WEEK

CORK LGBT WEEK
CELEBRATING LGBT HISTORY
Cork LGBT Awareness Week is organised to acknowledge and demonstrate
that LGBT individuals are family members, community residents, constituents,
citizens, visitors, service users and service providers. The purpose of the
week is to advance Objective 86: “The gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
communities will be enabled to fully participate in the social, cultural and
economic life of Cork City.”
Like everyone else we are reflecting on history this year and our Interagency
Week will celebrate and commemorate the LGBT engagement with the state
and with the city. Following in the footprints of LGBT patriots to contemporary
LGBT Activism we will demonstrate the contribution of LGBT citizens to
creating a Republic of Equals.
Just as equality affects us all, equally homophobia and transphobia impacts
us all, so in 2016, to borrow from the Proclamation, we declare that Irishmen
and Irishwomen and those of all sexual orientations should be “cherished
equally”. “The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and
equal opportunities to all its citizens” A republic that determined that the State
should be “oblivious” of difference and seek to uphold the rights of minorities
as well as the majority. One hundred years on we still aspire to create that
Republic of equals.
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LGBT AWARENESS WEEK
Monday May 16th | 5—6pm
Launch of LGBT Awareness Week
Atrium Civic Office, City Hall by Lord Mayor Cllr. Chris O’ Leary .
Honored Guests: Cork Gay Project – Dave Roche, Co-ordinator & Collette Finn Chair
LINC – Supporting Lesbian and Bisexual Women;
Kate Moynihan, Co-ordinator & Jo Ann Tickner, Chair.
Music by: Choral ConFusion - Cork’s LGBTS Community Choir
Tuesday May 17th | 2pm
IDAHOT Day Workshop on LGBTIreland Research
IDAHOT Day Workshop on LGBTIreland – Odhrán Allen of GLEN & Ger Phillips of Tusla
reflect on the implications of this research for public services with a strong focus on youth.
Venue : Cork College of Commerce, 2.15pm
Contact: Ger Phillips 087-4109094
Wednesday 18th May | 1:45pm
Implementing the Gender Recognition Act: the experience from the
Dept of Social Protection
Introduction & Welcome: Ms Ann Doherty, Chief Executive, Cork City Council
Presentation by Fidelma Cotter, Asst Principal, General Register Office, DSP
Venue: Multi Media Room, Civic offices, City Hall
Contact: Fiona McManus, 086-6058969
Wednesday 18th May | 4:30pm
Exhibition
Exhibition Launch Celebrating LGBT History by Jean Brennan, Arts Officer Cork City
Council. “Out and About” Portraiture Project by photographer Rena Blake.
Cork Folklore Project – LGBT Archive Collection.
Venue: Cork City Central Library | Exhibition will run May 16 th - 21 st.
Wednesday 18th May | 7:30pm
Understanding Homophobia – A Youth Network Event
Venue: Ballyphehane Youth Café, Ballyphehane Community Centre, Tory Top Rd
Contacts: Yvonne Quilligan, Cork City Partnership 087-6952347
Gillian Barrett, UPCork 086-0443745

Thursday 19th May | 7pm
A Day in May – Cork Launch
To celebrate the publication of A Day in May: Real Lives, True Stories
Waterstones Booksellers in association with Merrion Press presents,
An Evening With: Journalist & broadcaster Charlie Bird, photographer John Minihan &
contributors to the book
Venue: Waterstones, Patrick Street
Contact: Siobhán—4319085
Friday 20th May | 7pm
Youth Pool Tournament
Ballyphehane, Gurranabraher and UPCork LGBT Youth Group
Venue: Ballyphehane Youth café, Ballyphehane Community Centre, Tory Top Rd
Contacts: Yvonne Quilligan, Cork City Partnership 087-6952347
Gillian Barrett, UPCork 086-0443745
Friday 20th May | 8pm
LINC presents Ordinary Love
Venue: Cork Arts Theatre
Contact: LINC 021-4808600
Saturday 21st May | 2-5pm
IDAHOT Party in the Park
Musical entertainment includes High Hopes Choir, Barrack Street Band, Voice Works. Food
stalls & information points.
Venue: Bishop Lucey Park, Grand Parade
Contact: Dave – 087-638157 | Phil – 086-3244842
Sunday 22nd May | 10:15am
IDAHOT Day Service with congregation of St Anne’s Shandon, Rev Tony Murphy,
Choral ConFusion and LGBT Community members, families & friends.
IDAHOT Address: Ms Ronnie Dorney, LINC founder member & HSE South.

AWARENESS WEEK
Throughout Cork LGBT Awareness Week agencies and communities will distribute the
specially designed posters, leaflets and display the LGBT Cork Rainbow sticker to signal
their support for LGBT Inclusion.
CONTACT & INFORMATION: for Posters. Leaflets etc
Jacqui Sweeney, Cork City Partnership
jacqui.sweeney@partnershipcork.ie / 4302310
Siobhán O’ Dowd, BTCDP/ CESCA
siobhan@btcdp.ie / 4319085
Pride Celebrations are organised by the LGBT Community but Awareness Week is where Cork
City, its agencies and communities come together to support inclusion and challenge homophobia
and transphobia. LGBT Awareness Week is organised by an Interagency Steering Group which
includes: Cork City Council, Health Service Executive, An Garda Siochana, Department of Social
Protection, Tusla- Child & family Agency, Cork Education & Training Board, Cork City Partnership,
CESCA—Alliance for Equality & Inclusion, LINC—Advocating for Lesbian & Bisexual Women in
Ireland, Cork Gay Project, Ballyphehane Togher CDP and Sexual Health Centre.
We are delighted that LGBT Awareness Events will take place right across the city and our warm
thanks to Ballyphehane Youth Café, Cork City Hall, Cork City Library, Cork College of Commerce,
St Anne’s Shandon and Waterstones for hosting events.