lgbt rights

In general, public schools have to follow the same set of overall guidelines to ensure the appropriate education of children everywhere. However, each school is its own entity, boiling with the energy and attitudes of the people inside of…

When you get to the root of a problem or issue, you usually find what’s causing it. In the case of prejudice, whether it’s racial, ethnic, or sexual, what you’ll find fueling that prejudice is usually ignorance and fear. Prejudice often…

Steve is away this week. So, rather than crawling into his cave of loneliness and introversion, Richie decided to reach out to friend of the show, Jazza John to be a guest host on this week's What Am Politics? They talk about the…

Following on from last week's episode where we highlighted objections to a growing corporate presence at Dublin Pride, we delve deeper into its origins as a form of protest. Aside from being a big celebration, the need for pride to exist as…

The 8th Amendment was enshrined in law only months before I was conceived to my 23 year old mother. I often wonder what possessed my young liberal, atheist Irish parents to start a family in that oppressive atmosphere of 1984. In the space…

When it comes to LGBT+ rights, Ireland has come a long way in the past couple of years. Marriage equality and gender recognition are now both realities, and considering Ireland’s dire record of LGBT+ support in the past, these are brilliant…

For the past five years, Record Store Gay has celebrated music and diversity in Dublin. Usually organised to coincide with International Record Store Day in April, the event has been raising money and awareness for causes dedicated to…

“…We just always figured getting married would never be an option. We are delighted and slightly saddened at the same time. Delighted that we were able to do it, but saddened that when we cross the border back into our home country, it’s…

When it comes to LGBT rights, Ireland’s been having a pretty good year. The gender recognition bill passed, we made the Top 10 list of gay-friendly nations around the world, and the whole country voted in favour of marriage equality. In…