A coalition of Northern Ireland based LGBTQIA+ charities have criticised the Executive’s decision to ban puberty blockers indefinitely, to not be reviewed until 2027, leaving trans children and young people, and their families, denied their healthcare needs for a further 3 years. Alexa Moore, Policy Campaigns and Communications Manager at the Rainbow Project, said, “We […]
18:00 Arrival Drinks 19:00 Welcome Address 19.30 Dinner is Served 22:00 Entertainment 01:00 Event Close Dress Code: Smart, but not formal, dress to impress Saturday 8th March 2025 will see a grand gala dinner hosted at the iconic Titanic Building in Belfast to celebrate a combined century of unwavering support and advocacy from three
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As part of World AIDS Day, which is marked every year on the 1st of December, the Rainbow Project is displaying a collection of AIDS memorial quilts originating in Northern Ireland, likely last exhibited in 1996. The quilts, which formed part of ‘the Names Project’, were part of the world’s largest community folk art project,
Northern Ireland AIDS Memorial Quilts put on Public Display for first time since 1996 Read More »
The Rainbow Project is concerned by a number of elements contained in the Cass Report released this week on care for transgender children and adolescents. We’re currently taking the time to read through it and digest all its implications for care in England and any ramifications it might have across the UK and Ireland. Cass
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World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease. But unfortunately, the stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV are as big an issue
Stigma and discrimination against people with HIV are as big an issue as ever Read More »
This week LGBTQIA sectoral groups came together week to mark Holocaust memorial week and lay wreaths at The Belfast Cenotaph. The group were welcomed to Belfast City Hall by Lord Mayor Kate Nicholl and speakers included Adam Murray, Community Development Manager of CaraFriend, Professor William Spurlin from Brunel University, Aisling Twomey, Policy and Advocacy Manager
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Yesterday’s statements from the EHRC are an unwelcome and unwarranted attack on Trans equality. We believe that these two statements (one in response to the call for a ban on conversion therapy and the Gender Recognition act in Scotland) are actively seeking to exclude Trans people from improved rights and important legal protections. Trans Rights
