On Wednesday 16th November, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill which introduces into St Petersburg Law on “administrative offences in St Petersburg” fines for “propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, to minors” and “propaganda of paedophilia”: Article 71. Public actions aimed at propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexuality, transgenderness amongst minors. Public actions aimed [...]

The past couple of weeks have seen various newspapers and websites filled with the same shit from a number of politicians and parties who are just after what little publicity they can get, whilst showing themselves up as the discriminatory, biased and un-Christian and judgemental people they are. Belfast Pride, along with Gay Pride events [...]

The Belfast Pride 2011 Parade and Party in the Square took place on Saturday 30th July with a record 10,000 people on the parade and 20,000 people lining the streets to watch! The atmosphere as electric as people of all ages and sexual orientation strutted their stuff in the name of equality. Kicking off from [...]

Last night was the Friday Night Show at the Europa featuring music, dancing, prizes, bingo and many happy faces.

Last night was the much anticipated LGBT vs religion debate in the Europa as part of Belfast Pride week. On the panel was Rev. Chris Hudson of All Souls church, Pádraig Ó Tuama who works with Irish Peace Centres and Dr. Mike Davidson who works with Core Issues. Although Rev. David McIlveen, of Sandown Road [...]

It’s a story which hits a nerve with all of us, a powerful narrative of a terrible hate-filled crime. Telling the story of 21 year-old gay student, Matthew Shepard, who was brutally tortured and murdered in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. Originally premiered in 2000, writer Moisés Kaufman, and volunteers from his theatrical group, conducted more [...]

Yesterday at Stormont, Belfast Pride held their ‘Pride on the Hill’ event, in which a panel of politicians spoke about their views and current legislation in Northern Ireland regarding the LGBT community and equality issues.

Yesterday, Sunday 24th July, was the Belfast Pride Sports Day event in the Ormeau Park. Football tournament, volleyball, three legged race, egg & spoon race, wheelbarrow race and general banter in the sun.

Last night was the launch of Belfast Pride 2011 in the Europa Hotel in the city centre. Niall Gillespie, Pride Committee Chair and Treasurer, started things off with a brief history of Pride in Belfast, this was followed by the premier of Shay O’Donnell’s winning short film, ‘Closet Full of Lies’, which gives a glimpse [...]

I’m a big fan of the It Gets Better project and the many hundreds of videos it has produced. While the project has been hugely praised, it also has many critics. There are those who say it doesn’t do enough, that when you leave school everything, generally, gets better, and that it gets better a [...]