Gay Project

🌈 Three days until Q***r Vibes Cobh! ✨

Q***r Vibes is a social café for LGBTI+ folks (18+) to connect, chat, and make new friends. Enjoy free tea, coffee, and snacks while meeting people in a welcoming community space.
🗓 Wednesday 10th June
🕟 5.30pm – 7.30pm
📍 Cobh Community Centre, Orilia Terrace, Kilgarvan, Cobh, P24 WP82

Not able to make it to this month's café? Not to worry - we'll be back in Cobh before too long! 🤫🌈🚐

📨 [email protected]
☎️ 021 4300 430

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🌈 🎉🚐 We are so excited to kick off our Pride Month Rainbow Roadshow Pop-Ups tomorrow in Bantry & Castltownbere! Details here;

✨ Bantry
🕟 11am-1pm
📍Wolfe Tone Square

✨ Castletownbere
🕟 3pm-5pm
📍Main Street

We'll be there, armed with snacks, refreshments, queens, support and all the chat, so please do drop by!

If Bantry is too far West for you, we're delighted to announce our next two stops on the Roadshow on Saturday 13th June - Mitchelstown and Mallow!

✨ Mitchelstown
🕟 11am-1pm
📍New Square

✨ Mallow
🕟 3pm-5pm
📍Castle Park

It doesn't stop there, though! We'll have more stops on the way - can you guess where we're off to next? 🌈



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🌈🤝 23 organisations. One shared vision for the future of equality in Ireland.

Together with a nationwide coalition of LGBTQI+ groups, Gay Project have submitted a joint report to the United Nations ahead of Ireland’s human rights review this November. By bringing together current research, analysis and real lived experiences, our submission aims to serve as a wake up call and provide a constructive roadmap for the future - offering 33 recommendations in areas like safety, healthcare, and education. We look forward to engaging in the review and working collaboratively to build an even more inclusive Ireland where every member of our community feels respected, connected, supported, and valued for exactly who they are.

Discover our recommendations and read the full submission at the link in our bio! 🔗🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️



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Image 1: This slide is title "Advancing Human Rights, describing how 22 LGBTQI+ organisations have made a joint submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review for Ireland. It asks to slide to learn more.
Image 2: "What's up with the UPR?" explains that it involves a country's human rights record being reviewed by other UN Member states, and that we've joined a coalition to give the Human Rights Council some information on life as an LGBTI+ person in Ireland today.
Image 3: 33 recommendations titles this slide - advising that this is the number of recommendations across eight themes including Health, Family Rights, Policy, Education etc.
Image 4: "So, what's next?" advises the review will occur in November but the coalition will be engaging UN reps between now and then.
Image 5: Offers the logos for this coalition and recommends going to the link in bio for further details and to read the submission in full.]

🚨 2 weeks to go! 🚨

🌈⚕️👨🏿‍⚕️ Calling all healthcare professionals in Cork! Gay Project would like to invite healthcare professionals to participate in our free ‘Pride in Health: LGBTI+ Awareness Training Programme'

This training seeks to equip participants with information on LGBTI+ issues and support them to develop the tools to become a more inclusive service provider. After completing this training you will receive certification that you can proudly display in your premises to show that you provide a safe space LGBTI+ service users and staff.

The next session of Pride in Health takes place on June 17th from 2pm-4pm at Turners Cross Community Centre, T12 YP89

To register for the training or for more information please contact Killian at [email protected].

If you are interested in the training but are unavailable on June 17th please get in touch and we can inform you of future dates. 🌈



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🌈 Gay Project invites you to our first public ✨ Awareness to Allyship ✨ LGBTI+ Training. Being held in Turners Cross Community Centre on the 25th of June 6pm-8pm, this accessible training offers an opportunity to learn the A-Z on all things LGBT and how to be an active ally in your community.

Topics covered include LGBTI+ terminology, the importance of allyship and allyship practices, offers advice on how to discuss LGBTI+ topics with friends and family and how to challenge negativity and misinformation.

Spaces are limited, so to book your space contact [email protected]. If you miss out on this session, don't worry! We will be hosting a few more through the year!



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🌈 Three days until Q***r Vibes Clonakilty 🌈

Q***r Vibes is a social café for LGBTI+ folks (18+) to connect, chat, and make new friends. Enjoy free tea, coffee, and snacks while meeting people in a welcoming community space. Drop by to meet other like-minded people in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

🗓 Thursday 4th June
🕟 5.00pm – 7.00pm
📍 Clonakilty Family Resource Centre, 21 Western Road, Clonakilty, P85 RW35

📨 [email protected]
☎️ 021 4300 430

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🌈 This Week at Gay Project (1st - 6th June), we are all over Cork County as kick off the Rainbow Roadshow Pride Month Pop Ups in Bantry and Castletownbere and host our usual Q***rVibes cafes in Mallow and Clonakilty. We can't wait to hit the road, and hope you'll join us there! Check out all of our events below! ✨

Monday 1
📌19:00 - 20:00, Frontrunners & Briskwalkers, Meeting at Kennedy Park
📌19:00 - 20:30, Na Laochra Aeracha Gaelic Football, Rathpeacon GAA

Tuesday 2
📌17:30 - 19:30, Q***rVibes Café, Turners Cross Community Centre
📌18:30 - 19:30, Rainbow Yogis Yoga, South Parish Community Centre
📌19:00 - 20:30, Cork Hellhounds RFC, Tramore Valley Park
📌19:30 - 21:30, Cork Trans Peer Support
📌20:00 - 22:00, Cork Racketeers Badminton, James Keneally Sports Hall

Wednesday 3
📌16:00 - 19:00, UP Cork LGBTI+ Youth Group
📌17:30 - 19:30, Mallow Q***rVibes, Mercy Centre, Mallow
📌19:00 - 21:00, Gender Rebels, Turners Cross Community Centre
📌19:00 - 20:30, Na Laochra Aeracha Football, Rathpeacon GAA
📌19:00 - 20:30, Frontrunners Women+ Wednesday, Meeting opposite Idle Hour
📌20:00 - 21:00, Cork Rebels FC, The Glen Resource Centre

Thursday 4
📌17:00 - 19:00, Clonakilty Q***r Vibes, Clonakilty Family Resource Centre
📌19:00 - 20:00, Na Laochra Aeracha Hurling & Camogie, The Glen Resource Centre

Friday 5
📌12:00 - 15:00, GOLD Café, Turners Cross Community Centre
📌20.00 - 21.00, Cork Racketeers Badminton, James Kenneally Sports Hall

Saturday 6
📌10.00 - 11.00, Frontrunners & Briskwalkers, Marina Market
📌11:00 - 13:00, Rainbow Roadshow Pride Month Pop-Up, Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry
📌12.30 - 14.00, Na Laochra Aeracha, Tramore Valley Park
📌15:00 - 17:00, Rainbow Roadshow Pride Month Pop-Up, Main Street, Castletownbere

☎021 4300 430
✉[email protected]



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🌈 Three days until Q***r Vibes Mallow! ✨

Q***r Vibes is a social café for LGBTI+ folks (18+) to connect, chat, and make new friends. Enjoy free tea, coffee, and snacks while meeting people in a welcoming community space.
🗓 Wednesday 3rd June
🕟 5.30pm – 7.30pm
📍 Mercy Centre, Le Cheile FRC, Fair Street, Mallow, P51 PF10

📨 [email protected]
☎️ 021 4300 430

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🌈 🎉🚐 We are delighted to announce the first of our Rainbow Roadshow: Pride Month Pop Up Events!

We've been busy planning outdoor LGBTI+ summer gatherings in June with chats, snacks, refreshments, drag performances, information on LGBTI+ supports, and more!

The first two events are on Saturday 6th June. Check out the details below:
✨ Bantry
🕟 11am-1pm
📍Wolfe Tone Square

✨ Castletownbere
🕟 3pm-5pm
📍Main Street

We are planning similar events throughout County Cork in June, so stay tuned to see if your town is one of our next stops! 🌈



[Image Description: This poster contains a colourful gradient background. The title reads "Rainbow Roadshow June Pride Month Pop Ups" under which are the date, time and location of both events on June 6th. A rainbow map of Cork appears, with two location indicators reflecting the event sites. A white van features, with an explanation of further pop ups to be confirmed. Underneath are the Gay Project and funding/support partners logos.]