Initiative aimed at making sports accessible to LGBTQ+ community offers ‘safe space’ to ‘shake the stigma’

Last fall, a wave of police raids swept through the capital's entertainment venues. The law enforcers were mainly interested in LGBT clubs: how they comply with the ban on “gay propaganda” and the Supreme Court's decision to recognize the “international LGBT movement” as an extremist organization. Interior Ministry officers demanded that visitors lie on the floor, beat and humiliated some, and checked their phones. The raids and subsequent crimi…

Initiative aimed at making sports accessible to LGBTQ+ community offers ‘safe space’ to ‘shake the stigma’

An exciting new events organisation where “no demographic is excluded” is offering people from all walks of life the chance to “shake the stigma” and get together outside of the pub for wholesome fun and activities. Out & Active NI was established in November by Belfast man Ryan Lee who was the mastermind behind the concept. However, the committee behind the meet-ups now boasts three Armagh-based members. The organisation was initially founded t…

Georgetown LGBTQ+ Students Lobby for Their Own Space - New Ways Ministry

Georgetown University students are searching for queer community and are advocating for a campus LGBTQ+ living space.  In order to provide more support for LGBTQ+ students, members of GU Pride, the school’s LGBTQ+  club, are asking the university to reinstate the LGBTQ+ Living Learning Community (LLC). LLC’s are intentional living communities aimed at bringing individuals with shared identities or interests together.  Georgetown’s former LGBTQ+ …