'We had bottles thrown at us, a woman spit on us': Six in 10 LGBT people avoid holding hands in public
Three in 10 people avoid certain locations for fear of being assaulted, according to a new survey.
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Three in 10 people avoid certain locations for fear of being assaulted, according to a new survey.
The issue of consent is to the forefront – and the complaints are at a minimum.
Cliodhna McAllister writes about how her experiences with Tinder, dating and porn got her thinking about how we view sexuality and gender in Ireland.
From July pornography sites will be required to have robust age-verification systems in place for UK users.
Dublin star Nicole Owens delves deeper into her story, and explores how and why the GAA is a heteronormative environment for men but being openly gay is accepted in the women’s game.
Marriage equality and the Gender Recognition Act were two significant milestones in recent years, but there’s still a lot of work to be done.
We talked to the director of Saoirse Ronan’s new film, On Chesil Beach.
“It’s tough to justify somebody having to answer to someone else about stuff like that.”
Research has found stereotyping is common, with women often depicted as passive and men as predatory.
That’s according to a study which looked at the lives of 380,000 people.
American Todd Nickerson claims that the key to helping him, and others like him, is understanding not condemnation.
Bisexuality wasn’t invented in 2015 and neither was the possibility of having a fluid sexual orientation, writes Oisín McKenna.
An expert has proposed the controversial idea.
“Why don’t you have a girlfriend yet?”
Ruby Rose is turning heads as a new Orange is the New Black character.
The former Fianna Fáil minister spoke about his sexuality on RTÉ Radio One this morning.
I am fed up with being worried about other people’s reactions. My new year’s resolution is to hold my boyfriend’s hand when we walk down the street.
He hadn’t commented since the Sunday interview with Miriam O’Callaghan.
He spoke publicly about his sexuality on radio yesterday.
Some campaigners say the new law violates sexual freedom and is misogynistic.
Gay people aren’t sexual predators ready to pounce on unsuspecting straight friends and colleagues… so calm down.
The private lives of teachers and health workers should never be used against them, writes Senator Ivana Bacik.
Should adults be open with children, as much as is age appropriate, or should they try to avoid questions about sexuality?
A conference taking place in Cork this weekend aims to start a public discussion on sexual wellbeing.
The Dublin and St Vincent’s footballer has stressed the importance of diversity and inclusiveness within the GAA and sport as a whole.
The group were responding after claims that at one of their sex education talks they taped two students together by their wrists.
I’m happy with who I am and I love this country – but I am not happy with how I get treated for how I live my life, writes Christopher Chong.
Rory O’Neill took to the Abbey stage last night to deliver oration on how homosexuality is still stigmatised in Ireland.
RTÉ was forced to respond to criticism after ‘curing gays’ tweet last night.
A Twitter account for an RTÉ Radio religious programme asked if ‘gays can be cured’, sparking outrage on Twitter.
We have superficially become more ‘open’ about sex, but our core beliefs and attitudes haven’t really changed; female sexuality can induce a degree of fear in some people, writes Tony Moore.
If you’re more upset about a sexual act occurring than about the malicious sharing of images of that act online, then you have a lot to think about, writes Lisa McInerney.
While pornography can create dangerous misconceptions about sex, shutting down all such exploration only reinforces the notion that sex is something dirty and shameful, writes Genevieve Shanahan.
The UK plans to make online pornography an ‘opt-in’ choice to try and shield children from it – but will that really protect kids from early sexualisation?
The founder of the controversial Exodus International, dedicated to helping people repress same-sex attraction through prayer, said the organisation had been part of “a system of ignorance” that generated more hurt than help.
Transgender people suffered particularly badly, with 28 per cent saying they had been attacked of threatened because of their sexuality.