Photograph of Cathal Kerrigan, Cork Gay Collective and UCC Gay Soc canvassing Michael O'Riordan, then General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland [CPI] and a member of the International Brigade in the 1930s, on his way in to the ICTU annual conference in City Hall, Cork i
ICTU Annual Delegate ConferenceIrish Congress of Trade Unions | Cork Gay Collective, 1980- | Trade Unions
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Article by Donal Sheehan on Discrimination Against Sexual Orientation in Distributive Worker Newsletter - Official Organ of the Irish Distributive and Administrative Trade Union. The article addresses discrimination faced by LGBT people in the workplace and the role that trade u
LGBT Rights Workers' Rights Trade Unions IDATU Coming Out Co-workers Workplace discrimination Employment Employment Equality Act
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Review in Irish Times of Blood Green performed by Gay Sweatshop in Granary Theatre Cork on 19th and 20th October 1980. Review by Mary Leland published 22.10.80. Part of Cork Gay Collective press cuttings collection.
Gay theatre | Gay Sweatshop | Blood Green
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Letters sent by Michael D. Higgins in 1980 to Irish Press and Irish Times in relation to Trade Unions and Gay Rights. Part of press cuttings collected by Cork Gay Collective.
Gay rights | Trade Unions | Labour Party (Ireland)
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Letter sent by Ruairi Quinn, Minister for Labour, to John P. Mitchell, General Secretary of IDATU (Irish Distributive and Administrative Trade Union). This is a response to letter from Mr. Mitchell requesting a change in the Employment Equality Act to include discrimination on t
Gay Rights | Trade Unions | LGBT Employment Rights
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John Meany's Review of Blood Green play, performed by Gay Sweatshop in Dublin and Cork in 1980, published in In Touch Journal of the National Gay Federation Vol 2 No 8 Oct/Nov 1980.
Gay Theatre | Gay Sweatshop, Theatre Group | Gay Sweatshop
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1982 Motion on Gay Rights proposed by Kieran Rose and Tricia Treacy to Cork Branch of LGPSU (Local Government and Public Service Trade Union). Adopted by Cork Branch and later by Annual Delegate Conference.
Lesbian and Gay workers rights Ireland | Irish Local Government and Public Service Union (LGPSU) | Decriminalisation of Homosexuality
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GAA - Gays Against The Amendment Leaflet - outlining reasons for opposition to proposed amendment to the Irish Constitution enshrining the right to life of the unborn. Also advertising fundraising event GAA Party on 22 February 1983. The Cork LGBT community was actively involved
Abortion | Gay activists | Anti-Amendment Campaign, 1982-1983
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Poster produced by Anti-Amendment Campaign. Shape of a cross with text within cross. Campaign to oppose the proposed amendment to the Irish Constitution in 1983 (referendum which led to the insertion of the Eight Amendment of the Constitution)
Anti-Amendment Campaign, 1982-1983 | Abortion | Feminism
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Its a Step in the Wrong Direction Anti-Amendment Poster. Campaign to oppose the proposed amendment to the Irish Constitution in 1983 (referendum which led to the insertion of the Eight Amendment of the Constitution)
Anti-Amendment Campaign, 1982-1983 | Abortion | Feminism
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Poster included as part of AIDS Action Alliance Newsletter, advertising the AIDS Helplines in Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Galway
AIDS activists | Safe sex in AIDS prevention | AIDS Awareness
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Information about Gay Health Action group which was formed in January 1985. Regular meeting of GHA held in Cork (weekly in Quay Co-op) and fortnightly in Dublin (Hirschfeld Centre). The information sheet marks the historic event of the GHA securing a number of workers under the
AIDS | Gay Health Action | AIDS Awareness
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