The Cork LGBT Archive aims to preserve and share information in relation to the rich history of Cork's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities

Cork LGBT Archive

LGBT telephone helplines provided a crucial source of support and information for people who are coming out and trying to access the LGBT community. In Cork Tel-A-Friend telephone

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A Women’s Place was established as part of the Quay Co-op when it opened in May 1982. Two room on the second floor, in the Quay Co-op were reserved for the Women’s Place. It was a

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Cork Gay Collective (CGC) was set up in Cork in 1980 to campaign for Gay rights. The CGC was established as a radical gay group. They recognised that legal change was important,

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Material from a variety of sources relating to AIDS Activism and Sexual Health.

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Project set up in Cork in 1984 to focus on a number of areas, including establishing a youth group, organising socials, expanding befriending and counselling services and trying to

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Campaign For The Rights Of Lesbians And Gay Men 1980s

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Following the success of the first National Gay Conference in Cork in 1981, a second National Gay Conference was held in Trinity College Dublin 18-20 June 1982.

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Material from Cork Lesbian Group / Cork Lesbian Collective

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In November 1983 London based theatre group, Consenting Adults in Public, came to Ireland and performed their play Accidental Birth of An Activist in Dublin (UCD) and in the Granar

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The first ever Irish National Gay Conference was held in Cork on 15-17 May 1981. The Cork Gay Collective, the Cork IGRM, the UCC GaySoc, as well as a number of individuals, came t

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The first Cork LGBT organisation, the Cork Branch of the IGRM (Irish Gay Rights Movement) was set up in 1975 and the first gay centre opened on MacCurtain Street in 1976. This prov

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