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

The first Irish LGBT Float in a Patrick's Day parade was held in Cork in 1992. This was organised partly in response to the exclusion of ILGA (Irish Lesbian and Gay Organisation) f

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Cork’s LGBT Awareness Week is an annual event to highlight the presence of the vibrant LGBT communities in Cork. It is organised by the Cork City LGBT Inter-Agency Group. Cork LGB

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LGBT+ Society for students in Cork Institute of Technology.

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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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Up until the 1990s the rights of LGBT workers were not protected under Irish legislation. LGBT people frequently experienced prejudice and discrimination in their workplaces. Pro

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The Quay Co-op opened on Sullivan's Quay in Cork in May 1982. The Quay Co-op was established as a Workers’ Co-operative which brought together gay men and lesbians, women’s groups,

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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 banning abortion in Ir

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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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In 1986 Out For Ourselves: The Lives of Irish Lesbian and Gay Men was produced by the Dublin Lesbian and Gay Men's Collectives and Women's Community Press. It was one of the first

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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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