London Irish LGBT Network
The next Annual General Meeting of the London Irish LGBT Network will be held on Zoom on 25 October 2023 at 19:30.
A detailed agenda and link to join the meeting will be sent out closer to the date.
At the AGM, following the Chair’s report, election of the officers and committee will take place in the following order:
Our AGM for 2021 was held on October 25th and our Chair, Vanessa Monaghan, gave her report on the happenings in the group since October 2020.
This was my first full year as Chair of the LGBT Network and I’m delighted with the progress the group has made in that time. I’m also delighted with the feedback we’ve been getting from you about our events.
We started off last year with our AGM and Q&A with Celebrity Masterchef Champion, Riyadh Khalaf. We had great attendance and got someone fantastic press coverage for the event.
After that success we held monthly meet ups with musicians, film directors, activists and we’ve held nights on Housing for Older LGBTQ people and had a night celebrating our Trans Community.
Continue reading “Chair’s Report 2021”
For Pride month, we asked our members if they would like to share their stories about their lives and what Pride means to them. The response has been amazing and we may continue these after Pride month has ended. If you would like to contribute your story, please send your story to londonirishlgbtnetwork@gmail.com
Thanks to Lee for sharing his story.
I’m very fortunate to have parents who accepted me for my queerness no questions asked. One caveat, I had to come out to my dad twice because the first time he thought gay and bi were the same thing (if he only knew!)
It took me until I was 19 to come out as bisexual due to chronic shyness. I had been bullied for being fat by so many people that it completely destroyed my self esteem and expression. It took years of sarcasm, reverse psychology, and a really big mirror for me to undo the self sabotage. Now I separate the feedback into ‘useful’ and ‘that’s funny, I wish I thought of that’.
I don’t begrudge anyone who was horrible to me growing up. I am who I am today because of everything that has happened to me.
Continue reading “Lee’s Story: Pride is Fcuking Fun!”
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