2022 Membership Fees

As part of our voting system at our AGM, it was previously recommended that all Irish groups and societies have a minimal membership fee.

Obviously, as our AGM this year will be a virtual one, it’s kinda hard to be able to get a pound coin from people.

So, we’ve decided to go with an ‘Honour Code’ system as we have done for the past couple of years. We’ll leave the link here for you to pay £5 membership or whatever you can afford.

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Virtual Event: AGM 2022 [Updated]

Join us on Tuesday 25th October at 8pm for our online AGM. We’ve had a great year and we’re delighted to share all our updates with our existing and new members on the 25th.

A full agenda will be posted on our website closer to the date but we look back at the past year and look forward to what we have in store for the next year.

This will be a great opportunity to catch up and find out more about the LGBT Network, you never know, you might even want to get more involved!

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Online Event with Dr Patrick McDonagh: Gay and Lesbian Activism In Ireland

Dr Patrick McDonagh

For Pride Month, we wanted to ensure that we had an online event that would be of interest to all our members and their friends. As they say, to know where you’re going, you have to know where you’ve come from.

That’s why we’re delighted to announce that author of ‘Gay and Lesbian Activism in the Republic of Ireland 1973-93‘, Dr Patrick McDonagh, will join us to chat about ‘Dr. Patrick McDonagh author of ‘Gay and Lesbian Activism in the Republic of Ireland’, will discuss The Rise of Pride in Ireland in 70s & 80s’ on June 21st at 8pm.

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Pride: sore feet and cheekbones!

For Pride month, our members are sharing their stories, our committee member, Ed Magee, tells his story.

Committee Member Ed Magee (right) and friends at Pride.

Pride and what it means to me – sore feet and cheekbones! 

By Ed Magee 

I’ve only marched twice in Pride, once with Harrow and Brent council and once with Camden council but I’ve volunteered since 2012 with Pride. 

Volunteering for Pride is a long day making it safe for everyone. It takes a huge number of volunteers and an immense about of planning behind the scenes all done by a core team of volunteers.  You should see the training on how to manage the road crossing it’s a precision operation.  

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