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SUBMISSIONS OPEN - This year LGBTQIA+ Awareness Week will take place from Monday 13th to Sunday 19th of May with the theme "No One Left Behind - Equality, Freedom and Justice For All'. The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia will take place on Friday 17th May. Cara-Friend are working closely in partnership with our colleagues at The Rainbow Project and Here NI to bring you a week of events, and we've partnered with the wonderful artists at UsFolk who have designed our wonderful new logo below. If you will be hosting an event as part of LGBTQIA+ Awareness Week, and would like it advertised in this year's programme, please submit your event info via: forms.gle/XJtkVxgRctdN7gTKA
Jo McParland, Education and Training Manager Cara-Friend was delighted to host a panel discussion last night for Amanda Verlaque's play 'This Sh*t Happens All The Time' at the Grand Opera House. Joining Jo and Amanda on the panel was Sally Bright (Co-Chair of QUB's PRISM Network), Kirsty Mulholland (Co-Chair of Belfast Pride) and Sophie Nelson (Policy Development Officer at Here NI).Tickets are still available for this captivating play at www.goh.co.uk/what-on/this-sht-happens-all-the-time
This evening at the Grand Opera House there will be a panel discussion featuring Cara-Friend's own Jo McParland, our Education & Training Manager. The panel discussion will follow a production of 'This Sh*t Happens All The Time', a story which uses personal experience of homophobia, misogyny, and coercive control to ask why the full protections granted to most of society still remain a challenge for Northern Ireland’s LGBTQIA+ community. Tickets can be found here: www.goh.co.uk/whats-on/this-sht-happens-all-the-time The show is almost sold out so be sure to book a ticket if you wish to attend.
Today at 8pm the LGBT History NI History Club will feature guest speaker Adam Murray, Cara-Friend's Community Development Manager, exploring 50 years of Cara-Friend. Adam Murray will present some of Cara-Friend's history, email Joe for a link. Details below. #carafriendat50
We're incredibly proud of our young people who have helped set up a new LGBTQIA+ publishing company, Faerie Press. The success of the project to date has been nothing short of inspirational. This is the sort of creative outlet that young LGBTQIA+ people in N.Ireland deserve.
Meet young LGTBQ+ people of NI who aim to share queer joy through their publishing company
Faerie Press, based in Belfast, was founded at the end of last year and is Ireland’s first children’s LGBTQ+ publishing house.