Programme 2023
MONDAY 15 TH MAY 4.45pm – 6pm LGBTI+ Awareness Week 2023 Launch Venue:
7.30pm
LGBTI+ Culture Night Blue Jean Irish Short Jungle by Alan Hopkins Triskel Arts Centre Reception spronsered by COOLGREY Screening of Blue Jean and Irish Short Jungle by Alan Hopkins Tickets free but must be booked online: Triskelartscentre.ie
Venue:
Atrium, Civic Offices, Cork City Council
4.45pm
Raising Rainbow Flag
5pm
Launch of LGBTI+ Week, Welcome: Siobhan O’Dowd LGBTI+ Inter-Agency steering group chair. Music: Choral Con Fusion Formal launch of LGBTI+ Week by Lord Mayor Cllr Deirdre Forde 30 Years: Decriminalising Homosexuality to Criminalising Hate Crime Guests of Honour: Arthur Leahy LGBTI+ Activist & Campaigner
THURSDAY 18 TH MAY 12.30pm
UCC LGBT Staff Network
–3.30pm
+ UCC Dept Applied Social Studies Shtepps, Hub UCC Jane Traies - Oral History/Ethnographic work with Lesbian Refugees & Asylum Seekers Respondent : Collette O’Regan LGBT Ireland
Venue:
Luna Lara Liboni – Policy Officer, Irish Council for Civil Liberties
6pm
Readings from Slant by author Katherine O’Donnell followd by Q&A with Orla Egan.
5.30pm
Reception
TUESDAY 16 TH MAY 10 – 1pm
Cork City Flag Raising
Venue:
Cork City Central Library
Venue:
Collins Army Barracks, St Finbarr’s GAA Club Westgate Foundation St Lukes Home Cork GAA / Páirc Uí Chaoimh HSE Health Campuses St Finbarrs, Hospital, St Mary’s Health Campus, CUH Sexual Health Network - LGBTI+ inclusion for Healthcare Professionals and Support Workers in Sexual Health Register at:www.sexualhealthcentre.ie Speakers: Konrad Im - Gay Project Ciara Mulchay Linehan - Linc Aaron O’Sullivan - Sexual Health Centre
Friday 19 TH May 11-1pm
Cork City PPN Consultation
Venue
Gay Project, Venue Sawmill Street, Cork T12CX32 Cork City PPN Consultation on Community Well-Being Statement with LGBTI+ Community Rainbow Picnic at the Páirc Family Friendly Picnic with music, food court, fun & games and Fairytales for Everyone
1 – 2pm
SATURDAY 20 TH MAY 2pm - 5pm
Zoom link
Venue:
Marina Park, Cork City
SUNDAY 21 ST MAY 10.15am
2.00- 4.30pm Public Services and Community Organisations Responding to Hate Venue: Cork City Central Library
IDAHOBIT Day Service St Annes Shandon With Rev Meghan Farr & Congregation of St Anne IDAHOBIT Address:
Speakers: Luna Lara Liboni ICCL, Siobhan O’Donoughue Hope and Courage Collective David O’Brien Cork City Library
Cork City Library Multi day events for LGBTI+ Awareness Week 9am - 5pm Cork City Central Library
WEDNESDAY 17 TH MAY 10am - 1pm
IDAHOBIT Day Seminar: Conversations on LGBTI+ Elder Healthcare & Housing
Monday 15 th to Friday 19 th 9-5pm Foyer .
LGBT Exhibition - The day Ireland made world history: Dr Ann Louise Gilligan, Dr Katherine Zappone and the journey to marraige equality - Curated by Deirdre Swain Screenings of “I’m here, I’m Home, I’m Happy” - Orla Egan Cork LGBT Archive Film Library foyer Monday 15 th & Wednesday 17 th Inclusive Story Time – Fairytales for Everyone
Venue: City Council Chamber Featuring Tonic Housing UK, LGBT Ireland – Champions Programme and Aisteach Queer Housing Co-op Info at lgbti@corkcity.ie 6pm - 7.30pm Inclusive Workplaces Showcase & Proud
Ally Student Network Launch UCC Graduate Attributes Programme, UCC LGBT Staff Network, UCC LGBTQ Society, UCC EDI Unit, Work with Pride & VMware Aula Maxima, University College Cork
10.30am
Venue:
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@CorkLGBTweek
lgbti@corkcity.ie | www.corkcity.ie/lgbti
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