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The ongoing scandal of Ireland’s trans healthcare system

By Chloe McCarthy The Irish state presides over the worst trans healthcare system in the European Union, the National Gender Service (NGS): Even by HSE standards, this system is laughably inadequate. Yet, it clings to its control over our bodies, monitoring hormone

Jul 9, 2025

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The “rainbow capitalism” lie: Why LGBTQphobia is part of the system

By Conor Payne This Pride Month we will see, as we do every year, major companies putting out pride-themed advertising, changing their social media profiles and putting out anodyne statements about inclusivity. On one level, this is a fairly simple attempt to

Jun 8, 2023

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LGBTQphobia in Ireland: We need to step up the fight for equality and liberation

By Ollie Bell On the eve of International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia and Interphobia, a 14 year-old gay student was attacked in Navan by a group of students who filmed the attack and later posted it on social media. The victim

May 30, 2023

LGBTQ·News & Analysis·Racism·Socialist Feminism

Campaign of hate continues – far-right transphobes target libraries

By Conor Tormey On Thursday, 6 April, known far-right agitators and conspiracy theorists held a protest inside Swords Library. These figures were escorted by the Gardaí into the Library, while they held back counter-protestors from going inside. The role of the Gardaí

Apr 8, 2023

LGBTQ·Racism·Socialist Feminism·World News

Australia: Trans rights under attack – fight the far-right bigotry of Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull

By David Elliott, International Socialist Alternative in Australia In Melbourne on the 18 March, people calling for trans rights protested the far-right speaker Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, a.k.a. Posie Parker. Keen-Minshull has been on a speaking tour holding small rallies around Australia, campaigning against

Mar 31, 2023

LGBTQ·News & Analysis

Thousands cry ‘never again’ on vigils for murdered trans teen Brianna Ghey

By Morgan Shanless On Saturday, 12 February, Brianna Ghey, a 16 year-old transgender girl, was brutally murdered by two 15 year-olds in a park in Warrington, England. In the weeks and months leading up to her death, Brianna was cruelly bullied over

Feb 17, 2023

LGBTQ·World News

Britain: Trans rights in Scotland passed and blocked

By Morgan Shanless For more developed analysis of this issue see this article by our sister organisiation in Scotland, England & Wales. Last December, the Scottish parliament passed much needed reforms to the 2004 Gender Recognition Act, affording trans people a small

Jan 24, 2023

LGBTQ·News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Why is the media churning out transphobic drivel?

By Ollie Bell This June, RTE’s Liveline dedicated a three-day-long debate with “The Countess”, a TERF (Trans Exclusionary “Radical” Feminist) organisation given enormous prominence. This group staged a protest outside the National Women’s Council of Ireland’s (NWCI) AGM after being denied entry

Oct 22, 2022

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Resisting the backlash & building the movement for LGBTQ liberation

There is a developing right-wing backlash against the rights of the LGBTQ community, particularly trans people, here in Ireland and globally. Conor Payne analyses this phenomena, and how homophobia and transphobia are bound up with the existence of capitalism. In April 2022,

Aug 8, 2022

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Trans Pride 2022: How can we win liberation & bodily autonomy?

Trans and Intersex Pride this year is happening in the context of an escalation of transphobia globally, including in Ireland. Now, more than ever, there is an urgent need for us all to stand up against this vile hate and division. That

Jul 9, 2022

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Solidarity against transphobia, violence & capitalism: Build a movement for LGBTQ+ liberation.

In April 2022, two gay men, Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee were murdered within 24 hours of each other in Sligo; murders motivated by homophobic hatred. These brutal killings brought home a reality – that just being LGBTQ+ can still put you

Jun 23, 2022

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