#queer dublin

[fionabrennanartisttours]

A page in issue #9 of Gay Community News (1988) detailing Halloween events, with the main attraction of course being the Annual Halloween Ball hosted by the former staff of Flikkers Dance Club of the Hirschfeld Centre. The 6th iteration of the legendary ball would be held at the Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Dublin 2.

If you're searching for costume inspiration this year, look to the photos from these incredible balls - my favourite image is of a man dressed as a gin and tonic, complete with bubbles and a lemon wedge!

Happy Halloween!

More info here: https://archive.gcn.ie/spotlight/sin-and-sleaze-at-halloween

Publication: Gay Community News

Date: October 1988

Issue Number 9

Copyright © GCN.

#queer history #queer dublin #lgbtq ireland #lgbtq history #dublin history #Gay Community News #halloween

[fionabrennanartist]

“...from 1974 onward, students would talk and write about “the Gay Society”.”

Info from the Trinity College website on Q Soc, Ireland’s oldest LGBTQ student society.

#Q Soc #Trinity College #LGBTQ history #Dublin History #queer ireland #queer dublin #irish queer history #LGBTQ society

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." -- George Orwell, "NIneteen Eighty-Four"

Unethical, dishonest and sinister.

When multiple historians called out the 1619 Project's pervasive historical fraud, known compulsive liar, Nikole Hannah-Jones justified it as "reshaping public memory." That is, it isn't true, but it should be true, and people should believe and insist that it's true.

Dublin Pride has since added some text to their page to handwave the dishonesty. However, anyone using the site and its assets as a historical reference - and why wouldn't they, when it's the official site for Dublin Pride - will be reproducing the images they want them to have, not the ones that are factually accurate. So any news sites that source from their site will be, knowingly or not, perpetuating Dublin Pride's rewrite of their own history.

#Dublin Pride #pride march #gay rights #gay rights march #rewriting history #Orwellian #memory hole #gender ideology #queer theory #gay erasure #revisionist history #historical revisionism #fraud #woke homophobia #Malcolm Michaels Jr. #religion is a mental illness

[phantom-of-the-memes]

It’s getting so scary in Dublin. Every other day there’s an attack. Last night there was a MACHETE attack caught on camera.

The perpetrators are all white Irish men, who think they own the city, of course. When they’re the ones actively making this city worse.

All there is to stay safe is to avoid going out late at night if possible. If you have to, walk with at least one other person.

Self defence tips are great and you can find loads of videos online. But it’s kind of hard to rely on them when you’re not trained directly by a professional. Not everyone can afford actual classes.

As well as that, a lot of the tips require you to have some form of strength training anyways to be able to put enough force into it. Which again, not everyone can go to the gym/ work out.

Also for people like me whose physical disability makes them much weaker than the average person. Like even with all the tips and tricks, realistically I won’t have the strength to fight someone off.

So weapon carrying can be the only thing to make you feel safe. I know this as a visibly trans and queer person, with other trans friends who do the same. Especially trans women. I swear if you need self defence tips go to them, because the unfortunate reality is they have to be ready at any moment for attacks. As a trans man it’s so much easier for me to walk the streets than them.

The issue with this however is that basically all weapon carrying is illegal in Ireland. Which I agree with, if it also came with preventing fascist white men from attacking people of colour/ immigrants/ women/ queer people/ trans people. If they’re attacking us with weapons, why can’t we attack back with weapons?

This is just what me and my friends personally do, so don’t necessarily take advice from me. But some of us carrying Swiss Army knives because they’re legal to buy. They’re really not designed for self defence, but it’s what we have!

I also have a fake switch blade that’s a “comb”. It’s pretty shitty as a comb. But yeah like it’s proper metal and heavy in your hand. And it flips up like an actual switch blade when you press a button. The comb is long, rectangular, and metal. It wouldn’t function as a weapon, but the point is it looks like one. Especially at night or if you just show it without flipping it up. You can get them on amazon, and they’re not too expensive.

The issue with carrying these things is that if you defend yourself it can be argued in court that you were a perpetrator looking to attack your attacker. But honestly if it means the difference between life and death, it might be worth it.

Feel free to add on with corrections or tips!

#ireland #irish #lgbt #trans #queer #self defense #Dublin #Dublin riots

[impi-wimp]

Its so hard being so petite, smol and sexy 🏳️‍⚧️

#pride month #nonbinary #trans #queer #drag queen #drag thing #mua #makeup #dragula #rupaulsdragrace #all stars 8 #irish drag queen #irish #dublin #dublin drag queen #clowncore

[hella1975]

i hate my town i hate the people in it i hate the shame that consumes us all i hate that every failure might as well be posted in the square because everyone knows everyone i hate that my grandparents are here and i hate that my mother came back for them i hate that the kids are dying and no one cares i hate that every good memory has a bad memory right next door like sam's house around the corner from my childhood home i hate the body they pulled from the river i hate the memory of hearing yellow by coldplay at my cousin's funeral because all i could think was that it was too modern for the situation but then he was only seventeen so it makes sense i hate that i was seventeen too and all the boys i knew were there his friends that were supposed to be the tough guys the scary guys i hate that i pretended not to see them sobbing i hate that everything smells of cigarettes here i hate the politics i hate the people i used to love that dont even smile at me on the street i hate that the girl who called me a slut works at my favourite bar i hate every alley and hidden shortcut and i hate that i know them like the back of my hand i hate the same fucking coffee shops i sat in when i was fourteen and scared and now im nineteen and scared and i hate that it's exactly what this town wants i hate that it wants anger i hate that it wants fear i hate that it wants shame i hate that i can give it everything

#thinking about how the two biggest things in my life rn - writing and my degree - are so punctuated by this fucking town #like my biggest fear with my degree isnt what id think of myself if i dropped out or failed #or even what my family would think bc they're nicer to me than i am #it's genuinely the thought of what my hometown lot would say that keeps me up at night #like the thought of my neighbour who told me id never accomplish anything bc my school was shitter than his fancy one #the thought of having to look him in the eye #or the thought of knowing my friends will tell their mums who are still on the PTA with old teachers who thought i was special #like small towns wrap you in this bubble of smallness and it suffocates you and you're so terrified and ashamed of every little mistake #and then my writing GOD i keep thinking about how tbos is probably the best thing ive ever written #and id publish it id genuinely try and get it published #but im just again so scared and ashamed and embarrassed like how do i explain to these assholes that im writing fantasy #and that's not even counting the gay angle bc that's the biggest part #i just am not brave enough for that yet and yeah maybe it's bc im still young but i shouldnt have to be brave to enjoy things to begin with #failure shouldnt require bravery when it's just a fact of life #and i think about if we'd lived in london like my dad wanted us to or if we'd gone to dublin bc my mum loves dublin #or even if we just hadn't come to this fucking town and we'd lived in ANY FUCKING CITY #my dad jokes about how in london he didn't even know his neighbours names and god i just crave that anonymity so fucking much #it's so frustrating and my mum takes it so personally whenever i say i hate the town and my sister says i'll grow out of it just because #she did but i genuinely dont think i will #and maybe that's the creative in me or the queer in me that she just cant relate to but i have always always hated this place #like a guy i have a VERY complicated history with messaged me the other day and we havent talked in TIME #and it was kinda sweet if not awkward just bc of our aforementioned rocky past but one thing he mentioned when i said i was at uni #was that he said really genuinely 'im so happy to hear that; i know you always wanted to get out of [town name]' #like he still remembers that about me even though weve been friends since we were 12 and i havent spoken to him since i was?? 17?? #UGH i just hate it here and it's the fact that i'll never escape it either bc i cant totally abandon ship without also #abandoning my family and i refuse to do that and they refuse to leave so now im just stuck with all these CONNECTIONS #sorry to vent lol #ig this could be a poetry thing? we'll say it is instead of me just having another meltdown LMAO #hella goes home

[drakonovisny]

i went to a little lgbt+ meeting today and it was so nice to chat to older queer folks. it gives me hope yk :')

#not enough queer groups in ireland outside dublin #i offered to help make better social media pages to advertise the meetings #it feels nice to have a community

[nathancable]

Never had much time for Dublin's Viking Splash your with its yarr shouting at people.

HOWEVER, was in town on Saturday wearing this T-SHIRT and, apropos of nothing from the driver, a bunch of peeps on the bus just started the AEW chant.

I have never smiled in the city centre so much.

#me #Dublin #aew wrestling #aew #bears of tumblr #t-shirt #X-Men #Phoenix #lgbt #queer #gay #lgbtq #men with beards #guys with beards #guys with glasses #guys with tattoos

[tomaspaul]

I’m going on tour!!! Planet Fantastic Tour 2023

APR 19 PARIS, France APR 27 MANCHESTER, UK APR 28 GLASGOW, UK MAY 7 DUBLIN, Ireland MAY 15 LEEDS, UK MAY 16 BIRMINGHAM, UK MAY 21 MARGATE, UK MAY 23 LONDON, UK MAY 24 BRIGHTON, UK JUN 8 CHICAGO, USA JUN 14 TORONTO, Canada JUN 15 BROOKLYN, UK

#tom aspaul #tour #planet fantastic #life in plastic #musician #queer music #lgbt music #independent artist #London #Manchester #Birmingham #Glasgow #Paris #Leeds #Dublin #Brighton #Margate #Chicago #Brooklyn #Toronto

[cult-of-mithras]

Comic I’ve made will debut in the new anthology HOME this weekend at Dublin Comic Arts Festival.Thanks to everyone at DCAF for help and guidance.

#Dublin #comic #comics #Ireland #queer art #home #artists on tumblr #comic anthology #Dublin comic Arts Festival #DCAF

[gretascarsons]

putting this out into the universe: anyone live in Dublin, Ireland? Looking to possibly move there and was wondering if there is anyone out there who can give a rundown of the neighborhoods !! Aka where are the gays

#dublin #ireland #queer #lesbian #gay #trans #enby gonzo rants

[fionabrennanartisttours]

Dublin Pride has announced that the theme for 2023 is "Protest. Remember. Celebrate"

#Dublin Pride 2023 #LGBTQ Pride #Queer Dublin

[fionabrennanartist]

Hear ye Hear ye, a Historical(ish!) Drag Tour Bus has come to town!

Some Queer History of Dublin by yours truly, some rockin' Drag by Coco Ri!

#irish drag #queer tour #LGBTQ history #Queer Dublin #tour guide

[bubblyshortie]

at this year's dublin pride parade!

#dublin #queer stuff

[1ns4n3j3st3rf0rlyf3]

WILSONNNNNNNNNNNNBFBFJFJDJJD WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUUUU AND IM SO SORRYYYYYYTT MY SWEET FRIEND :((((((

#original art #queer artist #chaotic good #third eye #under monkey construction #original thots #devastation as one of dublin’s oldest pubs gutted by raging blaze as five fire engines rushed to scene to tackle inferno #releasing relentlessly

[chthonickore]

I'm so ashamed of my country today. I feel fucking sick.

#seph talks #Dublin #if you're around Dublin and youre a poc or queer. whatever. stay safe please #genuinely distraught at how many racists are calling to kill every foreign person they see #it's upsetting. i thought we were better than this