Past Events

Participation in Cork Lifelong Learning Festival: A talk on the History of the LGBT rights movement in Ireland (11th April), and a LGBT tour of campus (17th April).
Network co-chairs invited to join a panel discussion on fostering LGBT community in the workplace at the UCC student LGBT+ Society’s Queer Conference, 10th April.
The network was represented at the Lesbian Lives conference in Brighton, 22nd & 23rd March.
Public Lecture "Radical Empathy: Magnus Hirschfeld and the History of Trans Identity" by Professor Annette Timm, University of Calgary, Canada, 20th March
Competition to mark International Women's Day, 8th March - 2 free copies each of books edited by Dr Jane Traies:
- Now You See Me: Lesbian Life Stories
- Free to Be Me: Regugee Stories from the Lesbian Immigration Support Group
Network participation in a Bystander Intervention stand outside The Hub as part of Bystander Intervention Week, 28th February.
Lunchtime social gathering to mark Refugee Week, co-hosted by the LGBT Staff Network, the Race Equality Network and the EDI unit, 23rd February.

Lesbian Lives Conference, 4th & 5th March
Coffee morning, 24th March
Celebration of founding members Cathal Kerrigan & Joan McCarthy's "Lifetime Honorary Network Membership", Abbey Tavern, 31st March
Online talk about experiences of transgender people in and fleeing from Ukraine, 1st April
Screening of "Rebel Dykes" documentary followed by chat/coffee/drinks, 8th April
Declan Flynn 40th Anniversary event, 9th September
Coffee morning, welcome back for the new academic year, 22nd September
Social night, bowling at the Mardyke, 28th September
World Aids Day lunchtime talk in partnership with UCC EDI Unit and Cork Pride/Work With Pride Network, 1st December
Christmas coffee morning and reading by Orla Egan from her new graphic memoir Diary of an Activist www.diaryofanactivist.com, 9th December

LGBT+ Staff Network