Handwritten notes outlining the background to the establishment of the Cork Gay Collective, its initial development and relationship with the Cork IGRM (Irish Gay Rights Movement).
Gay Rights Now Leaflet produced by Cork LGBT groups in the 1980s. Covers the rights of lesbian women and gay men, the right to form loving relationships without being labelled criminals, the right to live as citizens equal before the law with…
Letter from Cork Lesbian Group and Cork Gay Collective to Martin O Reagan Vice-President of UCC Student's Union, protesting the inaccurate and misleading information on lesbians and gay men in the UCC Student Handbook. 1984-85
Photograph of Cork Gay Collective banner and members at Dublin Pride 1983. Donal Sheehan and Pat McCarthy with Cork Gay Collective banner outside Stephen's Green in Dublin. Mary Molloy of Dublin Lesbian and Gay Collective also in the picture.
Request for people to participate in a taped discussion on the experiences of lesbians and gay men in the Quay Co-op in Cork as part of the preparation of an article for inclusion in the Irish publication Out For Ourselves (published in 1986).
Letter from Donal Sheehan on behalf of Cork Gay Collective to Gay Miners Support Group in Sheffield. 28 September 1984. Letter offers support and suggests getting a speaker from the Sheffield group to visit Cork.
Manifesto and Poster for Cork Gay Collective. It sets out the aims and beliefs of the Cork Gay Collective, encourages gay people to have a positive view of their sexuality and locates the struggle for gay rights within the context of wider social…