Type:Text
Notice

Subject:Gay pride celebrations
Cork Gay Pride
Gay Pride
Gay Rights
Irish Gay Rights Movement
National Gay Conference
LGBTQ Awareness
LGBTQ Events

Description:Notice of plan to distribute leaflets in Cork city centre as part of the 1981 Gay Pride Week. The action was organised by the Cork Gay Collective and the Cork Branch of the Irish Gay Rights Movement.

Type:Text
Leaflet
Poster

Subject:Lesbian and Gay Pride Week
Pride
LGBTQ Events
Lesbians
Gay Men

Description:2 sided Poster / Leaflet for Gay Pride Week, 20-28 June 1981 in Cork.

Type:Text
Report

Subject:National Gay Conference
Gay activists
Lesbian activists
Conference Report
LGBTQ Events
Workshops

Description:Report on the first National Gay Conference held in Cork in 1980. 25 page report prepared by the Organising Committee of the 1981 National Gay Conference. Includes conference programme, summary of speeches and the list of motions passed at the conference. [show more]

Type:Text
Receipt

Subject:LGBT Activism
Cork Gay Collective, 1980-
LGBTQ Organizations
Postal Service
Correspondence
Receipts

Description:1981 Receipt No. 1366 for P.O. Box No 39 for Cork Gay Collective from An Roinn Poist Agus Telegrafa. From 1/3/81 to 31/12/81. P.O. Boxes were frequently used as a contact address for groups.

Type:Text
Press Release

Subject:Homophobia in higher education
UCC Gay Society, 1980-
University College Cork
Student Societies
Student Activists
Anti-Gay Prejudice
LGBTQ Exclusion
LGBTQ Awareness
LGBTQ Organizations
Discrimination

Description:1981 Press Release from UCC Gay Society following refusal of Governing Body to recognise the society.

Type:Text
Motion

Subject:Lesbian and Gay workers rights Ireland
Irish Local Government and Public Service Union (LGPSU)
Decriminalisation of Homosexuality
Trade Unions
Employment Equality Act

Description:1982 Motion on Gay Rights proposed by Kieran Rose and Tricia Treacy to Cork Branch of LGPSU (Local Government and Public Service Trade Union). Adopted by Cork Branch and later by Annual Delegate Conference.

Type:Text
Newspaper Article

Subject:Gay Rights
Trade Unions
Decriminalisation of Homosexuality
Criminal Justice Act
Unfair Dismissals Act

Description:14 May 1982 article in Cork Examiner about passing of motion in support of gay rights at Local Government and Public Service Union in Tralee - motion proposed by Cork branch.

Type:Text
Report

Subject:LGBT Activism Ireland
LGBTQ Events
LGBTQ Conference
LGBTQ Awareness
Lesbians and Gay Men
Report

Description:Conference Report from the 2nd National Gay Conference in Dublin in June 1982 (1st National Gay Conference was in Cork in 1981). Includes report from Steering Collective, Women's Report, Report from Workshops (Structures for Development, Gays and Work, Gays and the Police and Gays and the Media), Financial Report, Gays and Alcohol, Newspaper reports, Press Release, Conference Leaflet and contact details for organisations. [show more]

Type:Text
Leaflet

Subject:LGBT Activism Ireland
Conference
LGBTQ Conferences
LGBTQ Events
Homophobia
Discrimination
Kincora Case
Murder of Charles Self
Garda Harassment
LGBTQ Awareness

Description:Leaflet for the Second National Gay Conference, held in Trinity College Dublin 18-20 June 1982.

Type:Text
Report

Subject:Quay Co-op Cork
Employment
Cork Women's Place
Information

Description:1982 document about the Quay Co-operative Cork. Outlines the structure of the Quay Co-op and the various projects operating there. It makes the case for outside financial support for the creation of a number of new jobs in the Co-op.