Type:Documents
handwriting
Text

Subject:Queer activism
Youth (LGBTQ)
Queer youth

Description:Handwritten document which begins by describing the motivations for young men to join a youth group. On second page, a number of names are mentioned, along with Dublin Pride, an annual report, and training. Pages 3 & 4 include a series of events and venues with specific days of the week. Page 5 has a breakdown of pricing for condoms and lube. Page 6 describes the group being setup by the Southern Gay Health Project, and includes topics such as self-esteem, homophobia, support, HIV/AIDS, and life experiences. On pages 7-9 is a letter from Ronan Watters, The Other Place, 8 South Main Street, Cork to Angus regarding the Queerbashing leaflet. Watters states what must be included in the leaflet, and the types of people who should be included. [show more]

Type:Newspaper
Text

Subject:Condoms
Condom use
Sexual health
Safer sex
AIDS organisations
AIDS (Disease)
HIV (Viruses)
HIV/AIDS

Description:Two newspaper clippings of articles from the Evening Echo and Cork Examiner. First page is a clipping of an article by Tommy Barker from the Evening Echo entitled "Youth Groups Bid for Condom Sales" and dated 13 February 1992. Discusses access to condoms to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Mentions the national campaign by 'Condom Sense' - "a new group which has strong representation in Cork" and how "[n]ew Minister for Health Dr John O'Connell is to come under pressure from his own party's youth wing, Ógra Fianna Fáil to back moves for greater access to condoms". Second page is a clipping from Cork Examiner entitled "Access to Condoms" and dated "14 February 1992". Mentions Fianna Fáil's youth wing, Ógra Fianna Fáil and the 'Condom Sense' campaign. Also mentions The Health (Family Planning) Act of 1979 and how the demand for contraception was changed by Mary McGee who "won an action in the supreme court allowing married people to purchase contraceptives on prescription in Ireland." [show more]

Type:Leaflets
Text

Subject:AIDS (Disease)
HIV (Viruses)
HIV/AIDS
AIDS education
Children
HIV-positive children

Description:Leaflet (trifold) entitled "Your Child & AIDS". Front cover reads: An informational guide for parents with children in daycare and public schools. First page, verso: provides information about AIDS for parents concerned about the well being of their children. What is AIDS? What causes AIDS? How do children get AIDS? Recto: image of two children facing a decorated wall. Second page, verso: repeat of first page verso. Centre panel: Can my child get AIDS from playing with a child who has AIDS? What about bitting? What if a child with AIDS gets cut or injured at school? Is there any risk to my child? Recto: So little is know about the disease and the incubation period is so long, how can I trust that what is known today won't change in the future? What can I do to protect my child from AIDS at school? What are local school policies surrounding AIDS that protect my child? States that this brochure was produced by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in conjunction with the San Francisco Medical Society, the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the San Francisco Unified School District. Partial funding for this brochure was provided by the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the California Department of Health Services. Copyright dated: January, 1986. [show more]

Type:MovingImage

Subject:Transgender
Documentary

Description:This film explores gender identity in Ireland. It focuses on two main questions: what is gender identity and where is it located in the individual (is it in the heart, is it in the body, is it in the soul?). Three Irish based transgender people, Lucie/Richard, Diane and Stephen, answer these questions from the position of their own gender journey experiences. This film was screened at the Cork Film Festival, Belfast Film Festival, Sheffield Videotheque, Lesbian Lives Conference, the Irish Transfusion Festival and in Budapest. [show more]

Type:Text.
Newsletter

Subject:Newsletter (Women's Place Quay Co-op Cork)
Feminism
Cork Women's Place, 1982-1991
Cork Women's Weekend
Women
Lesbians
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Travel
Creative Writing
Short Stories
Humour
Cartoons
Book Reviews

Description:Issue 6 of series of newsletters produced in the 1980s by women linked with the Women's Place in the Quay Co-op in Cork. Contains articles on activities in the Women's Place and on issues of interest to women. Ten page A4 newsletter. Cost: 40p. [show more]

Type:Text
Newsletter

Subject:Newsletter (Women's Place Quay Co-op Cork)
Feminism
Cork Women's Place
Education
National School
Activism (Women)
Cork Women's Weekend
Women's Summer Camp
Letters to the Editor

Description:Issue 3 of series of newsletters produced in the 1980s by women linked with the Women's Place in the Quay Co-op in Cork. Contains articles on activities in the Women's Place and on issues of interest to women. Eight page A4 newsletter. Cost: 20p
Scanned 2015-10-12 by Orla Egan (600 dpi, 24-bit colour). 8 JPEGs [show more]

Type:Text
Newsletter

Subject:Newsletter (Women's Place Quay Co-op Cork)
Feminism
Cork Women's Place
Christmas
Cartoons
Book Reviews
Poverty
Lesbian Line
Music
Self Help Groups
Lesbian Poverty
Events

Description:Issue No 5 of series of newsletters produced in the 1980s by women linked with the Women's Place in the Quay Co-op in Cork. Contains articles on activities in the Women's Place and on issues of interest to women. Twelve page A4 newsletter. Cost: 40p [show more]

Type:Text
Newsletter

Subject:Newsletter (Women's Place Quay Co-op Cork)
Feminism
Cork Women's Place, 1982-1991
Apartheid
Activism (Women)
Rape Crisis Centres
Cork Lesbian Line
Satire
Humour
Galway Women's Camp
Dingle Women's Weekend
Dublin Women's Ball
Full Moon Circles
Book Reviews
Black Women

Description:Issue No 4 of series of newsletters produced in the 1980s by women linked with the Women's Place in the Quay Co-op in Cork. Contains articles on activities in the Women's Place and on issues of interest to women. Eight page A4 newsletter. Cost: 20p [show more]

Type:Text
Newsletter

Subject:Newsletter (Women's Place Quay Co-op Cork)
Feminism
Cork Women's Place, 1988-1991
Activism (Women)
May Day
Women's Fun Weekend
Cork Women's Weekend
Feminist Spirituality
Abortion
Dublin Well Woman Clinic
Book Reviews
Poetry
Creative Writing
World Congress of Women

Description:Issue 2 of series of newsletters produced in the 1980s by women linked with the Women's Place in the Quay Co-op in Cork. Contains articles on activities in the Women's Place and on issues of interest to women. Six page A4 newsletter. Cost: 20p. [show more]

Type:Text
Newsletter

Subject:Newsletter (Women's Place Quay Co-op Cork)
Feminism
Cork Women's Place, 1982-1991
Activism (Women)
Co-operation North
Book Reviews
Poetry
Creative Writing

Description:Issue 1 of series of newsletters produced in the 1980s by women linked with the Women's Place in the Quay Co-op in Cork. Contains articles on activities in the Women's Place and on issues of interest to women. Four page A4 newsletter. Cost: 20p. [show more]