The Other Place LGBT Community Centre Leaflet 1990s
Dublin Core
Title
The Other Place LGBT Community Centre Leaflet 1990s
Subject
Community Centre (LGBTQ)
LGBT Community Centre Cork
LGBTQ Meeting Places
Lesbian activists
Gay activists
Description
The Other Place LGBT Community Centre opened in 1991 in a four storey building on the corner of Augustine Street and South Main Street in Cork.
The opening of the Other Place allowed for the provision of a safe space and services for the LGBT community. Weekly discos and social events were held in the centre; there was a café, meeting spaces, a bookshop, resource centre and offices. The Other Place also provided employment for LGBT workers under the Social Employment Scheme. The Munster GCN, a four page supplement to the GCN, was produced by staff in The Other Place. In Munster it was placed on the outside of the GCN, and was an insert for the rest of the country. There was a Lesbian Health Project and the Gay Men's Health Project. A Bisexual Group met regularly at the Other Place. The first TENI (Transgender Equality Network of Ireland) support group met in the Other Place.
Weekly discos and socials were held in The Other Place. The entrance to the club was down a dark alley, and the toilets were know to leak onto the dance floor, but the club provided a really important regular social space for the LGBT community. A range of activities and projects were organised in or from the Other Place, including the first Irish Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in 1991 and the first LGBT float in a Patrick's Day Parade in Ireland in 1992.
This Leaflet lists some of the groups operating in The Other Place in the 1990s.
The opening of the Other Place allowed for the provision of a safe space and services for the LGBT community. Weekly discos and social events were held in the centre; there was a café, meeting spaces, a bookshop, resource centre and offices. The Other Place also provided employment for LGBT workers under the Social Employment Scheme. The Munster GCN, a four page supplement to the GCN, was produced by staff in The Other Place. In Munster it was placed on the outside of the GCN, and was an insert for the rest of the country. There was a Lesbian Health Project and the Gay Men's Health Project. A Bisexual Group met regularly at the Other Place. The first TENI (Transgender Equality Network of Ireland) support group met in the Other Place.
Weekly discos and socials were held in The Other Place. The entrance to the club was down a dark alley, and the toilets were know to leak onto the dance floor, but the club provided a really important regular social space for the LGBT community. A range of activities and projects were organised in or from the Other Place, including the first Irish Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in 1991 and the first LGBT float in a Patrick's Day Parade in Ireland in 1992.
This Leaflet lists some of the groups operating in The Other Place in the 1990s.
Source
Arthur Leahy Collection
Date
1990s
Rights
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Format
PDF (Computer file format)
Language
eng
Type
Leaflets
Text
Identifier
2017.21.2.133
Coverage
Cork
1990s
Collection
Citation
“The Other Place LGBT Community Centre Leaflet 1990s,” Cork LGBT Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://corklgbtarchive.com/items/show/303.