Human rights in Ireland are due to be examined again in the upcoming periodic review by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) later this year. Several organisations have now published their submissions to the Council including one by 23 NGOs from the LGBTQI+ sector, co-authored by TENI, the Transgender Equality Network Ireland, LGBT Ireland…
The outcome of the Giggle v Tickle court case in Australia last week (c. May 14) is no laughing matter. Former film screenwriter Sall Grover set up the Giggle for Girls app for women to make contact with each other, and it used a facial recognition feature to screen out any men who tried to…
In Ireland,surrogacy lobbying seems to be at full speed. No less than three surrogacy promotional events were held here within weeks of the passing of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act two years ago which legalises both domestic and international surrogacy. Under the Act both couples and single people can apply to the Assisted Human…
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne founded in 1900 by a daughter of the writer Nathaniel Hawthorne have begun a legal case against the state of New York for violating their Constitutional rights over a LGBTQ Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights. Under this legislation, nursing homes are required to use preferred pronouns and allow bathroom access based on a patient or…
The last few years have seen members of An Garda Síochána participate in Pride events with garda cars in Pride livery, but how appropriate is this? Many other causes and businesses take part also from AIB to Dublin City Council, but a police force is surely in a different category. Last year, it was found…
Last week we learnt of a male crèche worker accused of cruelty against children and assault. It follows several recently reported cases in the UK of men who have physically or sexually abused very young children, including babies, in childcare settings. In one Australian case last year it was reported that 1,200 children had to be tested for sexually transmitted infections.…
Tuesday of last week saw the massacre of eight people, including several children, in Canada. The lack of clarity in what had happened began with the police. A police active alert said “the suspect was described ‘as female in a dress with brown hair’” while a later briefing “referred to the suspect as a ‘gunperson in a dress’…”…