Sophie Cairns
A student journalist of DIT (Dublin Institute of Technology), Sophie is a layout designer, reporter and busker. From politics to arts and even the queer in between, she’s travelled through Scotland, England, South Africa and Ireland on her quest for identity. While this may make her accent a little strange, she’s raring to get on the big stage. Sophie’s also written for www.gaelick.com, www.clicnews.ie, DIT News, The Edition and The Liberty. Her dream is to have a farm in the middle of a forest with a cow called Daisy. She will continue to unpick the injustices of humanity and put them on prettily designed pages until she gets that dream. With three turtles and two fish she keeps dreaming.
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Ireland: Resounding victory for marriage
Last weekend a constitutional convention debated and voted over gay marriage in Ireland. Made up of a third of politicians and two thirds ordinary citizens, the convention voted overwhelmingly with 79% recommending the constitution be amended to allow for same [...]
April 17, 2013
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LGBT Soup for a reason
(Bear in mind, I’m a great fan of GCN – reading it cover to cover whenever I can get my hands on it. However…) Yesterday an article was published by GCN (Gay Community News), a free magazine for the Irish [...]
March 28, 2013
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Lucy Meadows: Teacher, Neighbour and Friend
Imagine slipping out the back door to work every morning to dodge the paparazzi. Leaving for work early and departing late to avoid harassment.Having to contact the Press Complaints Commission to stop journalists and photographers lurking outside your workplace. This was [...]
March 26, 2013
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IVF on NHS for lesbians and over 40s
Lesbian couples and women up to 42 will be allowed IVF on the NHS in line with the latest review of guidelines. Previously, only women up the age of 39 were allowed IVF on behalf of the NHS and lesbian [...]
February 21, 2013
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It’s V Day bitches!
Alright ladies, it’s Valentines Day in 4 days, let’s get this shit together. What do you get for the darling dearest who has everything – the L Word mug, Lip Service boxset, the permanent coffee table arrangement of flowers and shit [...]
February 10, 2013
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10 hottest women of 2012
As Lesbilicious rings in the New Year, we give you the 25 hottest women of 2012. 1. Sofia Vergara Cheeky yet sofisticated, Sofia Vergara is one hot mamma. With her flowy tresses, ample bosoms and columbian accent, who could say no? [...]
December 31, 2012
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Where’s the T in LGBT rights?
Last week Carrie Lyell wrote a piece about the release of a gender-neutral toy catalogue in Sweden, just one of a number of gender cleansing actions inviting us to consider emigration there. But while it seems that the Swedish government and [...]
December 7, 2012
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Transgender Day Of Remembrance
Today, across the world marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance (20th November 2012). A day to memorialise those killed due to transphobia – the hatred or fear of transgender and gender non-conforming people – and raise awareness to the continued violence endured by the transgender [...]
November 20, 2012
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Ireland – is transgender the new black?
In the coming weeks, the Irish government is scheduled to announce legislation in relation to transgender people. I should be happy about this. I should be hitting up interflora for my girlfriend and browsing Tesco’s finest cake isle for the [...]
October 29, 2012
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Get your rosaries off our ovaries
Standing polishing cups at work on Saturday I noticed something big. Thousands of protesters marched toward me campaigning for pro-choice in Ireland. I work in City Centre Dublin, overlooking O’Connell street, but never have I seen anything quite like this. [...]
October 1, 2012
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August Gay Prides in the UK
Last month I posted up a list of the UK’s Prides for July. Here’s your Augustly update. Get out there and rock those rainbow socks! Liverpool Gay Pride, said to be the biggest free Pride festival in England, kicks off [...]
August 2, 2012
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July on the 2012 Pride Calendar
With the World Pride Parade just two weeks away, it’s time to see what the UK has in store for July. The Pride London Festival started its life in 2006 hosting EuroPride. Today, it kicked off World Pride 2012 with [...]
June 17, 2012
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Zappone and Gilligan: A fresh fight for marriage
On Wednesday, Ireland’s Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr. Ann Louise Gilligan announced a fresh fight to have their Canadian marriage recognized at home. The new case, to be heard in the High Court, is to test the provisions of the Civil [...]
June 9, 2012
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Contention as consensual gay convictions cleaned
A new law passed this week means thousands of British gay men will have historic homophobic convictions removed from their records. Passed on Monday, The Protection of Freedoms Act allows an estimated 16,000 gay and bisexual men, convicted of ‘loitering [...]
May 6, 2012