[…]and media, had a ripple effect of positivity in the LGBT community, and, ultimately, was a contributor to the outcome of the referendum. “I also organised Pink Training, the biggest LGBT training event in Europe, for the past two years, and hope to transfer the skills from these experience to my role as President of the Union of Students in Ireland.” Hoey was also at the forefront of the USI campaign against the MSM blood ban, and welcomed the recent announcement by Minister for Health Simon Harris that he is accepting the IBTS (Irish Blood Transfusion Service) recommendation to move […]
[…]Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Waterford Institute of Technology, National College of Ireland, and Cork Institute of Technology. The institutions are represented to the working group by senior institutional management and student representatives. The working group also involves project partners (USI, HEA, QQI) and sectoral experts from Irish Survey of Student Engagement and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education. The working group is chaired by USI Vice President for Academic Affairs Jack Leahy. The first meeting involved a series of workshops from Eve Lewis, director of Sparqs, encouraging institutions and students’ unions to find […]
[…]Human Rights reports that the gay teenager who was kidnapped, tortured and forced to come out to his parents died from his injuries caused by the attack, and quotes a doctor who is associated with the campaign against homophobia in Russia. “We believe that recently passed homophobic laws are providing justification for large increases in public displays of aggression towards LGBT youth,” Ms O’Brien adds. “These inhumane acts are in clear violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as well as other international human rights documents to which Russia is […]
