Kick off Pride month in style! Learn about the history and queerness of Soho on June 2nd as London Irish LGBT Network head out on a walking tour with historian, Mark T Cox. This will be a great opportunity to get out and meet each other, learn something new about the place where we live, and have a bit of fun! Some of you may already know Mark, he’s an architect, historian, he runs StumbleLondon Tours, and is such a lovely approachable guy. The tour will kick off at 2pm sharp, no messing about, and there will be a charge of £10 per person which will be payable on the day. Once you sign ..read more

© Marty McKenna Photography A Chara,  It’s happening on the day itself! It’s time to get on your walking shoes and marching boots for the St Patrick’s Day Parade, which will be held in London on Sunday March 17th. Having a representative on the Community Advisory Board, which meets with the Greater London Authority and the Programming team to bring different groups and parts of our community together, has meant so much to us over the past few years. We’re thrilled to see more LGBTQ visibility year after year. This year, Panti Bliss will be Grand Marshall, and Irish Cabaret performer ..read more

Join Us for a Special Event in Honor of LGBT History Month! Sunday, February 25th Time: 2:30 PM, In person and online Live LGBT+ History Talk Featuring Historians Dr. Joseph Healy and Ian Townsend, followed by Music from Irish Artist Cormac Todd. Dr Joseph Healy will be speaking about his experience of the AIDS crisis in London 1990-1996. Ian Townson will speak about the gay squats in Brixton in the 70s and his experience living there. Cormac Todd is a London-based Irish Queer pop musician, who is riding the crest of the success of his latest single. Where? When? Date: Sunday, February 25th T ..read more

In accordance with the vote by the membership at the last AGM in October 2023, London Irish LGBT Network will be holding an EGM on Tuesday 30th January 2024 at 8pm. This will be held online. This will provide the membership the opportunity to vote on the future of the Network. The relevant documents including the proposal from the committee on the way forward will be circulated before the meeting. As per our standard practice, voting will be restricted to paid-up members as of 23rd January 2024. Sign-up and link for joining the online meeting will be sent out to our mailing list after th ..read more

As some of you may be aware, you need a wristband to walk in the Pride Parade in London. In previous years, we have been privileged to have been asked to walk with Rainbow Boroughs on the day.  In 2024, Pride in London will be held on June 29th 2024. © Marty McKenna Photography Community groups need to register for either 25, 50 or 75 wristbands. There is no guarantee that we would get these wristbands at all, but it’s worth a shot. We also want to ensure that we don’t over or underestimate the amount of wristbands we would need. So, no guarantees, but if you would like to join us to walk unde ..read more

Hi Folks, It’s time to announce our first event of 2024. We’re delighted that Jack Chellman has agreed to come to speak on James Joyce. The online event will take place on Monday, January 15th 2024 at 1930. Jack Chellman is a Marshall Scholar and climate campaigner with a background in LGBTQ+ advocacy. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on feminism and Finnegans Wake and presented that work at the 2019 North American James Joyce Symposium in Mexico City, Mexico. He served as President of the Queer Student Union at the University of Virginia and co-founded the university’s first LGBTQ ..read more

As part of our Annual General Meeting, our Chair gives a report on how the past year has gone. This is the report that our Chair, Vanessa Monaghan, delivered. Firstly, as Chair of The LGBT Network thank you all for being here. I think this year, as a group we’ve managed to achieve something great.  We had some online meetups and conversations, we took part in our St Patrick’s Day Parade, and had a councillor from Limerick and a member of Mammies for Trans Kids walk with us in this year’s parade. With a massive amount of work, we had the first Pride Parade in the Embassy and we managed to ..read more

The 2023 AGM of the London Irish LGBT Network took place as scheduled on Zoom on the evening of 25 October.  Twelve members joined us for what was very much a procedural session and an interesting conversation about the future of the group.  Committee member, Daniel Carry, sent his apologies and also indicated he would not be available to stand for re-election to the committee.  We thank him for his contributions over the past two years. The chair opened the AGM by introducing all of the officers and committee members. The Treasurer’s report described how our funding from the I ..read more

Fréa will be holding an online event at this years Liverpool Irish Festival about the Mother and Baby and County Home Programme on Friday 27th October at 1pm. Following the discovery of the remains of 796 children, illegally buried on the site of the Bonn Secours Home in Tuam (County Galway) -and campaigns from former residents of the homes- a Commission of Investigation was established by the Irish Government. This was followed by the enactment of several pieces of legislation, aimed at responding to former residents’ experiences. It’s believed 38,000 people will be eligible to access thes ..read more

As you know our AGM is on Wednesday 25th October at 730pm. You can register to join us on Eventbrite. AGENDA: Welcome Treasurers Report Chair’s Report – followed by a personal statement. Discussion of Future of London Irish LGBT Network as per statement sent by committee. Election of officers Chair Treasurer Committee Follow-up + next actions Any Other Business For Clarity and Transparency: Our Committee sent our paid membership an email which contained the following. For ease of reading, the statement can be found in full here. Our Constitution can be found here If you have any questions ..read more