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Today Marriage Equality is launching We Are Family, a national poster campaign which gives visibility to LGBT families living in Ireland. The groundbreaking campaign shatters the silence and myths surrounding our families and calls on the Government to recognise and protect same-sex couples and our…

South Africa's leading LGBT organisations have slammed the government for failing yet again to uphold gay and lesbian rights in the international arena. The Joint Working Group, which represents a network of 26 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex organisations, said that it is deeply…

Achieving full legal equality for gay men and lesbians has never been easy, in any part of the world. Yet in an increasingly globalised media, legal and economic environment, what happens in one country can provide valuable lessons for another. We get an unusual opportunity…

From 2004 to 2014, Atlantic focused resources on protecting and expanding the rights of immigrants, people with disabilities and LGBT people in the Republic of Ireland. The work of these human rights grantees enabled several important and lasting achievements, including: New rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people…

When Atlantic began its human rights work in Ireland in 2004, it faced strong resistance at the governmental and judicial levels to the idea of setting down such rights in legislation. Still, the foundation saw signs that suggested that the right kinds of investments —…

Transgender people face elevated levels of violence and discrimination in the Republic of Ireland, according to this report from Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI). The Stop Transphobia and Discrimination (STAD) report, the first of its kind, documents 32 hate incidents, of which 15 were designated…

Trans people in the Republic of Ireland are at much higher risk of negative mental health, self-harm and suicide than the general population, according to the results of the largest study of transgender people ever carried out in Ireland. Almost half of the study's participants…

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="250"] Michael Murphy (left) and Terry O'Sullivan celebrate their civil partnership. Photo: Irish Independent[/caption] Until 1994, Irish law still criminalized homosexual conduct. When The Atlantic Philanthropies entered the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) field in 2004, there were no other significant private funders in the…

By Sara R Phillips, Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI)Today, I am a woman -- plainly and simply female. My passport says so; my driver's license says so; my bank details say so. My children, my parents, work colleagues, neighbours and friends, all leave me in…

Atlantic Philanthropies just completed a study of queer youth in South Africa today. Seventeen years after the Constitution outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation, the study explores if democracy has brought greater tolerance and celebration of diversity for today's young LGBTIs.Marian Nell and Janet Shapiro authored the…