The Launch of New ALL Island LGBTQIA+ Forum; like all our members of the LGBTQIA+ community I welcome the launch of the ‘New All Island’ initiative; but, in 1983 NIGRA along with other like-minded groups in Northern Ireland held a meeting to bring the third All Ireland Lesbian & Gay man’s Conference, which was to be held in the Crescent Arts Centre and the Gay centre (The Carpenter Club). The 1st Conference was in Cork in 1981, with the 2nd in Dublin in 1982. Time does move on, and the needs of the community also, but do not forget that the past may also have some answers. The piece shown below is from our locally produced magazine, a copy of which is held in the Linen Hall Library Archive
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