Last night, on Tuesday March 21, I tagged along to Q Soc and Trinity Knitting Society’s collaborative ‘Stitch and Bitch’ event in the Elizabethan room of House 6. This is not the first time these societies have come together, normally …
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Forming your identity within the LGBT community: a panel discussion
The colour of Rainbow Week continues with the Questioning and Allies panel discussion, with speakers providing insight into the often diverse experience of coming out
As part of Rainbow week, TCDSU Welfare and Q Soc held an event which dealt with issues surrounding sexuality and identity in general, and advice on how to find whats right for you in developing your identity and coming out. …
Drag queens in the making at Q Soc’s ‘Lip Sync For Your Life!’
Kicking off Rainbow Week yesterday, Q Soc hosted an intense lip-syncing battle to start this campaign week with a bang
This week is Rainbow Week in Trinity College, and what better way to get people involved than with an intense lip-syncing competition? Last night’s ‘Lip Sync For Your Life!’ event, hosted by none other than Trinity’s Q Soc, was a …
Q Soc and friends raise spirits for LGBTQIA+ homophobic bullying awareness day
Deputy Trinity Life Editor, Alice Whelan, celebrates Spirit Day, a day which promotes solidarity in the LGBTQIA+ community in the fight against homophobic bullying
Today members and friends of Q Soc Trinity’s LGBTQIA+ society gathered in Front Square to take a stand against homophobic bullying for Spirit Day.
Spirit Day is held on the third Thursday of October every year as part of National …
Phil bring the glitz and glamour with club Philth
Phil Freshers’ week night with Q-Soc & TAF at the Grand Social follows up first debate of the year
Club Philth, the annual Freshers’ Week extravaganza of drinking and debauchery co-hosted this year by the Phil, Trinity Arts Festival and Q-Soc, took place on Thursday evening. Over 800 Trinity students descended upon the Grand Social for a Studio 54-inspired …
Rainbow Week 2016 launched
Jessica McKeon: “This year we want the week to really be a celebration of being LGBTQ and all that our community has achieved”
Rainbow Week was launched today, March 21, with a miniature Pride parade and reception in the Atrium with Colm O’Gorman and Averil Power in attendance. Rainbow Week, jointly organised by Trinity College Dublin’s Students’ Union (TCDSU) and Q Soc, is …
TCD Law Soc and Q Soc hold panel discussion on trans issues in Ireland
Speakers stressed the importance of visibility for the cause and the need for people to openly discuss it
Students tie the knot in mock marriage ceremony
Students Jessica McKenna, Seoid Ní Laoire, Shane Rice and Damien McClean took part in a mock marriage ceremony held by DU Amnesty, Q Soc and TCDSU last Wednesday. Over 3,000 students have been registered to vote in the upcoming marriage …
Candidates address LGBTQ issues at annual Q Soc hustings
The annual Q Soc hustings, chaired this year by former SU LGBT rights officer Stephen Hatton, allows candidates to address issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students, and outline how they plan to work for Trinity’s LGBTQ community. …
Q Soc celebrates anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality
Aonghus Ó Cochláin
Student Affairs Editor
- Amnesty director criticises lack of transgender rights
- Speakers confident of victory in same-sex marriage referendum
Ireland’s history of institutionalisation means the country should “know the consequences of pretending people don’t exist,” Colm O’Gorman, the