Oct 17, 2016
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Good morning folks! Here are this week’s events!
Events for this week are officially up! Check out our information page for details!
Welcome Week has kicked off! If you didn’t get a chance to drop by our coffee morning, don’t worry, you have lots to choose from this week!
Tomorrow’s the big day!
Kick off for Orientation Week is right around the corner! Our first event of the semester begins with a Fresher’s Welcome Afternoon tomorrow at 2pm in rooms 5/6/7 upstairs in the New Student Centre.
Check our information tab for further information regarding events and check back here for updates!
Dear all,
Today the community has been shaken following the tragic mass shooting in Orlando, Florida at Pulse LGBTQ+ nightclub.
We're deeply distressed by this news. This month is LGBTQ+ Pride month and no member of our community should live in fear of celebrating their identity in a space dedicated for them.
UCD LGBTQ+ and its members would like to offer our deepest sympathies to the friends and families of the victims, and we extend our support systems to members who have been affected by this news.
If you need someone to talk to about this issue, please contact us and we will refer you to the appropriate agent.
SUPPORT AVAILABLE AT:
Gay Switchboard Ireland: 01-872 1055 www.LGBT.ie
Sometimes coming out isn’t exactly as glamorous as Diana Ross sang about, but each story is unique and offers its own insight, writes UCD LGBT Auditor Jack Carolan.
When I was ten-years-old, a boy in my class told me that “gay” was the word you called a boy who liked other boys. That was when I realised I was gay. I had known before then that there was such a thing as being gay, but only when someone said the word to me did it become real.
Looking back now, I don’t understand how it took that long. I had to be Princess Peach every time I played Mario Kartand I knew, and unashamedly still know, the words and choreography to the majority of Britney Spears’ greatest hits. Lady Gaga clearly was singing about my personal experience when she said, “I was born this way.”
Despite the ease at which I accepted my own homosexuality at ten years of age, it wasn’t until I was thirteen that I even discussed with other people my attraction to the same sex.
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