Cork LGBT Awareness Week

Cork LGBT Awareness Week: LGBT Awareness Week is organised to acknowledge and demonstrate that LGBT individuals are family members, community residents, constituents, citizens, visitors, service users and service providers The purpose of the week is to advance !b"ective #$ of the %ity &lan 'The gay, lesbian, bise(ual and transgender communities will be enabled to fully participate in the social, cultural and economic life of %ork %ity ) &ride %elebrations are organised by the LGBT %ommunity but Awareness Week is where %ork %ity, its agencies and communities come together* LGBT Awareness Week is supported by %ork %ity %ouncil, +,- ,outh, %ork -TB, .ept of ,ocial &rotection, An Garda ,ioch/na, %ork %ity &artnership, L01%, Gay %ommunity .evelopment, %ork Trans ,upport Group, Ballyphehane Togher %.& and ,e(ual +ealth %entre Programme Cork LGBT Awareness Week 12th -18th May Monday May 12th 4.4 !m Ceremon"a# $a"s"ng o% $a"n&ow '#ag( an official gift from %ork2s twin ,an 3rancisco, on %ork %ity +all to open %ork LGBT Awareness Week 4567 -)!m 8 Launch of %ork LGBT Awareness Week in Atrium %ivic !ffice, %ity +all by Lord Mayor Cllr. Catherine Clancy , Guest of +onour9 Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork., Cloyne & Ross. :usic by Choral ConFusion T*esday 1+th May 2.+, !m , &lease .on2t &eddle &re"udice; a community arts collaboration between Ballyphehane Togher Arts < %rafts 0nitiative and Ballyphehane =outh %afe with the support of TA%T Togher =outh pro"ect and %ommunity Garda Wednesday 14th - Th*rsday 1 th : Cork Comm*n"t"es "n.#*d"ng Be%ore 'am"#y Centre( /".he Comm*n"ty 0ea#th Pro1e.t( Mahon C2P support LGBT Awareness Week with information stands, rainbow ribbons, lgbt dvd presentations in community pro"ects across the city 'r"day 1)th May 8!m %ork 3eminista 3ilm %lub launch with short documentaries about lesbians in %ork in 6>#5s, a showing of Better Than Cho.o#ate and rainbow cakes;; ?enue %amden &alace Theatre 3at*rday 14th 2- !m: 5daho 2ay 67ent - P".n". "n the Park( B"sho! L*.ey8Peo!#e9s Park( A %am"#y %r"end#y e7ent %or ."t":ens( .omm*n"t"es and the ."ty Agencies and community groups represented* also face painting, busking and food stalls 3*nday 18th May 1,.+, 0daho .ay ,ervice in ,t Anne2s ,handon for LGBT 3amilies and friends Throughout %ork LGBT Awareness Week agencies and communities will distribute the specially designed leaflet and display the LGBT %ork @ainbow sticker to signal their recognition of the LGBT %ommunities All entrances to %ork %ity will have pennants displaying the LGBT Awareness Week banner
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