LINC is the only community development organisation working exclusively with Lesbian and Bisexual women in the Republic of Ireland. Through the LINC Resource Centre, we have completed a comprehensive outreach training and development programme.
We also actively engage with various representative groups in the community including the young women’s group, lesbian parents’ group, the group founded to support the parents of lesbian and bisexual women and the older lesbian group.
Below is a list of useful resoucrses, helplines and groups. If you would like to talk to LINC then please call 021 480 8600 or email info@linc.ie. We are here to listen!
Esther Explains Teachers Handbook [PDF DOWNLOAD]
Esther Explains being Trans [Click here to watch video on Youtube]
Esther Explains Homophobic Language [Click here to watch video on Youtube]
Esther Explains non binary [Click here to watch video on Youtube]
Sexual Wellbeing and Intimate Relationships for Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Women PDF Download
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Mind Your Positive Health [PDF DOWNLOAD]
Coming Out Booklet [PDF DOWNLOAD]
Healthcare Professionals LGBT Quick Reference Guide [PDF Download]
How To Set Up A Group [PDF DOWNLOAD]
Handbook For Setting Up A Gay Straight Alliance in Schools [PDF DOWNLOAD]
Towards Anti-cyber Bullying [PDF DOWNLOAD]
LGBT Helpline – 1890 929 539
Cork Lesbian Line – 021 431 8318
Dublin Lesbian Line – 01 872 9911
Dundalk Outcomers Helpline – 042 932 9816
Dundalk Outcomers Youth – 086 162 5030
Gay Project Cork – 021 430 0430
Gay Switchboard Dublin – 01-8721055
Gender Identity Family Support Line – 01 9073707
North Of Ireland/Carafriend – 0044 28 9089 0202
OutWest Gay Helpline – 094 937 2479
TENI Helpline (Transgender Support) – 085 147 7166
Telefriending service with LGBT Ireland for over 50s https://lgbt.ie/telefriending/
BeLonG To Youth Services – 01 670 6223
Bi+ Ireland | biirelandnetwork@gmail.com
Dundalk Outcomers – 042 932 9816
Gay Mens Health Service – 01 873 4952 | gmhpoutreach@eircom.net
Gay Project – 021 4300 430 | info@gayproject.ie
Gender Rebels – 087 366 9055
Gay Switchboard Ireland – 01 872 1055
GOSHH Midwest – 061 314354
Outhouse Community Centre Dublin – 01 873 4932
Outwest Ireland – 087 972 5586
Amach, Galway | resourcecentre@amachlgbt.com
Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) – 01-8733575
TENI: Keeva Carroll, Peer Support: keeva@teni.ie
TENI: Hannah Solley, Family Support: hannah@teni.ie
Transgender Family Support Line: 01 907 3707
Cork LGBT Archive
Gaire
Gay Community News
Gay Cork
LGBT Helpline Ireland on Facebook
Parenting Info
Running Amach
WinK (Women in Kerry)
LGBTI
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex.
Sexual Orientation
Everyone has a sexual orientation and it describes who we are sexually attracted to.
Lesbian
A woman who is attracted to someone of the same sex.
Gay
Someone who is attracted to someone of the same sex. Both men and some women identify as Gay.
Bisexual
Someone who is attracted to both sexes.
Transgender
People whose gender identity does not correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth.
Trans
An umbrella term for all those who’s gender identity does not correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth.
Heterosexual/Straight
People who are attracted to those of the opposite sex.
Asexual
Person who is not sexually attracted to anyone or does not have a sexual orientation.
Pansexual
A person who is attracted to someone regardless of their gender.
Gender Identity
Refers to a person’s deeply-felt identification with their own gender. This may or may not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth.
Gender Expression
The external manifestation of a person’s gender identity. Gender can be expressed through mannerisms, grooming, physical characteristics, social interactions and speech patterns.
Cisgender/Cis
A person whose gender aligns with the sex assigned to them at birth.
Intersex
A person whose gender markers (chromosomes, hormones, anatomy) are not all typically male or female at birth.
Non-binary
A person whose gender identity is neither exclusively male or female. A non-binary person may also may describe themselves as gender fluid, gender queer, gender variant, agender, genderless or something else.
Queer
The word queer is still sometimes used as a hateful slur, so although it has mostly been reclaimed, be careful with its use.
Transition
A process through which some transgender people begin to live as the gender with which they identify, rather than the one assigned at birth. Transition might include social, physical or legal changes.