In January, our ‘Get Lit’ book club met for the second time, this time to discuss Shuggie Bain written by Douglas Stuart, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize for fiction. Although the novel explores a dark narrative, Stuart’s quality writing made for an engaging read that captured (some of!) our hearts. The novel can be...
Come in from the cold and join us for our very first virtual “Fireside Chat“, an event that aims to provide information, a sense of community and a platform for conversation. OUTLaw is excited to host this chat for students and trainee solicitors on a variety of themes and ideas connected to being LGBT+ in the...
After the huge success of our first meeting of Get Lit, OUTLaw is delighted to invite you to our second book club meeting on Thursday 28 January at 7pm. This time we will be discussing Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction. Please email info@outlawnetwork.ie to register your...
In the month of December 2020, our ‘Get Lit’ book club sat down to discuss Girl, Woman, Other written by Bernadine Evaristo – joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize. This was a fascinating read that is both contemporary in style yet set in the tradition of a fiction piece showcasing a variety of human...
OUTLaw invites you to “Get Lit“, a book club that will get the conversation flowing. In a year where reality has sometimes become a blur, we thought we might try to bring back some genuine fiction to our lives. We hope that this might serve as a chance for our members to meet up and...
“Let’s Talk about HIV in Ireland” For World Aids Day 2020, Sue Carter from HIV Ireland will join us for a lunch and learn webinar to cover important topics surrounding HIV in Ireland today. This event is kindly hosted by EY. Topics covered will include: HIV Ireland as an organisation What HIV looks like in...
We hope you had a lovely Pride weekend and enjoyed some of the many virtual events held around the globe. We had a Zoom coffee morning earlier today and it was a lovely opportunity to catch up with people and find out how they marked Pride this year. Our final event for this Pride season...
Usually this is a week spent running from event to event, leaving some early so as not to be late to the next one. Hopefully one up-side of this year’s Dublin Pride celebrations taking place virtually is that we can comfortably attend more events from our own couches. In this post, we have listed a...
OUTLAW MESSAGE FOR PRIDE 2020 For so many reasons, it is a Pride month like no other. We cannot celebrate in the usual way, sharing spaces with our community and allies, but we will seek out different ways to mark Pride this month until we can all see each other again, in person. At OUTLaw...