We are delighted to be collaborating with Equality for Children this month on a series of webinars examining LGBT+ Parental Rights. If you haven’t been able to join us in person, you can access the recordings below. A huge thank you to all of our speakers and attendees. Particular thanks to our LGBT+ parents who...
“Get Lit” Book Club Meeting #4
Meeting number four! How did that happen? After much to-ing and fro-ing – discussion as to how best to schedule our meeting so as not to get lost in the virtual event wilderness that will be Pride 2021 – not to mention what book to choose to lift us all out of our lockdown languishing,...
Four Families: a Series on LGBT+ Parental Rights
Together with Equality for Children, OUTLaw Network invites you to join us for “Four Families: a Series on LGBT+ Parental Rights”, a four-part series on the rights of LGBT+ parents and their families. In each session we will meet a different parent and explore the laws affecting that family and others in their situation. We...
“Get Lit” Book Club Meeting #3
We’re well into the swing of this book club thing now! After a really engaging and entertaining discussion about the otherwise dark “Shuggie Bain” we are pleased to invite you to our third book club meeting on Thursday 18 March at 7pm. This time we will be discussing “All the Young Men” by Ruth...
Get Lit! “Shuggie Bain” review
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...
Student Fireside Chat
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...
OUTLaw Network Student Sub-committee: we are recruiting!
The Student Committee is a new subgroup formed under OUTLaw Network. We are recruiting students across Ireland to join the committee and work alongside OUTLaw to plan and organise a host of events throughout the year. We are looking for people who are LGBT+ identifying or allies of the LGBT+ community. To apply for...
“Get Lit” Book Club Meeting #2
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...
Get Lit! Girl, Woman, Other Review
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...
“Get Lit” at the OUTLaw Network Book Club
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...