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Hey all, we are having Vanessa from the Transgender Equality Network of Ireland visiting the group this Saturday to give us more information on Transgender issues in Ireland. It’s going to be a fantastic day to get more information and ask any questions you might have. Hope you can make it!

The  Galway Arts Centre are currently endeavouring to set up a board of young people associated with the Galway Arts Centre that is run by young people for young people.  They envision that the board will take ownership and enable young people to make the decisions from the idea stage of a project to the realisation.

To participate in the birth of Galway Arts Centre’s first Arts Youth Committee will give any young person who has a desire to work in the Arts an unprecedented opportunity to experience how the Arts work as a business while obtaining skills through arts workshops and talks.

Those involved would learn the basics of administration for the arts and be involved in mentored workshops with professionals from Visual Art, Theatre , Dance , Film and much more.

We are looking for ten to fifteen young people to form this committee. We hope to find youths with a keen interest in the Arts and that are eager to be part of something new and exciting in Galway City.

The age restrictions are 14-23, Those selected will use us the arts workers as facilitators.

Louise Manifold Visual Artist will be the first professional Artist to work with the newly formed committee.

If you find that you are interested in getting involved with this project please contact me Fiona Hession the Galway Arts Centre Youth Committee’s Coordinator at fionahession@gmail.com

Hey all!  We are meeting tonight from 6:30-8pm instead of this Saturday.  Hope you can join us!

Hey All!  As a part of Social Inclusion Week, we are launching our anti homophobic bullying documentary AND our website this Thursday, teh 20th of October at 6:30pm!  Please join us and celebrate the great work that is being done by young people and  volunteers in the project.  Hope to see you there!

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Its the week of social inclusion 2011 an annual event that creating a fair and inclusive society, this week is to encourage people to participate in all social, cultural, economic and political life for a full list of events please check out www.galway.ie for a full list of all the events

ALSO shOUT! are also doing their bit for social inclusion week by launching the website and dvd on the Thursday 20th Oct from 6.30 so please make the effort and celebrate with us on this special week

As we grow up we are thought about our gender and the lessons we learn can impact on our sense of self, what if you learnt that those messages were wrong and it is okay to ‘be who you are’ as we are all unique individuals…..

On Saturday we will be talking about gender stereotyping so for all you girls and men (see what I have done) please come along to shOUT! and we can have an interesting debate around this important issue

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we are going to the Aquarium this Saturday 8th Oct, we will be shown how to pick up starfish, find the sea life in rock pools and just enjoy the aquarium. we hope you can make it.

hi we have a really important day planned this Saturday shOUT! and we urgently need a good attendance, if you can make it please make an extra special effort to attend.

we will be looking at the future and past of shOUT! and giving members an opportunity to give voice to how the project is going, it will be a really powerful day and we need numbers  so we hope to see you there take care

The Literary and Debating Society of NUI Galway will be hosting a Transgender Panel Discussion which will take place in NUI Galway on Thursday 29 September from 7pm in the Kirwan’s Theatre, Arts Concourse, NUI, Galway.

The motion for the debate will be ‘That this house believes we were born this way’.  The motion itself is intended to be quite broad so as to allow the speakers to explore the various issues relating to transgender experience.

TENI will be taking part in the discussion, represented by TENI Board Member Dr Tanya Ni Mhuirthile and gender identity counsellor Bernie Fitzgerald.

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we have nearly completed the shOUT! anti homophobic documentary and we have received great comments, to add to the quality of the documentary we are looking for someone who is out and proud to participate in the documentary. we would like one or two people to talk about ‘coming out’ and tell us how they overcame the challenges and can see how well they are doing now.

we would like them to be able to reach out to other young people and let them know that there is hope and they can have positive friendships, find love and happiness in their lives.

this means that they will talk in front of camera and be comfortable knowing that this will be shown around Ireland.

if you would like to get involved please contact Garry on 087 320 4575 e; shout.outreach@gmail.com for more information