Sorcha Rosa
Sorcha Rosa is a queer feminist activist working at the intersections of gender, sexuality, and human rights. Her activism focuses on advancing feminist and LGBTQIA+ equality, with particular commitment to trans and intersex justice. She is involved in grassroots organising, advocacy, and community-building, amplifying the voices of those too often left unheard. Sorcha’s work combines personal storytelling with political action, highlighting the importance of solidarity, inclusion, and transformative change.
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Tights & Fragile Masculinity: Paddy O’Gorman’s War on Trans People
From the Celebrity Farm tights controversy to his post-RTÉ gender-critical campaigning, this article examines Paddy O’Gorman’s reinvention and the politics behind it.
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The Anti-Trans Network Behind March 7th
A €40 ticket, 37 Facebook likes and a revolving door of Genspect, Sex Matters and Countess affiliates , the March 7th “Gender Recognition Act” conference is not grassroots feminism. It’s an imported culture war campaign targeting Irish equality law.
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Repeal to Repression: How Niamh Uí Bhriain Recycled Ireland’s Defeated Anti-Abortion Machine into an Anti-Trans Campaign
How Ireland’s defeated anti-abortion movement was repurposed into an organised anti-trans campaign. This article examines Niamh Uí Bhriain’s role, her ownership of Gript, links to Youth Defence and the Life Institute, and the transnational far-right networks influencing Irish public discourse.
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From Trinity to Targeting Trans Lives: Helen Joyce and the Hypocrisy Ireland Keeps Importing
Helen Joyce is framed as a rational authority, but her work fuels an organised campaign against trans people. This article examines her advocacy, court losses, hypocrisy, and the consequences for Ireland
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The Natural Women’s Council and the politics of organised intimidation
The Natural Women’s Council is a tiny, unaccountable group exerting outsized influence on Irish media and institutions by weaponising moral panic, obscuring its funding, and trading on confusion with the National Women’s Council of Ireland.
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The Countess Exposed: Corporate Structure and Anti Trans Politics
A socialist feminist investigation into The Countess Ireland. This article names who runs the organisation, how it is structured, how it avoids funding transparency, and how anti trans politics are being laundered through corporate secrecy and moral panic.
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Open letter from Arcane Cycling Team regarding gender options on the Cycling Ireland membership portal
Arcane Cycling Team has published an open letter calling on Cycling Ireland to introduce inclusive gender options in its membership registration system. While Cycling Ireland states that cycling is open to all and encourages non-competitive participation regardless of gender, its current portal requires members to select either “male” or “female”. The letter argues that this…
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Rights Without Routes
A week of new trans rights resources from TENI, ICCL and TGEU should have marked progress, yet Ireland’s National Gender Service is closing its waiting list. This article examines the gap between rights on paper and routes to care, and argues for a future where trans and intersex people are not left behind.
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Athens, Boobs, and the Future of Intersex Rights
Athens was loud and queer and perfect. I stood in a room as Intersex Ireland, introduced the film BOOBS, met funders, and realised how much is changing. We are small, unfunded, volunteer led, and yet at the centre of European conversations. We are at a tipping point. We are ready.
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When America’s Far Right Speaks Through Europe’s Center
Across Europe, politicians and commentators increasingly dismiss social justice concerns as “woke,” often with a weary shrug rather than open hostility. What many fail to recognise is that this language is not homegrown, but imported from the American far right. A term that once meant staying awake to injustice has been stripped of its moral…