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Cork Pride Festival

31 Jul 2023

Celebrating the second year as an official sponsor of Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival, UCC hosted a range of events during Pride Week which ran from the 31^st July to the 6^th August this year. These events, coordinated by the EDI Unit, included a Pride Tea Party, a Pride 鈥楽tride and Ride鈥� cycle/walk and a screening of 鈥楾he Quay Co-op鈥� documentary, celebrating an important hub for the development of Cork鈥檚 LGBTQ+ community and a base for social change activism. The Cork Pride at UCC week ended with UCC staff and students marching together in the Cork Pride parade.

Speaking at the beginning of the Cork Pride Festival UCC President Professor John O鈥橦alloran said: 鈥淯CC鈥檚 partnership with Cork LGBT+ Pride is very important to us and this year, we look forward to championing and supporting our LGBT+ community. At UCC, we are committed to ensuring that our campus is inclusive, where every member of our community can feel a sense of welcome and belonging. As Ireland marks 30 years of decriminalisation, there鈥檚 plenty to celebrate but there鈥檚 much more to be done to make Ireland a safe, better place for LGBT+ people.鈥�

Dr Claire Murray, Interim Director of UCC鈥檚 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Unit and UCC law lecturer, said: 鈥淲ith LGBT+ youth in Ireland and around the world increasingly experiencing bullying, isolation and low self-esteem, and recent attacks on LGBT+ events and materials in libraries, including here in Cork, it鈥檚 vital that we stand together to support and show solidarity with Cork鈥檚 LGBT+ community. This year, with events that celebrate 鈥榩ride as protest鈥�, we鈥檙e excited to bring our students, staff and wider community together to celebrate our differences and also firmly declare our shared intention to continue to demand LGBT+ rights and equality for all.鈥�