Out in UL’s largest showcase event, Queerbash, will take place on Friday, April 7th in Dolans Warehouse. Queerbash, now in its fourteenth year, is Limerick’s longest running LGBTQ+ night out, and also one of the longest running events in the University of Limerick’s history. Every year, Queerbash takes on a new theme, with people encouraged […]
Out in UL held its first ever consent workshop as part of the Not Just SomeBody campaign. The workshop was led by Co-President Ciara Ciara Mag Mhuirneacháin and First Year Rep Orla McDermott. It focused on putting scenarios involving consent forward to those taking part. Everyone who took part came away with a better understanding of issues […]
Check out the highlights from the Highway to Heels Catwalk that took place in the Courtyard on Tuesday as part of Out In UL’s Not Just SomeBody campaign which aimed to promote gender equality and show that what you wear doesn’t define who you are. The campaign also included workshops on Consent, Domestic Abuse and […]
Out in UL had an amazing UL Clubs and Societies Awards 2017 haul, winning the Overall Best Society award for 2017. This is the second time the society have won this award. having last received it in 2015. There was elation among the committee as our name was called as winners of the award, a […]
AMUL 2017 By Aoibhínn Slattery On Thursday of Week 5, February 23rd 2017, Out in UL hosted one of our biggest events of the second semester in the form of Alternative Miss UL. AMUL is the annual amateur drag competition held in the Scholars Club by Out in UL and we always welcome numerous performers […]
By Kiera Thornton As a part of Rainbow Week 2016, Out in UL held an interactive event in the Students’ Union Courtyard on Wednesday 9th November which allowed people on campus to contribute to the society’s Gender and Sexuality Wall. The wall was painted with a total of eighteen different colours, each representing one sexual […]
By Robert Culhane This year’s Rainbow Week falls on Week 10 of the semester, starting on Monday the 7th of November. The idea of Rainbow Week is to celebrate the LGBTQ community in its entirety through a fun and educational way. It is hosted during the autumn semester of every year and is one of […]
By Kiera Thornton On Tuesday October 25th, Out in UL held a remembrance ceremony for the victims of the Pulse shooting which occurred earlier this year. This was Out in UL’s event for SoUL Week which was held to mark one of the deadliest incidents of violence against LGBTQ+ people in history, allowing people on […]
By Kiera Thornton (Vice-President and Public Relations Officer, Out in UL) Today, Wednesday 19th October, thousands of people will take to the streets of Dublin to protest against further increases in student fees in Ireland. With the Irish government suggesting that they will implement a student loan system and increase student contributions to €5,000, the […]
On Thursday 13th October, our HIV Testing Drive was held in UL Students’ Union in conjunction with ULSU and GOSHH. It was a massive success and we must thank everybody who came along and got tested! With 491 people in Ireland newly diagnosed last year, HIV is on the rise in Ireland and awareness is […]
