On Thursday we will be having a Coffee Posse in the Quay Co-Op at 7pm.We will meeting outside the Student Centre at 6.45. After the QuayCo-op we will be heading to the cinema for those who would like togo.Options for cinema around 9pm are: Barney’s Version; Black Swan;How Do You Know; King’s Speech; Tangled 3D and The Dilemma. Info is available at: http://www.corkcinemas.com/cork/#
See you guys there! 
January 31 2011 | Events | No Comments »
This year our Human Rights Award 2011 Ceremony will be on Wednesday, February 2nd at 6.30pm in Council Chambers, North Wing.
The award is being presented to Michael Barron, director of BeLonG To. We will be having a guest performance and a reception after.
January 27 2011 | Campaigns and Events | No Comments »
Hi Everyone,
Tonight (Monday) there is a Societies Quiz at 7.30 in the Mini (above
the Main)! Come along and support LGBT Soc, flex your brain muscles
and prove that LGBT Soc is the smartest around! 4 person to a team at
5 euro a head! And there shall be prizes as if the honour of the
society wasn´t enough reason to come along!
On Wednesday Day we are having a stand for Mental Health Week on
campus, so come over and say hi! And below please read up on the
timetable for all of the happenings during Mental Health Week.
On Wednesday Night we are having ´Can you keep a Straight Face?!´
teams game at 7.30 in Elec Eng L2. Get your game face on! And remember
laughter is good for your mental health!
On Thursday we are a having a Lunch Posse at 2pm in the Main The
same principal as the Coffee Posse but with Lunch!
Mental Health Week Timetable:
Monday 24th
Suicide Aware Info Stand with Fianna Fail Soc Main Campus
USI Mental Health Pack Giveaway 11-2 Main Campus
Drop into Iona for tea and chats all day
Nightline Tea & Coffee 12-3 Main Campus
Tuesday 25th
ReachOut.com ‘Note to Self’ 10 – 2 Main Rest
Bodywhys Talk at 11 WW8 on eating disorders
Bodywhys Stand on campus 12- 2
Amnesty Mental Health Stand on Main Campus
Free Hug Campaign Main Campus 11-2
Nightline Tea & Coffee 12-3 Main Campus
Drop into Iona for tea and chats all day
Wednesday 26th
HeadsUp 10-2 info stand
LGBT Soc Mental Health Stand on Main Campus
Please Talk Main Campus 11-2
Tony Bates, Clinical Psychologist lecture on Mindfulness, Meditation
and Mental Health from 7 – 8pm in G10, Civil Eng – Chaplaincy
Nightline Tea & Coffee 12-3 Main Campus
Drop into Iona for tea and chats all day
Launch of the Genio Project (UCC Peer Mentor scheme)
We Volunteer Exhibition throughout campus
LGBT Soc Event ´Can You Keep a Straight Face´ -Because laughter is
good for your mental health!The purpose of the game is to make the
other team laugh! 7.30 in Elec Eng L2
Thursday 27th (Mental Health Week moves to Brookfield)
Info Stand All Day
USI Mental Health Pack Giveaway 11-2
Hope to see you all during the week!
January 24 2011 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
Awesomeness tightly packed into a short Rainbow Week!…Read the details here!
Rainbow Week
Monday January 10th – Friday January 14th 2011
Monday January 10th
1pm – Opening Ceremony – Boole 3
with singer/songwriter Brian Kennedy and the UCC Dance Club
7pm – Public Interview – Boole 1
with Brian Finnegan, editor in chief of GCN (Gay Community News)
Tuesday January 11th
11am – Rainbow Cake Sale – Main Campus
buy some cake and support LGBT Noise
2pm – Trampolining – UCC Mardyke Gym
An introductory trampolining lesson with trainers from the UCC Trampolining Club
8pm – “Guess That Song” Quiz – Loafers Bar, 26 Douglas St.
we play a song snippet, you guess the name of the song and who sings it! – 20 euro per table
in aid of MarriagEquality
Wednesday January 12th
10am – Sumo Wrestling – Amphitheatre
Throw on a sumo suit and wrestle a friend!
1pm – Rainbow Wedding – Amphitheatre
A mock wedding in which three couples, two gay and one straight, are married! With tea, coffee,
and wedding cake upstairs in the Common Room afterwards
6pm – LGBT Noise Campaign Workshop – Council Chambers
Workshop with gay civil marriage activists, LGBT Noise
11pm – Just Married Party – Freakscene
Become one half of a celebrity couple and find your soulmate! Then getting a professional wedding picture!
Thursday January 13th
2pm – Fancy Dress Run – Main Campus
Still got your Hallowe’en costume? Put it back on and run around campus in aid of MarriagEquality
7.30pm – “Better Yet?” (play) – Boole 3
One man contemplates suicide while friends and acquaintances try to pull him back from the brink – original play
8.30pm – “I Love You Phillip Morris” (film) – Boole 3
A story so improbable it could only be true – starring Jim Carrey in his bravest role to date
Friday January 14th
1pm – Trans Workshop – ORB 145
Information and advice for transgender individuals – everybody welcome!
2pm – Closing Ceremony – ORB 145
A thank you from Brian Byrne, Rainbow Week Convenor
January 06 2011 | Events | No Comments »
Tonight’s Coffee Posse will be on in The Quay Co-Op at 7pm tonight,Thursday January 6th. See you there!
January 06 2011 | Events | No Comments »
Featuring Evelyn Grant and the Cork Pops Orchestra (www.corkpops.ie)
UCC Creative Arts Societies are proud to present the 27th annual
Strauss Ball, which will take place at the Gresham Metropole Hotel on the
20th of January.
How do I go? Tickets will be available in the weeks before the ball
outside the Boole Basement on UCC main campus Monday to Friday between 12pm-2pm commencing Monday the 10th of January, with tickets staying at the reduced price of €40 for a full ticket and €20 for an afters ticket.
Named after the famous composers of the Strauss family, the Strauss
Ball promises to be the classiest on offer to UCC students, with eleven
university societies joining together in the biggest collaboration of the year to host a spectacular evening of dancing and divilment. All with an underlying 1920′s theme to the proceedings, the night promises to be a fantastic mix of different eras of fashion, style, music, dance, and ambiance.
Following a 2 hour pre-ball reception at the Metropole Bar, the
attendees will be whisked upstairs to a fruit punch and chocolate
reception.
However, the true highlight of the night follows the three course meal, when the Cork Pops Orchestra will take to the stage, entertaining all with over 2 hours of ballroom music, waltz, tango and swing.
And if your appetite for dancing is still not sated after this, the
proceeding DJ
will then provide enough tunes to satisfy even the greediest of
dancing feet.
An air of romance permeates the evening like no other, and this years
Strauss Ball promises to be as unforgettable as the last 26! Contact
strauss@uccsocieties.ie for more information.
January 06 2011 | Events | No Comments »
Happy 2011! This week we are having a Coffee Posse on Thursday at 7pm in The Other Place. Everyone is welcome so come along! We are having an EGM on the 17th of January for the positions of Auditor and Events Officer. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Louise, our Events Officer and Tiarnan, our Auditor for all their hard work and time. They did an amazing job and will be missed. They sadly had to resign due to their college workload. If you would like to run, you should have a speech prepared, up to 5 minutes for auditor and up to 3 minutes for Events Officer. If you would like to run for one of the positions you must be a member, i.e. to have attended at least two events in one term. If you would like to run for Auditor you must have two people to nominate you. Please just include their names in your email. If you are interested you must email us by Thursday 13th January. Laura, our vice-auditor, Campaigns and Human Rights Officer will be acting auditor until the EGM.
January 04 2011 | Events and Of Interest | No Comments »
Check out our article on page 20 of the latest issue of BoLT Magazine http://boltmagazine.ie/issues/issue5.2010-12.pdf
December 29 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
UPDATE (4th Jan 2011): Many room changes have been made. All changes reflected below.
This year’s Rainbow Week will take place from Monday January 10th to Friday January 14th, 2011. Below is a full timetable of all 14 events. Note that locations are currently subject to change, and any changes will be updated on this website and on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ucclgbt).
Monday, Jan 10th
Event: Opening ceremony with Brian Kennedy, UCC Dance Club, Siobhan McGuire, USI LGBTRO, and Laura Harmon, UCC LGBTRO
Time: 1pm
Location: Boole 3
Event: Public interview with GCN editor Brian Finnegan
Time: 7pm
Location: Boole 1
Tuesday, Jan 11th
Event: Rainbow cake sale
Time: 11am
Location: Main campus
Event: Introductory lesson with UCC Trampolining club
Time: 2pm
Location: Mardyke Gym (meet at reception)
Event: “Guess That Song” Quiz
Time: 8pm
Location: Loafers Bar, 26 Douglas St
Wednesday, Jan 12th
Event: Sumo wrestling
Time: 10am
Location: Amphitheatre
Event: Gay wedding
Time: 1pm
Location: Amphitheatre
Event: LGBT Noise workshop
Time: 6pm
Location: Council Chambers
Event: Just Married Party
Time: 10pm
Location: Freakscene
Thursday, Jan 13th
Event: Fancy dress run
Time: 2pm
Location: Main campus
Event: Better Yet? (play)
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Boole 3
Event: I Love You Phillip Morris (movie)
Time: 8.30pm
Location: Boole 3
Friday, Jan 14th
Event: Trans workshop
Time: 1pm
Location: ORB 145
Event: Closing ceremony
Time: 2pm
Location: ORB 145
December 29 2010 | Campaigns and Events and Site News | No Comments »
