Events
Irish Dancing & Céilí lessons for the LGBT+ Community
Date: 19 Nov 2024 (Tus)
Time: 19:30 - 20:30
Length: 3 Weeks
Beginners Adult Fitness Irish & Ceili Dancing
Date: 8 Oct 2024 (Tus)
Time: 19:30 - 20:30
Length: 5 Weeks
Wall Climbing for LGBTQ+ Community - Limerick Pride Event!
Date: 12 July 2024 (Fri)
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Padel Course for LGBTQ+ Women and Non Binary People
Date: 15 Jun 2024 (Sat)
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Length: 6 Weeks
GBT+ Sports Day 2024
EVENT POSTPONED! - New Date Upcoming
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Date: 15 June 2024 (Sat)
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Pitch and Putt 4 Week Programme for LGBTQ+ Community
Date: 8 Jun 2024 (Sat)
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Length: 4 Weeks
Beginners Adult Fitness Irish & Ceili Dancing
Starts: 4 June 2024
Time: 7.30 - 8:30pm
Length: 4 Weeks | Every Tuesday
Sunday Sessions: Dance & Yoga for LGBTQ+ Community in Kerry
Date: 12 May 2024 (Sun)
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Bike Maintenance Workshop & Cycle for LGBTQ+ Community!
Date: 11 May 2024 (Sat)
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
LGBTQ+ Irish Dancing Classes
Starts: 9 April 2024
Time: 7.30 - 8:30pm
Length: 5 Weeks | Every Tuesday
LGBTQ+ Sports Day for Women & Non Binary People 2024
Date: 27 January 2024 (Sat)
Time: 12.00 - 3:00pm
Beginners Adult Fitness Irish and Ceili Dancing for LGBTQ+ Community
Starts: 16 January 2024
Time: 7.30 - 8:30pm
Length: 4 Weeks | Every Tuesday
Swim Sessions @ Clontarf Baths (August/September)
Starts: 1 August 2023 | Ends: 5 September 2023
Time: 6:00 - 7:00pm
Length: 6 Weeks | Every Tuesday
We have booked the pool at the Clontarf Baths for another 6 weeks of open swim sessions, with a coach on deck to offer advice to those who seek it.
LGBTQ+ Women’s Summer Sport Day 2023
17 June 2023 (Sat) | 11:45am - 4pm
Sporting Pride and Dublin Lesbian Line are delighted to introduce our second LGBTQ+ women’s sports event as part of the Dublin Pride 2023 celebrations! Women of all ability levels, from beginner to seasoned athlete, are invited to join us for what promises to be a day of fun and socialising with your peers in the LGBTQ+ community.
Omagh Pride Community Rugby Match
17 June 2023 (Sat) | 11:00am - 12:00pm
Inclusive Community Rugby Match to Kick Off Omagh Pride Celebrations
Get ready to witness a thrilling display of athleticism and unity as Belfast Azlans RFC and Sporting Pride collaborate to bring Omagh's first Inclusive Community Rugby match to life. This exciting event will take place on Saturday, June 17th, serving as the opening act for the much-anticipated Omagh Pride Celebrations.
Swim Sessions @ Clontarf Baths (June/July)
Starts: 13 June 2023 | Ends: 18 July 2023
Time: 6:00 - 7:00pm
Length: 6 Weeks | Every Tuesday
We have booked the pool at the Clontarf Baths for another 6 weeks of open swim sessions, with a coach on deck to offer advice to those who seek it.
Ulsters First LGBTQ Women’s Sports Day
28 May 2023 (Sun) | 14:00 16:00
For the first time Sporting Pride, Female Sports Forum, Active Women NI, Ulster LGFA, Ulster Camogie, Cooke RFC & Cooke Warriors are uniting together to provide an opportunity for LGBTQ women to learn a new sport, meet new friends and celebrate the community.
LGBTQ+ Women’s Sports Day
28th January 2023 (Sat) | 11:30 - 16:00
Sporting Pride, Dublin Lesbian Line, the Phoenix Tigers, Dublin City Sports & Wellbeing Partnership and Studio Ten Photography are delighted to announce we’ll be hosting an LGBTQ+ women’s sport’s day in January 2023! Women and non-binary folk of all ability levels, from beginner to seasoned athlete, are invited to join us for what promises to be a day of fun and socialising with your peers in the LGBTQ+ community.
Swim Sessions for LGBTQ+ Community - European Week of Sports
As part of European Week of Sport we are inviting LGBTQ+ community members to take part in casual swim sessions at two different locations - Trinity College Pool and the Markievicz Pool, both of which are located in Dublin City.
Transgender Inclusion in Sport with Joanna Harper
Missed our event?
Click on the video below to catch up with Joanna & Philippa
Sporting Pride and Dublin Pride would like to invite you to join us for a live discussion with Transgender athlete, author and researcher Joanna Harper – a medical physicist who over the years has advised a number of international sports federations on the topic of Transgender inclusion in sport.
Joanna herself is a competitive runner who is currently researching Transgender athletic performance at Loughborough University in the UK.
The exclusion of Transgender athletes from sporting activities in Ireland and across the globe has shown there is a need for more open, inclusive dialogue in the public sphere. Sporting Pride was saddened, hurt, and deeply disappointed by Irish Rugby’s recent decision to ban Trans women and girls over 12 from competing in contact rugby. Setting this precedent of discrimination within Irish Sport is dangerous, and not a road we think anyone wants to go down.
To the IRFU and other National Governing Bodies in Ireland who may be considering such a ban, we are calling you in, not calling you out, to do better. Listen, centre, and work with the Trans community it directly affects.
A quote from Anna Brown, CEO of Equality Australia – “All women deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, no matter who they are, whether they’re Trans or not, and regardless of their innate sex characteristics.”
Inclusion policies need to centre the Trans community, and come from a place of inclusion not exclusion. If you don’t know where to start, follow Trans voices, follow Trans organisations, follow queer sports clubs. Listen to them and work with them. It is for this reason we are hosting events, like this one, to provide a platform for the Transgender community to speak out and have their voices heard.
Another amazing Transgender athlete, author, and current Chairperson of Dublin Pride, Philippa Ryder, will be leading this discussion. Philippa says that “the current negativity and transphobia directed at Trans women who wish to take part in sports is something we as a community need to address strongly. We need to educate both the general public and also the governing bodies who all too often fall back on the Health and Safety argument, despite there being a lack of international research showing that Trans women do have an advantage or that they pose a risk to cis women.
“Within genders there is a huge range of body types and yet there is no argument when, for example, Irish rugby star Peter Stringer faced New Zealand’s Jonah Lomu, despite their massive difference in stature. It is vital that all who wish to play sports are able to exercise their human rights to do so on their preferred teams, for both their physical and mental health.”
This conversation with Joanna Harper was live-streamed via Dublin Pride’s Facebook page on Wednesday September 14th at 4pm. Viewers will have the opportunity to leave comments and questions throughout, which will be discussed by our presenter towards the end. We look forward to welcoming you all to what promises to be an informative discussion.
With thanks to the Bank of Ireland Begin Together fund and the Community Foundation of Ireland.
