Karl Hayden
@karlhayden.bsky.social
Human, Civil and LGBTQ+ rights activist 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 in Ireland 🇮🇪
I stand with the people of Palestine 🇵🇸 and Ukraine 🇺🇦
Board member of rainbowrose.eu (2025-2027)
Co-Founder of the LGBT Restorative Justice Campaign: lgbtdisregard.ie
I stand with the people of Palestine 🇵🇸 and Ukraine 🇺🇦
Board member of rainbowrose.eu (2025-2027)
Co-Founder of the LGBT Restorative Justice Campaign: lgbtdisregard.ie
@labourpartyireland.bsky.social are launching a private members bill in support of improving transgender healthcare across Ireland to get the gender reaffirming care that trans people desperately need.
Email your TD to support the bill:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Email your TD to support the bill:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
@labourpartyireland.bsky.social are launching a private members bill in support of improving transgender healthcare across Ireland to get the gender reaffirming care that trans people desperately need.
Email your TD to support the bill:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Email your TD to support the bill:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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We are failing transgender people on healthcare.
Tomorrow 3rd December, we will be launching a private members bill in support of improving transgender healthcare across Ireland to get the gender reaffirming care that trans people desperately need.
@labourpartyireland.bsky.social
#TransHealthCare
Tomorrow 3rd December, we will be launching a private members bill in support of improving transgender healthcare across Ireland to get the gender reaffirming care that trans people desperately need.
@labourpartyireland.bsky.social
#TransHealthCare
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We are failing transgender people on healthcare.
Tomorrow 3rd December, we will be launching a private members bill in support of improving transgender healthcare across Ireland to get the gender reaffirming care that trans people desperately need.
@labourpartyireland.bsky.social
#TransHealthCare
Tomorrow 3rd December, we will be launching a private members bill in support of improving transgender healthcare across Ireland to get the gender reaffirming care that trans people desperately need.
@labourpartyireland.bsky.social
#TransHealthCare
Both flights today on RyanAir were delayed… in the last year not one @ryanairofficial.bsky.social flight I was on departed or arrived on time.
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Both flights today on RyanAir were delayed… in the last year not one @ryanairofficial.bsky.social flight I was on departed or arrived on time.
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Today we honour and remember the people we have lost, and reflect on the progress made in fighting HIV
Despite the advances in treatment and testing, we can't take for granted all the progress made.
Stigma still persists and we must challenge it whenever we encounter it.
Despite the advances in treatment and testing, we can't take for granted all the progress made.
Stigma still persists and we must challenge it whenever we encounter it.
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Today we honour and remember the people we have lost, and reflect on the progress made in fighting HIV
Despite the advances in treatment and testing, we can't take for granted all the progress made.
Stigma still persists and we must challenge it whenever we encounter it.
Despite the advances in treatment and testing, we can't take for granted all the progress made.
Stigma still persists and we must challenge it whenever we encounter it.
Happy I could attend this remembrance event at the Irish Embassy in London for all those Irish men and women who left Ireland to escape the oppression of a state that criminalised them and failed to provide the services they needed in order to live HIV and die with dignity.
#WorldAIDSDay
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Happy I could attend this remembrance event at the Irish Embassy in London for all those Irish men and women who left Ireland to escape the oppression of a state that criminalised them and failed to provide the services they needed in order to live HIV and die with dignity.
#WorldAIDSDay
#WorldAIDSDay
On my way to London to attend a World AIDS Day remembrance event with the Irish LGBTQ+ community and London Irish in the Irish embassy.
I’m honoured to have been invited to the event for my work with Irish people affected by HIV and AIDS going to and from London in the 1990s.
I’m honoured to have been invited to the event for my work with Irish people affected by HIV and AIDS going to and from London in the 1990s.
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
On my way to London to attend a World AIDS Day remembrance event with the Irish LGBTQ+ community and London Irish in the Irish embassy.
I’m honoured to have been invited to the event for my work with Irish people affected by HIV and AIDS going to and from London in the 1990s.
I’m honoured to have been invited to the event for my work with Irish people affected by HIV and AIDS going to and from London in the 1990s.
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Today on World AIDS Day, we stand with everyone living with HIV.
This year’s theme — Rethink. Rebuild. Rise. — is a reminder that global funding cuts threaten prevention and treatment. Millions risk losing life-saving care. This cannot happen.
We remember, we support, we continue the fight.
This year’s theme — Rethink. Rebuild. Rise. — is a reminder that global funding cuts threaten prevention and treatment. Millions risk losing life-saving care. This cannot happen.
We remember, we support, we continue the fight.
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Today on World AIDS Day, we stand with everyone living with HIV.
This year’s theme — Rethink. Rebuild. Rise. — is a reminder that global funding cuts threaten prevention and treatment. Millions risk losing life-saving care. This cannot happen.
We remember, we support, we continue the fight.
This year’s theme — Rethink. Rebuild. Rise. — is a reminder that global funding cuts threaten prevention and treatment. Millions risk losing life-saving care. This cannot happen.
We remember, we support, we continue the fight.
If you are planing on taking up extra work over the build up to Christmas and New Year, here is some useful information you might like to know.
Seasonal work 101: Know your rights this Christmas
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Seasonal work 101: Know your rights this Christmas
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Seasonal work 101: Know your rights this Christmas
As Christmas draws closer and shops, restaurants and delivery services gear up for their busiest weeks, seasonal job adverts start popping up everywhere.
www.rte.ie
November 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you are planing on taking up extra work over the build up to Christmas and New Year, here is some useful information you might like to know.
Seasonal work 101: Know your rights this Christmas
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Seasonal work 101: Know your rights this Christmas
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Sara Philips holds the room spellbound at the General Assembly of @rainbowrosepes.bsky.social as she talks about the state of play for #Trans people in Ireland and internationally.
Such a brilliant speaker and making it so relatable to the personal experience of Trans people.
#RainbowRose
Such a brilliant speaker and making it so relatable to the personal experience of Trans people.
#RainbowRose
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sara Philips holds the room spellbound at the General Assembly of @rainbowrosepes.bsky.social as she talks about the state of play for #Trans people in Ireland and internationally.
Such a brilliant speaker and making it so relatable to the personal experience of Trans people.
#RainbowRose
Such a brilliant speaker and making it so relatable to the personal experience of Trans people.
#RainbowRose
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We are proud to be hosting the General Assembly of @rainbowrosepes.bsky.social here in Dublin for the first time.
Delegates from across Europe representing LGBTQ+ sections of national political parties who are members of the Party of European Socialists.
#rainbowrose #RainbowRoseGA
Delegates from across Europe representing LGBTQ+ sections of national political parties who are members of the Party of European Socialists.
#rainbowrose #RainbowRoseGA
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We are proud to be hosting the General Assembly of @rainbowrosepes.bsky.social here in Dublin for the first time.
Delegates from across Europe representing LGBTQ+ sections of national political parties who are members of the Party of European Socialists.
#rainbowrose #RainbowRoseGA
Delegates from across Europe representing LGBTQ+ sections of national political parties who are members of the Party of European Socialists.
#rainbowrose #RainbowRoseGA
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Sara Philips, a trans activist in Ireland, leads a workshop on ‘Misconceptions, misinformation, agendas and ideologies’
Not a sound in the room as she outlines the issues faced by the trans community across Europe and what PES member parties can do in support
#RainbowRose #RainbowRoseGA
Not a sound in the room as she outlines the issues faced by the trans community across Europe and what PES member parties can do in support
#RainbowRose #RainbowRoseGA
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Sara Philips, a trans activist in Ireland, leads a workshop on ‘Misconceptions, misinformation, agendas and ideologies’
Not a sound in the room as she outlines the issues faced by the trans community across Europe and what PES member parties can do in support
#RainbowRose #RainbowRoseGA
Not a sound in the room as she outlines the issues faced by the trans community across Europe and what PES member parties can do in support
#RainbowRose #RainbowRoseGA
I support this campaign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I support this campaign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Israel: Government seeks to ban foreign media outlets permanently if deemed “a security threat”
www.ifj.org/media-centre...
There is no end to which the Israeli Government under Benjamin Netanyahu will go to prevent reporting of their abuses.
The so called democracy of the Middle East.
www.ifj.org/media-centre...
There is no end to which the Israeli Government under Benjamin Netanyahu will go to prevent reporting of their abuses.
The so called democracy of the Middle East.
Israel: Government seeks to ban foreign media outlets permanently if deemed “a security threat” / IFJ
Members of the Israeli parliament voted on 10 November in favour of passing a bill that would allow the government to permanently shut down foreign media outlets alleged to “undermine national securit...
www.ifj.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Israel: Government seeks to ban foreign media outlets permanently if deemed “a security threat”
www.ifj.org/media-centre...
There is no end to which the Israeli Government under Benjamin Netanyahu will go to prevent reporting of their abuses.
The so called democracy of the Middle East.
www.ifj.org/media-centre...
There is no end to which the Israeli Government under Benjamin Netanyahu will go to prevent reporting of their abuses.
The so called democracy of the Middle East.
Absolutely heartbreaking 💔
Five young friends dead, three injured in Dundalk crash www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Five young friends dead, three injured in Dundalk crash www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Five young friends dead, three injured in Dundalk crash
Five young people have died and three others have been injured in a road crash in Dundalk in Co Louth.
www.rte.ie
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Absolutely heartbreaking 💔
Five young friends dead, three injured in Dundalk crash www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Five young friends dead, three injured in Dundalk crash www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Donegal Says Yes
To mark the 10th anniversary of the signing into law of the Marriage Equality Act in 2015, the Donegal LGBTQ+ Heritage Project released this video. youtu.be/CCNi1O1zqE4
Delighted I could help the amazing Jen McCarron and the team with the video. Still lots of archive to be shared.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the signing into law of the Marriage Equality Act in 2015, the Donegal LGBTQ+ Heritage Project released this video. youtu.be/CCNi1O1zqE4
Delighted I could help the amazing Jen McCarron and the team with the video. Still lots of archive to be shared.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Donegal Says Yes
To mark the 10th anniversary of the signing into law of the Marriage Equality Act in 2015, the Donegal LGBTQ+ Heritage Project released this video. youtu.be/CCNi1O1zqE4
Delighted I could help the amazing Jen McCarron and the team with the video. Still lots of archive to be shared.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the signing into law of the Marriage Equality Act in 2015, the Donegal LGBTQ+ Heritage Project released this video. youtu.be/CCNi1O1zqE4
Delighted I could help the amazing Jen McCarron and the team with the video. Still lots of archive to be shared.
@cnn.com I hate being that person, BUT… Anderson Cooper’s fixation on bereavement is so unhealthy. His repetitive emotional rollercoaster when interviewing people who experienced bereavement comes across as an act of self-flagellation.
Respectfully he needs to find a therapist to address it.
Respectfully he needs to find a therapist to address it.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@cnn.com I hate being that person, BUT… Anderson Cooper’s fixation on bereavement is so unhealthy. His repetitive emotional rollercoaster when interviewing people who experienced bereavement comes across as an act of self-flagellation.
Respectfully he needs to find a therapist to address it.
Respectfully he needs to find a therapist to address it.
@maddow.msnbc.com What a pathetic attempt by Laurence O’Donnell on The Last Word to cover for the 8 senators who voted with Republicans last night, as well as the utterly useless Chuck Schumer. The sooner the current leadership of the Democratic Party are gone the better. They failed their party.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com What a pathetic attempt by Laurence O’Donnell on The Last Word to cover for the 8 senators who voted with Republicans last night, as well as the utterly useless Chuck Schumer. The sooner the current leadership of the Democratic Party are gone the better. They failed their party.
Finally some good political news coming out of America. Perhaps now we will see a wider rejection of Trump and the Republicans by a majority of voters… if they are allowed to exercise their vote freely without interference by Trump.
#Mamdani #Spanberger #Sherrill #Jones #Hashmi #Prop50 and more.
#Mamdani #Spanberger #Sherrill #Jones #Hashmi #Prop50 and more.
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It takes some neck to stand in front of the media complaining about political consensus being out of kilter with the grassroots while you have a €12,000+ Hermès bag hanging off your arm.
I assume Gavin is representing what Steen said accurately.
For me her 'campaign' has been one of entitlement.
I assume Gavin is representing what Steen said accurately.
For me her 'campaign' has been one of entitlement.
September 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It takes some neck to stand in front of the media complaining about political consensus being out of kilter with the grassroots while you have a €12,000+ Hermès bag hanging off your arm.
I assume Gavin is representing what Steen said accurately.
For me her 'campaign' has been one of entitlement.
I assume Gavin is representing what Steen said accurately.
For me her 'campaign' has been one of entitlement.
This Friday, 26th September at 18:30. Outhouse (theatre), 105 Capel St, D1.
#LGBTQhistory #QueerHistory
#LGBTQhistory #QueerHistory
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This Friday, 26th September at 18:30. Outhouse (theatre), 105 Capel St, D1.
#LGBTQhistory #QueerHistory
#LGBTQhistory #QueerHistory
Stand together against racism & enjoy a vibrant celebration of shared community in Ireland!
📆Sat, Sept 27th
⏰ 1pm
📍Garden of Remembrance
Fight for housing🎉
Fight for public services📢
Don't scapegoat minorities 🙌🏾
Celebrate Diversity-Reject Division
📆Sat, Sept 27th
⏰ 1pm
📍Garden of Remembrance
Fight for housing🎉
Fight for public services📢
Don't scapegoat minorities 🙌🏾
Celebrate Diversity-Reject Division
September 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Stand together against racism & enjoy a vibrant celebration of shared community in Ireland!
📆Sat, Sept 27th
⏰ 1pm
📍Garden of Remembrance
Fight for housing🎉
Fight for public services📢
Don't scapegoat minorities 🙌🏾
Celebrate Diversity-Reject Division
📆Sat, Sept 27th
⏰ 1pm
📍Garden of Remembrance
Fight for housing🎉
Fight for public services📢
Don't scapegoat minorities 🙌🏾
Celebrate Diversity-Reject Division
Join the growing protest to save free speech and unsubscribe from all #ABC and #Disney subscriptions, including their streaming services and podcasts. Contact ABC and Disney and tell them you are unsubscribing from their services.
#FightBack #JimmyKimmel #FightDictatorships #TrumpEpstein
#FightBack #JimmyKimmel #FightDictatorships #TrumpEpstein
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Join the growing protest to save free speech and unsubscribe from all #ABC and #Disney subscriptions, including their streaming services and podcasts. Contact ABC and Disney and tell them you are unsubscribing from their services.
#FightBack #JimmyKimmel #FightDictatorships #TrumpEpstein
#FightBack #JimmyKimmel #FightDictatorships #TrumpEpstein
FSU supporting @IBCB_ie initiative on problem gambling which was launched by Minister @RobertTroyTD this morning.
More Information:
www.irishbankingcultureboard.ie/problemgambl...
More Information:
www.irishbankingcultureboard.ie/problemgambl...
September 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
FSU supporting @IBCB_ie initiative on problem gambling which was launched by Minister @RobertTroyTD this morning.
More Information:
www.irishbankingcultureboard.ie/problemgambl...
More Information:
www.irishbankingcultureboard.ie/problemgambl...
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For Dublin-based folks: I’m giving an afternoon talk next month (15 Oct) at Trinity about my forthcoming book (available for preorder for twenty quid).
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation
A lecture by Dr Tom Hulme (Queens University Belfast) as part of the Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series.
www.tcd.ie
September 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
For Dublin-based folks: I’m giving an afternoon talk next month (15 Oct) at Trinity about my forthcoming book (available for preorder for twenty quid).
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...