Outhouse Dublin
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| Motto | A safe place for LGBT people to inform, meet, organise, and make things happen. |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Hirschfeld Centre |
| Formation | October 15, 1996 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Company Limited by Guarantee, with Registered Charity Status |
| Purpose | LGBT+ Community and Resource Centre |
| Headquarters | 105 Capel Street, Dublin 1 |
Region served | Dublin |
Membership | Anyone who identifies as part of the LGBT+ community |
CEO | Oisín O'Reilly.[1] |
Main organ | Board of Directors |
| Affiliations | ILGA, Dublin Pride |
Budget | €414,745[2] |
Staff | 12 |
Volunteers | 5 |
| Website | outhouse |
Outhouse Dublin is an LGBT Community and Resource Centre located in Ireland which caters for the needs of the LGBT community in Dublin.[3] It is a registered charity[4] and is supported by the Health Service Executive. The community centre was set up in October 1996. [5]
Board Members/ Trustees[edit]
The current Board Members/ Trustees as of April 2022 of the centre are Séamus McManus (Chairperson), Seána Skeffington, David Carroll, Mareeda Tracey, Louise O'Neill, Etain Kidney, Keith McCarthy, and Ronan Kennedy.[4]
George Robotham the longstanding Chairperson of Outhouse retired from the Board in late 2021.[6]
History[edit]
Outhouse has its origins in an earlier Dublin-based community centre called the Hirschfeld Centre, which was established by the National LGBT Federation in Temple Bar, Dublin it was Ireland's first, full comprehensive LGBT community centre, named after the prominent German doctor and sexologist, Magnus Hirschfeld. On 4 November 1987, a fire irrevocably damaged the Hirschfeld Centre[7]
Services and Activities[edit]
Café : The centre operates a community café. The menu features an easy-going selection of soup and sandwiches.[8]
Theatre: The basement of the community centre contains Ireland's only queer theatre. The theatre has a capacity of 50 and is available to hire. It is regularly used by film and theatre festivals in Dublin including Dublin Fringe Festival, Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, 5 Lamps Arts Festival and Mother Tongue Festival among others.[9]
Library: The centre runs the only dedicated LGBT+ library in Ireland. Membership in the library is free of charge and the shelves are full of LGBT classics. The library includes books by Simone de Beauvoir, William Burroughs, Gore Vidal, Virginia Woolf and Daphne du Maurier. Biographies and autobiographies include those of Andy Warhol, Alfred Kinsey, Truman Capote and Leigh Bowery. There are erotica, art, self-help, lesbian fiction, gay fiction, photography, art, poetry and drama, LGBT studies, history, travel, and short fiction sections, all packed into a beautifully lit small room with high ceilings and comfy couches to enjoy reading.[10]
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Thousands expected at LGBT vigils for Sligo murder victims". Newstalk 106FM. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "2020 Annual Financial Statements" (PDF). Outhouse. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "About Outhouse". Outhouse. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "CRA Records". Charities Regulator. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "CRO Records". Companies Registration Office. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "Thank you for being a friend". Gay Community News. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "David Norris remembers Hirschfeld Centre fire in new episode of ShoutOut series". Gay Community News. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "Outhouse Café Has Had A Lil' Work Done..." Gay Community News. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "Outhouse Theatre". Outhouse. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "Outhouse library: a new home in Dublin for LGBT literature". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
External links[edit]
- Outhouse Dublin — official website
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