Visual artist; Senior Art Director and Pride+ allies Co-Chair with Groupon, Pradeep Mahadeshwar and Orla Dunne, Residential Coordinator of the Centre for Talented Youth and Doctoral (Education) candidate, in Dublin City University speak to ShoutOut Steering Committee member, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh about their work in education and the Arts to promote inclusivity and awareness of LGBTQ+ issues in Ireland.

ShoutOut volunteer Jenny Duffy speaks to Young Adult author and tarot reader Moïra Fowley about her writing, the importance of LGBTQ+ representation, her recommended YA reads and Moïra's Two Faced Tarot: a queer, inclusive tarot deck and workbook.

Bella FitzPatrick was recently appointed as the Executive Director of IGLYO; the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Youth and Student Organisation, Brussels-based and the world’s largest LGBTQI youth and student network. She is known to many in the ShoutOut family for her almost 10 years as Volunteer Co-ordinator and later, ShoutOut's first employee as CEO. In this podcast, Bella sits down for a conversation with Steering Committee member, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh about the importance of LGBTQ+ awareness and education, particularly among young people; her role and work at IGLYO, and years with ShoutOut; challenges facing the Bi+ community today and much more.

This episode takes the format of a workshop-style conversation about intergenerational personal experiences of being queer and coming out, featuring ShoutOut volunteers, Fearghal Curtis, Laragh Ní Chatháin and Mark Holland

In this episode we sit down with three of the greats of Ireland's recent LGBTQ+ history, Izzy Kamikaze, Eddie McGuinness and Francis Fay for a chat about the way things were for young queer people in Ireland in the 80s and 90s, the progress that has been made and the work that remains to be done. We discuss education and awareness of LGBTQ+ issues, language and identity, changes over time, activism and equality, queer spaces and much more.

This episode features conversations about homophobic attacks and rape.

In this episode, we sit down with ShoutOut volunteers, Tilly Taylor and Kate Drinnane, to hear about their experiences of LGBTQ+ education in Ireland in recent years. We discuss workshops in classrooms before Covid-19 and virtual workshops from home during lockdown; they share the highs and lows of work in LGBTQ+ education today and share some of their own thoughts and aspirations for the queer community. This episode features lots of insights and tips for anyone hoping to volunteer or work in LGBTQ+ education in the future and is hosted by ShoutOut Steering Committee members, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh and Domhnaill Harkin.

In this episode, we go back to the early days of ShoutOut - where, how, why and when the charity and its group of hardworking volunteer founders came together. We look back to 2012 and how things were for the queer community in Ireland then and chat to Declan Meehan, Eoin Ó Liatháin and Spencer Christie, some of our founders and earliest volunteers who share their experiences of ShoutOut, past and present and their hopes for ShoutOut’s future. The discussion is hosted by ShoutOut Executive Director, Aifric Ní Chríodáin and Steering Committee member, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh.

A taster of what's to come in the ShoutOut ListenIn podcast series including stories from our volunteers about their experiences in ShoutOut educational workshops and as members of the queer community in Ireland today!