Archive - Colette Colfer

Ten Years On: Gender Identity, Irish Arts, and Speaking Up

Reflections on the anniversary of gender self-declaration in Ireland

Jul 15 •

April 2025

Break the Silence

Irish Broadcasting Sector: Servants to Lobbyists, Not the People

Published on Inspecting Gender • Apr 27

The Gendrification of Ireland 2.0

A new National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy is about to be launched and LGBT Ireland has its hand at the helm

Apr 23 •

March 2025

Academic Un-Freedom in Ireland

'Collective understanding' as collective silence

Mar 31 •

June 2024

A dodgy article, a brilliant book, the EDI swamp, and an issue in Irish higher education

Jun 30, 2024 •

May 2024

Bambie Thug and Religious Symbolism

Ireland's 2024 Eurovision entry points to the ongoing rise of a new quasi-religion

May 8, 2024 •

April 2024

There is a Time

‘a time to keep silence, and a time to speak’ (Ecclesiastes 3:7)

Apr 20, 2024 •

The Deliberative Wave Crashes

Following the recent referendum defeats in Ireland, it's time for a re-examination of Citizens' Assemblies

Apr 7, 2024 •

March 2024

Irish NGOvernment Referendum Defeat

Gendereferendums are hammered

Mar 10, 2024 •

Irish Newspaper Newspeak

Mar 2, 2024 •

February 2024

Gendereferendum

On International Women's Day 2024, Irish people will vote on two gender-related referendums. This is the text of my speech from a referendum debate in…

Feb 21, 2024 •

December 2023

The Gender Equality Trojan Horse

The quest for gender equality has transposed into an adoption of gender identity theories resulting in the destruction of women's rights

Dec 11, 2023 •

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