Live Out Loud is a national campaign that celebrates LGBTI+ young people and shows how they are visible, valued and included in culture, society and sport.
The campaign launched on International Coming Out Day, 11 October 2020 with an open call for creative submissions of stories clearly showing how young people and adults contribute positively to the LGBTI+ youth community.
LGBTI+ young people heard the call and we’ve received songs, poems, spoken word pieces, dance performances and art pieces from creatively showing how they feel about being LGBTI+ in Ireland today.
A live-streamed celebration of the Government of Ireland’s Live Out Loud campaign was broadcast from the National Opera House in Wexford on Friday 25 June. Stephen Byrne hosted the event which featured a host of special guests including Irish rock band Pillow Queens, Minister Roderic O’Gorman and performances from LGBTI+ young people who creatively told their stories from such iconic locations as the National Library of Ireland, The Hugh Lane Gallery and the Gallery of Photography Ireland.