LGBT Noise Event: 'Open Your Eyes: Love is Blind'

'Open Your Eyes: Love is Blind' next Monday night, 21st January. This protest will be part of a marriage equality awareness day that will involve a poster campaign, flyering throughout the campus and on behalf of Noise the society they will be collecting signatures in support of gay civil marriage throughout the week. The event will be quite visual and involve all participants standing in the main square in Trinity's campus wearing white T-shirts and black blindfolds. The area will be lit by spotlights. (T-shirts and blindfolds will be provided.) The event symbolises the fact that people do not choose their sexuality, and do not deserve to be discriminated against on this basis with regard to access to civil marriage. USI will be promoting the event and inviting the media and their photographers to attend. As this event will take a little time to arrange, people are requested to arrive from 6.30pm to ensure the group is ready for a photo shoot at 7pm. The event will be followed by a reception on campus.

Invisible people have invisible rights, and gay citizens in Ireland will remain without partnership rights unless they and their friends start making some noise and showing their discontent publicly. We would really encourage as many of you as possible to come along and participate. It will only take half an hour of your time and deserves our support. Events such as this are vital in keeping the issue of gay rights in the media spotlight and in the government's consciousness. (For further information www.tcdrainbowweek.com should be up and running in a day or so.)