TCD LGBT society- what's it like?

Whirling Dervish

Anybody here have any experiences with the lgbt society? I have been on the website but I'm interested in some accounts by people who have been members. What are the general activities of the society? I read about the coffee hours, what is this like? Is it difficult to stay in the closet to the rest of the college if you're a member? Do they accept members who are curious about bi or gay orientations but have so far not tried anything?

Any info would be great thanks.

Tears in Rain

Whirling Dervish wrote: »

Is it difficult to stay in the closet to the rest of the college if you're a member?

No, I think they make you sew a pink triangle onto your coat if you join

Whirling Dervish wrote: »

Do they accept members who are curious about bi or gay orientations but have so far not tried anything?

No, they require a complete list of your previous sexual conquests, and they'll use your name to check up for any heterosexual activity on Facebook, they take this seriously, so if you're found out you could get kicked out of college! oh no!




Seriously though...what do you think?

Whirling Dervish

Tears in Rain wrote: »

No, I think they make you sew a pink triangle onto your coat if you join



No, they require a complete list of your previous sexual conquests, and they'll use your name to check up for any heterosexual activity on Facebook, they take this seriously, so if you're found out you could get kicked out of college! oh no!




Seriously though...what do you think?

Very easy to bully somebody who's different. Maybe you should look at how difficult it is for homosexuals still today before you mock another. I'm actually almost in tears, I ask a simple question to try and feel out an issue that's difficult for me and I get slammed and made to feel stupid. Shame on you.

Tears in Rain

Whirling Dervish wrote: »

Very easy to bully somebody who's different. Maybe you should look at how difficult it is for homosexuals still today before you mock another. I'm actually almost in tears, I ask a simple question to try and feel out an issue that's difficult for me and I get slammed and made to feel stupid. Shame on you.

Ah I'm only having a laugh...

I don't know specific details about TCDLGBBQT, but with regards to either of your concerns, both are unfounded, there's no reason you have to 'come out', and there are plenty of straight members.

TrinityLGBT

Hey Whirling Dervish, my name's Joel and I'm the head of the LGBT society in Trinity, hopefully I'll be able to answer some of your questions. First of all any worries you have about the society are completely understandable (I had the same fears before I joined) but they're totally unfounded. We accept people no matter what their experiences or orientations are, in fact we'd never even ask you to talk about it if you didn't want to. We've a real mix of members, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight and people who are just curious and haven't really decided yet. You'd be more than welcome.

Generally our activities are opportunities to socialise with other curious people in some LGBTQ themed way. We do a book club and a film club, guest speakers, social mixers, nights out, trips to plays and all sorts of things. The coffee hours are very popular, it's basically just people hanging out in our soc room having lunch and chatting. New people come up all the time and you don't have to worry about not knowing anyone, everyone is very friendly and everyone was new once. You don't have to be out and we'd never ask you to be, confidentiality is the most important thing for us.

If you'd like to know more and maybe meet some people, check out this link : http://www.trinitylgbt.com/introductions/ there's a video on there of members talking about their experiences and their fears before joining that I think will be really helpful. Hopefully we'll hear from you soon

TrollHammaren

Sorry about this Tears in Rain person being an asshole, OP, most Trinity students aren't like that! Don't let that post deter you.

I'm straight and I've never been curious (I think they call it "cys-sexual" or something like that), but I was roped into joining one year because one of my friends was on the committee and I figured I'd offer my support. My sexuality was never brought up or questioned; my friend who signed me up knew I had a girlfriend.

Other than that, I've never actively participated in any of their activities so I can't offer any insight there, but I hope my post can assuage at least one of your worries!

I hope it works out for you!

NSNO

In fairness to Tears In Rain, once you've been in Trinity for a while it becomes hard to relate to LGBT people who're coming from a school environment because everybody is so open in Trinity.

Lexplosii

To be honest op you don't really have any place in an LGBT society unless you can aptly use one of the words to which those letters apply to describe yourself breh. I would leave thoughts of homosexuality aside, people don't just realise they have gay feelings later in life. It's something that happens around 13 or 12

Tears in Rain

Lexplosii wrote: »

To be honest op you don't really have any place in an LGBT society unless you can aptly use one of the words to which those letters apply to describe yourself breh. I would leave thoughts of homosexuality aside, people don't just realise they have gay feelings later in life. It's something that happens around 13 or 12

Obvious troll is obvious

Lexplosii

Tears in Rain wrote: »

Obvious troll is obvious

Who's trolling? You're the one who took the piss out of the op. So are you saying that people realise they are gay or bi n their 20s? Nonsense.

spurious

Between trolls and re-regs in this thread, it's going nowhere.
Closed.