First Out

Recent Updates

First Out meetings in June will happen at Outhouse and North Leitrim Women's Centre at 7.30 on Thursday 7th. The meetings are open to all women questioning same sex feelings or attractions or coming out. The women attending the support groups are at many different stages in their lives. Some are married, some have children, some have only ever been in relationships with men, some have been dating women for years but have not been able to come out to friends and loved ones. Wherever you are in your journey please come along and join us!

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The meeting dates for the rest of 2012 are: 7th June, 5th July, 2nd August, 6th September, 4st October, 1st November, 6th December.

If you are looking for ways to meet people in the LGBTQ womens community in Dublin Running Amach is the first place you should look: http://www.meetup.com/Dublin-LGBTQ-Womens-Social-Networking-Club There are a range of events to suit every taste and many events have a meet and greet for new participants.

Welcome to First Out

First Out is a group for women of all ages, who are questioning their sexuality or considering “coming out”.There are currently two support groups. One in Outhouse, 105 Capel Street, Dublin 1 and the second at North Leitrim Womens Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Letrim. Both groups meet on the first Thursday of every month between 7.30 and 9.30pm all year around. Any changes to the schedule will be reported on this site in the recent updates section.

"First Out is a great group because you can chat with women in the same position as you over a coffee"

~ Rina

Coming out is not just about telling the world that we are gay. Long before this, we go through a stage where we start to acknowledge to ourselves that we are gay. We may never have met a gay person before. Or we may know lots of gay people, and have no problem accepting their sexuality, but yet find it very hard to accept it in ourselves.

Many of us might have been brought up to believe that homosexuality is wrong and immoral, and have tried for years to control how we feel and who we get attracted to. The first step in “Coming out” is therefore more than anything else about accepting these feelings in ourselves, and accepting that we cannot make them go away, because the feelings are a natural and authentic part of who we are.

First Out provides a safe space to talk about your sexuality together with other women, supporting you in coming out to yourself and in time, if that is what you want, to the people around you.