Dublin Lesbian Line
Dublin Lesbian Line is strongly committed to the campaign for equal marriage. As well as offering a listening and support service, Dublin Lesbian Line are continually looking for ways to advocate for the women who use our service, and to work socially to ensure that the issues callers talk about to us do not go ignored.
We believe that Civil Partnership only goes some way to addressing the lack of legal rights and entitlements that exists for the same-sex couples we talk to, and only serves to heighten the sense of isolation and exclusion that so many lesbian and bi-sexual women experience here in Ireland by its insistence that LGBTQ people are treated differently to the heterosexual community.
Most importantly, the Civil Partnership Bill refuses to acknowledge the hundreds of same-sex parents and prospective parents that we talk to on a weekly basis, and provides no protection for their children.
On behalf of all the women who access our service, and for ourselves as lesbian and bi-sexual women, we call on this government to honour its commitment to equality fully, not in half-measures.
Marriage Equality is a proud member of NELFA