Black Pride Ireland

[1] Their manifesto outlines the group's focus on the rights of LGBTQIA+ migrants and refugees.

[2] It was inspired by UK Black Pride,[3] and founded by Diana Bamimeke and Rayann A.

[4] The group was featured in Zithelo Bobby Mthombeni's 2020 film This Land.

[5] In 2020, Black Pride Ireland have been involved in the organisation of Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations in response to the murder of George Floyd[6] alongside Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland and Migrants and Ethnic-minorities for Reproductive Justice in Galway,[7] Dublin,[8] Cork, Limerick, Sligo and Leitrim.

[9] These events have been criticised by Irish ministers and the head of the HSE as contravening COVID-19 movement and mass gathering restrictions.