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Ireland's free national LGBTQ+ press and a key resource for the community, acting as a hub and striving to inform, educate, connect, platform, entertain and advocate for the community. GCN boasts a vibrant print and digital presence through its
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Stefano Pappalardo as Manager to lead Ireland's national LGBTQ+ media in its service to the community, with Alice Linehan as Editor of the print magazine and Beatrice Fanucci as Lead Multimedia Journalist.
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January 2014, under the new name TheOutmost.com. The website's title was changed back to GCN to correspond with a rebranding nd full relaunch of the magazine in 2017.
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