Simply Sorcha

05/06/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/price-of-a-woman-sorcha-rosa/

For decades I accumulated identities.
Cyclist. Coach. Intersex activist. Writer. Public speaker. Feminist. Parent.
Then I openly became a Product.

In my latest article, The Price of a Woman, I explore how capitalism, patriarchy, algorithms, and digital platforms increasingly reduce human beings to market value. A search for my name now displays what I cost.

That should concern far more people than just me.

Because I am not the anomaly. I am simply the example where the process is visible.

02/06/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/sharon-keogan-transgender-rights-culture-war/
In May and June 2022, Sharon Keogan publicly called for a more inclusive Ireland for LGBT+ people and celebrated Pride Month.

Four years later, she has become one of the most prominent gender-critical voices in Irish politics, repeatedly opposing transgender rights, gender recognition, inclusive education and policies designed to support LGBTQIA+ people.

My latest article examines that political journey through her Seanad speeches, public statements, conference appearances and wider participation in Ireland's growing culture-war politics.

This is not simply a story about one politician.

It is a story about how transgender people have become political targets, and how debates imported from Britain and the United States are increasingly shaping Irish public life.

Sharon Keogan once publicly celebrated Pride Month and called for an Ireland free from discrimination against LGBT+ people. Today, she is one of the country's most prominent opponents of transgender rights, gender recognition and inclusive education.What changed?A new article examining the political...

02/06/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/intersex-healthcare-and-human-rights-ill-be-speaking-at-lgbt-irelands-pride-healthcare-conference-2026/

For a long time, different parts of my life existed in different places.
Cyclist. Intersex woman. Trans woman. Activist. Public speaker. Writer Simply Sorcha is where those stories come together.
I'm delighted to be speaking at LGBT Ireland and RCSI's Pride Healthcare Conference this June on intersex healthcare and human rights.
Visibility matters. Representation matters. And intersex voices deserve to be heard.

Intersex Ireland Secretary Sorcha Rosa will speak at LGBT Ireland's Pride Healthcare Conference 2026, addressing intersex healthcare, human rights, bodily autonomy, and inclusion in Irish health services.

31/05/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/contact-simply-sorcha/

Get in touch with Simply Sorcha about cycling services, projects, workshops, activism, collaborations, speaking or Arcane Cycling Team enquiries.

30/05/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/natural-womens-council-ireland-exposed/
The Natural Women’s Council is frequently presented in Irish media as though it represents a significant constituency of women.

It does not appear to have a visible democratic membership structure, published governance, elected representatives, financial transparency, or meaningful accountability mechanisms.

Yet it is repeatedly treated as a legitimate stakeholder while trans people, LGBTQ+ organisations, youth services, and community groups are expected to constantly justify their existence.

This article examines the group’s structure, campaigning methods, alliances, library campaigns, and the wider political environment that allows a very small network of activists to exert disproportionate influence.

Importantly, the Natural Women’s Council is not the National Women’s Council of Ireland. Confusion between the two benefits only one side.

The Natural Women’s Council is a tiny, opaque Irish group driving anti-trans campaigns in schools and libraries while trading on confusion with the National Women’s Council.

29/05/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/niamh-ui-bhriain-gript-anti-trans-ireland/

Gript is all over the news again.

But long before the latest internal collapse, many of us were already warning about the role figures like Niamh Uí Bhriain played in building an Irish media ecosystem obsessed with attacking trans people, LGBTQIA+ communities, migrants, reproductive rights and progressive politics.

This is not just about one editor or one controversy. It is about a political project.

My article looks at Niamh Uí Bhriain, Gript, and the wider reactionary networks that have spent years manufacturing moral panic around trans existence while presenting themselves as defenders of “common sense”.

An investigation into Niamh Uí Bhriain, her ownership of Gript, links to Youth Defence and the Life Institute, foreign funding networks, and the coordinated anti-trans backlash in Ireland.

29/05/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/contraception-and-athletes/

For generations, athletes were expected to train, compete, and perform as if hormones, periods, and reproductive health simply didn't matter.

They do.

A 2019 survey found that 50% of elite athletes used hormonal contraception, yet contraception remains one of the least discussed topics in sport. Decisions about contraception can affect menstrual health, training, recovery, bone density, performance, and overall wellbeing.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution. What matters is access to accurate information, informed choice, and supportive healthcare.

In my latest article, I explore the different contraceptive options available to athletes, common myths, potential side effects, and why we need more open conversations about reproductive health in sport.

Contraception transformed modern life, yet access, education, affordability, and bodily autonomy remain political issues. Sorcha Rosa reflects on why contraception still matters in Ireland today.

28/05/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/irelands-first-intersex-cycling-champion/

For a long time, there was no language for people like me in Irish sport.

No visibility. No understanding of intersex bodies. No conversation about what it meant to grow up inside elite sporting systems while carrying secrecy, confusion, pressure, and the constant feeling that your body needed to be controlled, explained, or hidden.

Cycling gave me purpose, discipline, community, and survival. But it also existed inside a culture that often demanded silence from anyone who did not fit neatly into expected categories.

This article is a reflection on sport, identity, survival, and visibility. Not just about becoming Ireland’s first openly intersex cycling champion, but about what it meant to live through those years before the language, support, and conversations existed publicly.

I wanted to share it again today because these conversations still matter, especially at a time when bodies like ours are once again being politicised and debated in public life.

“Ireland’s First Intersex Cycling Champion”

Sorcha Rosa tells her story as Ireland’s first intersex cycling champion - from abuse in 70s Ireland to national victories and intersex discovery - and calls on sport to end prejudice and embrace true inclusion.

27/05/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/the-countess-ireland-corporate-structure-anti-trans/

Who funds Ireland’s anti-trans movement? How are these organisations structured? And why are corporate and lobbying questions so rarely discussed in mainstream coverage?

In this article, I look at The Countess, corporate structures, political influence, and the wider ecosystem of Ireland’s emerging anti-trans movement.

This is not just about one organisation. It is about the growth of a socially conservative network that presents itself as reasonable, grassroots, and protective while targeting trans people, bodily autonomy, and wider feminist and LGBTQIA+ progress.

Read the full article at simply-sorcha.com

Sorcha Rosa is an independent Dublin es**rt, companion, writer, cyclist, and public figure exploring intimacy, nightlife, politics, companionship, and modern Irish life through es**rt experiences, public writing, and personal storytelling.

26/05/2026

https://simply-sorcha.com/peadar-toibin-irelands-new-respectable-right/
The Danger Already Inside the Room: Peadar Tóibín and Ireland’s New Respectable Right
Peadar Tóibín is often portrayed as a reasonable conservative voice in Irish politics. As a transgender intersex woman and feminist, I see something different. From opposition to abortion rights to.....

Peadar Tóibín presents himself as the voice of common sense, but his record on abortion, transgender rights, immigration and traditional family values reveals a deeper socially conservative project. A critique from transgender intersex feminist Sorcha Rosa.