London Irish LGBT Network
In this episode of Our Story, we chat to Derek. Derek was born in Dublin in the 1970’s and has lived outside Ireland all of his adult life.
This is a podcast series where we speak to members of the London Irish LGBTQ community. We feel that it is important to document our lives, our experiences and our history. Even more so now when more and more things in life are transient.
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We’ve finally made it! Let’s us introduce you to ‘Our Story – our history, our lives from Ireland to London.
This is a podcast series where we speak to members of the London Irish LGBTQ community. We feel that it is important to document our lives, our experiences and our history. Even more so now when more and more things in life are transient.
If you’re Irish, in London and a member of the LGBTQ community we would love to chat to you. Don’t worry, you can be anonymous, we won’t reveal your name. You can get in touch our contact page or through Facebook or Twitter.
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Update // More tickets are now available.
Join us on July 20 in London Irish Centre for a talk entitled “Radical Politics, the 8th, and LGBT activism in RoI 1973-90”. The talk will be delivered by Maurice J Casey, from the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.
This talk explores radical politics and the early Irish LGBT movement. Ireland’s recent referendums, Marriage Equality and the Repeal of the 8th amendment, have been seen as victories for progressive politics in Ireland.
It will discuss the intertwined history behind these two moments of major change by considering how the 1983 campaign against the 8th amendment influenced the campaign for LGBT rights in Ireland.
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