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Queeritage

LGBTQIA+ Heritage. Personal stories from across Northern Ireland from members of our fabulous community

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00:14:12

The upside-down house - Ciaran Heggerty - Tinderbox...

Queeritage ·

2025/10/09

Joe Walsh has a quick chat with Ciaran Heggerty about a new play he has written " The Upsidedown House" and will be shown in the MAC Theatre 22 Oct - 2 Nov 2025. A first love story, one last time.Heartfelt, hilarious, and wildly imaginative, The Upside-Down House is a time-bending story of love, memory, and learning to letting go.When Older returns to the abandoned house of his youth, he’s confronted by the memory of his first love - vivid, funny, and impossible to ignore. As the house

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00:43:18

Part 2 The Good Gay Son & Other Stories - Paul Mc Veigh

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2025/10/07

Part 2: In this episode of Queeritage, Joe Walsh sitsdown with acclaimed author and playwright PaulMcVeigh to explore what it meant to grow up gay in Belfast during the TroublesPaul discusses his novel The Good Son and his play The Big Man, which premieredat the Lyric Theatre as part of the Belfast International Festival, offer powerful insights into masculinity, identity, and survival.Paul also speaks about his more recent projects, including I Hear You, and where listeners can find his work—check

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00:33:29

Part 1 The Good Gay Son & other stories - Paul Mc Veigh

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2025/10/07

Part 1: In this episode of Queeritage, Joe Walsh sitsdown with acclaimed author and playwright PaulMcVeigh to explore whatit meant to grow up gay in Belfast during the Troubles. From navigating thecomplex social terrain of bars like TheCrow’s Nest, to confronting the culture of groping in old gay venues,Paul shares candid reflections on queer life in a city shaped by conflict andconservatism.We delve into the nuances of coming out—and not comingout—in a time when visibility could be dangerous, and

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00:23:11

Queer stained glass - Mary Ellen Campbell -...

Queeritage ·

2025/06/09

Mary Ellen Campbell was the first openly gay Deputy Lord Mayor in Belfast in 2016. During her time there she submitted a motion for an LGBTQIA+ stained glass window. Fast forward to 2025 and the window was launched in June 2025 by counsellor Micky Murray who was approaching the end of his time as Belfast's first openly Gay Mayor. for more information on the LGBTQIA+ Heritage project please visit https://hereni.org/lgbtqia-heritage-project/ This video has been produced for the LGBTQIA+

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00:54:38

Home and A Gay - Eddie Stewart

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2025/05/23

in this episode Joe Walsh talks to Eddie Stewart about coming out in Belfast in 1995 with the help of Cara-Friend, making friends on the social scene in the Crows Nest, Parliament and the opening of the Kremlin for which Eddie still has his membership card. Tune in for a mince down memory lane This video has been produced for the LGBTQIA+ Heritage Project in partnership with HereNI, Cara-Friend and The Rainbow Project with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Subject to CC BY 4.0

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00:40:17

Cat among the lesbians - part 2

Queeritage ·

2025/04/21

part 2 of interview with Cat Brogan speaking about being a Lesbian, love, life and campaigning and the start of Omaha Pride.

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00:28:54

Cat among the Lesbians! - Cat Brogan (Part 1)

Queeritage ·

2025/04/14

Joe Walsh speaks with Cat Brogan in this 2 part episode, Cat paints a colourful picture about coming out in Rural Omagh and the early days before the internet was used for meeting people. This video has been produced for the LGBTQIA+ Heritage Project in partnership with HereNI, Cara-Friend and The Rainbow Project with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Subject to CC BY 4.0 Licence.

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00:29:21

Ó ghníomhaí go homoseanchaí – Richard O’Leary - From...

Queeritage ·

2025/03/12

In this episode in Irish for Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish language week) Dr Richard O’Leary recounts his years of LGBTQ activism in the faith sector, the landmark legal case he took in 2006 against the Irish government and his latest career as a fairy storyteller or homoseanchaí. Richard was Interviewed by our volunteer Pádraig DonnellySa chlár seo do Sheachtain na Gaeilge insíonn an Dr Richard O’Leary na blianta atá caite aige i mbun gníomhaíochta LADTA in earnáil an chreidimh, an cás dlí suntasach

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00:59:07

She's Trudy Scrumptious

Queeritage ·

2025/02/14

In this episode Gordon Crawford AKA Trudy Scrumptious talks about his experiences of coming on to the Belfast drag scene and working his way up there with the best of them. Gordon reflects on the hard work and courage it takes to carve out a career in such a niche area of the Belfast entertainment scene as well as the fun and lasting friendships made along the way.This episode has been produced for the LGBTQIA+ HeritageProject in partnership with HereNI, Cara-Friend and The Rainbow Project

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01:05:02

Life imitating art: how storytelling can help us...

Queeritage ·

2025/01/17

Amanda is a playwright and has made an appearance in our wonderful documentary "The Troubles I've Seen" In this episode Amanda talks about love, life and Art and surviving some tough times as a Lesbian in Belfast.https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/learn-explore/young-people/connections/ This episode has been produced for the LGBTQIA+ Heritage Project in partnership with HereNI, Cara-Friend and The Rainbow Project with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Subject to CC BY 4.0

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01:19:22

G&T Live podcast

Queeritage ·

2024/12/20

if you missed attending the live podcast with G&T podcast in 2 Royal Avenue on Oct 2024 with the iconic titans of Belfast Drag Tina Leggs Tantrum and Titti Von Tramp, chaired by the fabulous Jude Copeland, it's a fiery, fiesty and frank account of the history of the Belfast drag scene as remembered by two of our beloved icons, not to be missed, catch up here. x

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00:48:02

Born in the US-GAY - Will Pinter

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2024/12/13

in this episode Joe Walsh chats with Will Pinter who was born in religiously conservative Mississippi and has found himself happily living in Belfast. Will covers points on immigration, equal marriage and finding love in our Rainey Belfast. This episode has been produced for the LGBTQIA+ Heritage Project in partnership with HereNI, Cara-Friend and The Rainbow Project with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Subject to CC BY 4.0 Licence.

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00:54:54

Rural Ruairi Ruminates - Ruairi Hanratty

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2024/11/11

In this episode Joe Walsh chats with Ruairi Hanratty about growing up in a rural religious conservative area in Northern Ireland. Ruairi remembers what it was like at school and describes how LGBT+ people met each other when there were no gay bars or LGBT+ services

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00:40:27

Reflecting on Rainbow - Duane Farrell

Queeritage ·

2024/10/07

as part of a celebration of The Rainbow Project's 30th year we chat with Duane Farrell, Duane worked in the Rainbow Project in 1994 and recalls some of the campaigns and working towards equality as well as the prejudiced attitudes of the time towards the growing visibility of the gay community, the fear during the Aids crisis and much more. For more information on any information raised in the podcast please email joe@hereni.org

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00:44:33

Bi Now Bi Later - Mardi Kennedy

Queeritage ·

2024/09/16

Join us with clinical sexologist and relationship therapist Mardi Kennedy as we explore the ins and outs of Bisexuality to celebrate Bi Visibility week.

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00:35:57

Life's A Drag, Mizz Mae

Queeritage ·

2024/08/12

In this episode I am talking with Harry McAllister who has been the Queen of Belfast's drag scene since the 1970s as his infamous alter ego Mizz Mae. Harry remembers performing at some iconic venues such as The Royal Avenue Hotel, The Crow's Nest and The Orpheus. Harry talks about making his own dresses for drag performances and having to get changed in public toilets on the way to gigs. If you enjoy this episode you might consider subscribingto help us build our listener base x Beautiful

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00:18:52

The 1st openly gay politician in NI

Queeritage ·

2024/07/31

During pride week 2024 we held an open call for podcast guests and luckily Councillor John Blair MLA for South Antrim called in to 2 Royal Avenue and was happy to share his experiences of being the first openly gay politician in Northern Ireland

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00:45:55

Pride! Not Prejudice

Queeritage ·

2024/06/19

In this episode Martina Hanna who was the chair of HereNI talks about her long career and campaigning for equality for the LGBTQIA+ community and the LGBT+Strategy that never was and why it's important to pursue it now! Martina is joined by Monica Fitzpatrick who was the author of the LGBT+ strategy titled Pride not prejudice and sheds some insight into the background of the strategy which in 2024 has still never been implemented

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00:59:06

Belfast Pride & Prejudice

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2024/05/20

In this episode we are chatting with the infamous Tina McComb, Tina was at the first Belfast pride meetings when they realised they didn't have a Pride flag anywhere in the North of Ireland and she had to use her contacts from her campaigning. This is only one of the many stories Tina brings to us in this fabulous episode of Queeritage.

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00:47:43

Policing the Gays with Vince Creelan

Queeritage ·

2024/04/18

In this episode Fionntan Warren talks to Vince Creelan about his time in the PSNI, they discuss attitudes of the police at the time, Darren Bradshaw's murder and the formation of the Gay Police Association. If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this episode you can contact joe@hereni.org or info@rainbow-project.org to speak to someone about services available

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