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Portrait of Roger Casement 1914
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Irish Hero, Queer Traitor, Gay Icon: Roger Casement Over Time

Roger Casement has been a subject of fascination – and controversy – for over a century. During his lifetime, he was an internationally-recognized champion for human rights, and was instrumental in exposing the horrors surrounding the rubber industry in the Belgian Congo and Peruvian Putumayo. Significantly, he spent his life Read more…

By Averill Earls, 3 months2 months ago
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Birth

Obstetric Violence: Childbirth and Symphysiotomy in Catholic Ireland

Symphysiotomy. Probably not a word you’ve heard before – and if you have, I’m sorry? Symphysiotomy is an obstetric procedure in which a person’s pubic symphysis cartilage is cut to widen the pelvis for childbirth. Yes. Gross. I know. For most of the 19th century, symphysiotomy was a new solution Read more…

By Averill Earls, 2 years2 years ago
New Garda recruits salute the President of Ireland, An Tóstal, 1954
Bodies

Bodies of Evidence: Modern Policing, Sex, and the Intricacies of Authorized Crime and Deception

While police investigations have adapted to new technologies, the basic premises of investigative police work have been pretty consistent since the 1880s in the UK, Ireland, and the US. But that does not mean that the philosophical and procedural organization of modern policing have not or cannot undergo revision or Read more…

By Averill Earls, 2 years2 years ago
Vote Yes public art in Dublin
Elections

Yes! Same-Sex Marriage and History-Making in Ireland

On May 24, 2015, Ireland became the first country in the world to codify marriage equality through a popular vote. Significantly, the popular vote enacted a constitutional amendment, adding protection for two adult’s right to marry regardless of sex or gender. In a country that only just decriminalized same-sex sex Read more…

By Averill Earls, 3 years2 years ago
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Violence

79 and Counting: Women of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising

Though they’re rarely at the fore of the story, the women of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising were essential to the rebellion. They carried messages and supplies, provided cover fire in battles, and served on the front lines. In this episode Averill and Sarah dive into the historical treatment of the Read more…

By Averill Earls, 3 years2 years ago
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Sex

Locked Up and Poxxed: THE Venereal Disease and Women who Sold Sex in the Victorian British Empire

Have you been tested? Averill and Elizabeth take a look at the British imperial policy of blaming–and locking up–women for outbreaks of syphilis. Transcript for Locked Up and Poxxed: THE Venereal Disease and Women who Sold Sex in the Victorian British Empire Written by Averill Earls, PhD Starring Elizabeth Garner Read more…

By Averill Earls, 5 years2 years ago
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Original Research

Queer Politics: The Dublin Castle Scandal of 1884

The 1884 Dublin Castle Scandal took the United Kingdom by storm when two British administrators governing in Ireland were accused of having sex with other men. Like most crimes, sodomy was usually a case of men caught in the act by patrolling policemen, or was otherwise uncovered by normal police Read more…

By Averill Earls, 5 years2 years ago
A painting of many small, ominous fairies with small horses carrying off a changeling child
Crime

A Changeling or His Wife? The Brutal Murder of Bridget Cleary in 1895 Ireland

After Michael Cleary murdered his wife Bridget Cleary, he wandered the Tipperary countryside in his best suit, telling everyone he met that he was going to reclaim her from the fairies. Three nights he waited for her to come out of the local fairy fort – the ring of stones Read more…

By Averill Earls, 6 years2 years ago
Episode

1916: Roger Casement

Averill and Dan take a look at Sir Roger Casement’s role in the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, and the legacy of the man – as humanitarian, nationalist, and homosexual.

By Averill Earls, 7 years6 years ago
Episode

Gay & Irish on St. Paddy’s Day in the US

A brief history of the struggle over the St. Patrick’s Day Parades in NYC & Boston. Can a person be both gay and Irish(-American)? Of course – but not everyone agreed when it came time to march.

By Averill Earls, 8 years6 years ago
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