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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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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
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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
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American Accents

Dan, Sarah, and Marissa talk about the history of North American accents.

By Marissa Rhodes, 7 years3 years ago
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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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