Tag: LGBT
Catherine Couvert
Originally from France, Catherine grew up on a small farm. She remembers her childhood as a happy one, though living conditions were sparse. “Until I was ten, we lived in a house with one kitchen and one bedroom, a...
The Secret’s Out
“I suppose I knew I was gay or that something was up so to speak, I was about 14-15 and fought against it for a while. I just knew it was wrong even though I read about it and tried to learn about it. I did tell my mo...
The Happy Gordons
This documentary produced in 1996 takes a unique look at an Irish community once hidden by religious and traditional prejudices. Being gay in Ireland was once a crime, now Irish laws give gay and lesbians complete ...
A Century Later: Vince Creelan
The murder of a colleague forces a Police Sergeant to confront the attitudes of the police to the gay community in Belfast. “That led to me eventually deciding that the only way we could effect change within the po...
A Century Later: Tina McCombe
Living a double life and the fight for acceptance and individuality during turbulent changes taking place in Belfast. “You can’t live two lives and I was living two lives, I had World War Three going on in my head".
A Century Later: LGBT – A Hidden History
The story of the LGBT community in Northern Ireland over the last 100 years. So much of this history is hidden, often to be found in police records, hospital records and some diaries. It is also very much a living ...