Cúlchaint Aiteach le Izzy Kamikaze, Brian Lacey & Seán Ó Dubhchon

Event Date:
20 July 2022
Event Time:
20:00
Event Location:
An tSean Bheairic
Ba cheannródaí luath í Izzy Kamikaze sa streachailt fhada ar son cearta an phobal LADTAI+.Tá dearcadh radacach agus taithí pheaersanta aicí ar chuid den stair LADTAI+ a ba thabhactaí in Éirinn.
Bhí sí ansin ag an chéad mórshiúl i mBaile Átha Cliath agus bhí sí ar dhuine de bhunaitheoirí an chéad Dublin Pride agus North West Pride i Sligeach. Is laoch Í.
Is craoltóir raidió, iriseoir, scribhneoir agus múinteoir bunscoile é Seán Ó Dubhchon, ó Mhachaire Rabhartaigh i gContae Dhún na nGall ó dhúchas. Cuireann sé an clár cainte seachtainiúil Seal le Seán i láthair ón 8-10 gach maidín Aoine ar Raidió Rí-Rá agus tá straith nua – Brisim Achan Rial – á cur i láthair ag Seán agus Emma Ní Chearúil ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta i rith an tsamhraidh.
Seandálaí agus staraí de chuid luath-mheánaois na hÉireann is ea Brian Lacey, údar an leabhair “Terrible Queer Creatures: Homosexuality in Irish History.” Ba ghníomhaí aerach é i nDoire sna 70í, 80í, agus 90í.
Izzy Kamikaze is a pioneer in the long strugle for LGBTQ rights. She brings a radical, first-hand perspective of some key moments in the community’s history – from the earliest marches in Dublin, through the founding of Dublin Pride and later North West Pride in Sligo. She is a legend.
Seán Ó Dubhcon is a radio broadcaster, journalist, writer and primary school teacher who is from Magheroarty in County Donegal. He presents a weekly talk show every Friday on Radió Rí-Rá and also has a new seris – Brisim Achan Rial – presented by himself and Emma Ní Chearúil for RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.
Brian Lacey, an archaeologist and historian of early medieval Ireland, is the author of the book: ‘Terrible Queer Creatures: homosexuality in Irish history’. He was a gay activist in Derry in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.