Feicfear i dTaispeántas na Réabhlóide Tuar Ceatha sraith déantán nua a thugann chun cuimhne cuid de na nóiméid ba shuntasaí i ngluaiseacht LADTI+ le roinnt blianta anuas. Ina theannta sin, beidh cosán nua á lainseáil ag an Músaem trí láthair Ealaíon Maisiúil  & Stair an Ard-Mhusaeim chun aird a dhíriú ar bhaill ar leith den phobal LADTI+ ó aimsir na miotaseolaíochta go dtí an lá atá inniu ann, agus sraith físeán tochtmhar de stair ó bhéal a bailíodh ó bhaill de phobal LADTI+ na hÉireann.

Déantáin nua LADTI+ le nochtadh don phobal

Seo a leanas déantáin a bailíodh le déanaí agus a chuirfear ar taispeáint don phobal den chéad uair ar an 28 Meitheamh:

• Gúna Panti – an gúna a chaith Panti Bliss nuair a bhí a ‘Gairm chun Ionraicis’ á tabhairt aici in Amharclann na Mainistreach in 2014. Chabhraigh an óráid a thug sí, mar gheall ar an homafóibe in Éirinn, chun comhrá náisiúnta a spreagadh ar an bpósadh comhghnéis sular fógraíodh an Reifreann ar an bPósadh Comhghnéis in 2015.

Na gúnaí bainise a chaith an tAire Katherine Zappone agus a bhean Ann Louise Gilligan, ag a searmanas pósta i gCaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath in 2016, ocht mí tar éis an cheiliúrtha mhóir i gCaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath nuair a fógraíodh Éire mar an chéad tír inar vótáil an pobal le go bhféadfadh daoine, gan beann ar a ngnéas, conradh pósta a dhéanamh de réir dlí.

• An Bhratach Bogha Báistí, siombail de Mhórtas LADTI+, a d’úsáid an gníomhaí Conor Kelly chun cur in aghaidh na hagóidíochta a bhí ar siúl ag grúpaí ar son na beatha lasmuigh d’ospidéil in Éirinn le linn an fheachtais chun an tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm in 2018.

 

LGBTI+ storytelling through video

Videos telling the stories of LGBTI+ people in Ireland are on display on 4 screens around Collins Barracks, and also in the National Museum of Ireland’s - Country Life, Turlough Park.  These include the oral histories of some 42 people, many of them previously unseen, which were captured by RTE film-maker Edmund Lynch in 2013 for his documentary, A Different Country. Many of those interviewed are household names, and aged between 50 and 80, and they share their experience of growing up LGBTI+ in Ireland. Amongst the well-known people featured are Nell McCafferty, Lydia Foy, Ailbhe Smyth, and Tonie Walsh.

The NMI has also commenced the collection of new oral histories, to record the full and complex history of LGBTI+ life and the rights movement in Ireland. It is inviting people to volunteer for interview by emailing LGBT@museum.ie
 

A new ‘Rainbow Revolution Trail’ is now open to the public. Visitors to the National Museum of Ireland Decorative Arts & History at Collins Barracks will be provided with a map and encouraged to explore what is the first historical trail at the Museum focusing on LGBTI+ history through the centuries and throughout its galleries, from early history to 17th century warfare, from the LGBTI+ men and women of the Irish revolutions to 20th century design icons, and the recent campaigns for equality in Irish law.  Amongst the historic LGBTI+ figures that will be represented in the trail are the Greek God Hercules, Dr Kathleen Lynn and Elizabeth O’Farrell, who were active in the 1916 Rising, Roger Casement, and designer Eileen Gray.