6 days ago
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- Belfast Telegraph
Jeffery Dudgeon on the story of the NI Gay Rights Association and his doubts about ‘queer' activism today
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Jeffery Dudgeon was the public face of the gay rights movement in Northern Ireland.
He was a prominent figure in the campaign again laws targeting homosexuals – a campaign which endured a vicious backlash in the shape of Ian Paisley's 'Save Ulster from sodomy' group.
His victory in the campaign for decriminalisation has now been beautifully told in a short film from the BBC called 'Outlasting'.
The piece was directed by Lewis Doherty.
Both Mr Lewis and Mr Dudgeon joined Ciarán Dunbar on the BelTel.
