jdurkan91 's review for:

Reeling in the Queers: Tales of Ireland's LGBTQ Past by Páraic Kerrigan

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Reeling In The Queers / Páraic Kerrigan

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~ If your child approaches you and says, "I'm gay," I hope you realise that what they are asking is, "Will you still love me even though I'm gay?”… ~

This is exactly what was needed. While you hear of the major stories in the LGBTQ movement in Ireland, this was a great step in getting words from people who lived it, who knew it, who without this book may have just been glossed over.

While not perfect, Ireland has come a long way in recognising LGBTQ people and their culture.

Big shout out to Kerrigan, as a fellow UCD iSchool graduate also I know the amount of time and research that had to go into this to make it happen. Hopefully will be seeing more in the future.

Also, the last chapter in Miss Alternative Ireland brought back great memories of when I won Miss Alternative Maynooth in 2012. Her name is Peg, and someday she will return.