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EPISODE · Feb 10, 2026 · 31 MIN

Part 1 - Shane Cassidy - Heaven was a place on earth

from Queeritage · host LGBT+ Heritage

In part one Joe Walsh chats with Shane Cassidy about coming out in the 1980s after being in a heterosexual relationship and having a child. Moving from "the sticks" of Lurgan to the bright lights of Belfast's budding gay scene in The Crow's Nest, Carpenters club with the secret door that opened on to another world of gay abandon. Join us for this fabulous trip down memory lane.Creative Commons Licence Notice:This episode is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Feel free to share it, but please credit Queeritage and do not alter or use it commercially.

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