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Queer Northern Ireland: Sexuality Before Liberation

北爱尔兰酷儿：解放前的性行为

基本信息

批准号：
AH/V008404/1
负责人：
Thomas Hulme
金额：
$ 91.79万
依托单位：
Queen's University Belfast
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2022 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FV008404%2F1
关键词：
Queer Northern Ireland Sexuality Before

项目摘要

Public knowledge of the history of homosexuality in Northern Ireland is mostly of the region's intolerance - from the outspoken Reverend Ian Paisley's 1970s campaign to 'Save Ulster from Sodomy' to more recent lags in legal equality. Academic work has focused on the gay rights movement as it emerged in the late 1960s, reflecting more broadly the dominance of political and 'rights-based' approaches during and since the Troubles (1968-1998). Only a few 'famous queers' - like the Unionist MP for East Belfast Edward de Cobain (charged with 'gross indecency' with teenage boys in the 1890s), or the Irish revolutionary Roger Casement (who cruised Edwardian Belfast and diarised his sexual experiences) - have become known. But there is a longer and untold queer history of Northern Ireland. Men from across class and religious divides found sexual experiences in Belfast and the wider region - from the city's port, parks and streets, to the country houses of the Ulster Protestant elite, and even in small rural communities. Homosexuality was illegal and the subject of a British Isles-wide discourse of disgust, but these men still expressed their desires and - if only to a limited degree - found some acceptance too. If men who had sex with men have not been a major topic of interest in Northern Ireland, writing on women who desired other women is virtually absent. Unexplored collections of extensive private correspondence however, coupled with newspaper debate about gender norms, suggests there were also women who had understandings of same-sex love and companionship.Drawing on under- or never-before used archives, this project will be the first to sensitively and critically reconstruct Northern Ireland's queer past from the late 19th century to the beginnings of the gay liberation movement in the 1960s. We focus on this period because: it saw a notable rise in arrests for male homosexual offences and the emergence of a wayward 'New Woman' discourse, with the creation of archival material as a result; and, like other places, Northern Ireland had an idiosyncratic experience of sexuality before the rise of an international gay rights movement signalled understandings that were shared.Techniques of close-reading will unpick the witness statements used to prosecute men who had sex with men, showing how and where they met and had relationships. Private correspondence, letters and diaries will reveal understandings of identity and desire for both men and women. An intensive trawl of the euphemistic local press, now digitised, will show how homosexuality was publicly represented. Academic articles and a monograph will situate Northern Irish sexuality in the broader literature of 'queer theory' and Irish Studies, while a 1-day colloquium and edited volume will place Northern Ireland's experience alongside the other 3 of the 4 nations of the United Kingdom. Connecting our research findings with the LGBT community, we will inform organisations that educate and support in Northern Ireland. Participatory workshops, supported by the advocacy group Cara Friend, will introduce LGBT youth groups across the region to the history of their own community. A teaching resource will encourage schools to engage with the history of sexuality. An exhibition and programme of public talks and celebrations at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland will demonstrate the importance of queer history to Irish Studies. A commissioned docu-film and interpretive piece of music will bring our project's stories to life. Our website, with a digital map of queer interactions and monthly features, will communicate the project to the public.Combining original academic research with focused public engagement work, this project will reveal a rich and 'hidden history' in the most striking of ways, and enhance both academic and non-academic understandings of sexuality in both Northern Ireland and the wider world.

公众对北方爱尔兰同性恋历史的了解主要是该地区的不容忍--从直言不讳的伊恩·佩斯利牧师（Reverend Ian Paisley）20世纪70年代“拯救阿尔斯特免遭鸡奸”的运动，到最近法律的平等的滞后。学术工作集中在同性恋权利运动，因为它出现在20世纪60年代末，更广泛地反映了政治和“基于权利”的方法在麻烦（1968年至1998年）期间和之后的主导地位。只有少数“著名的同性恋者”--比如东贝尔法斯特的统一党议员爱德华·德·科本（Edward de Cobain）（被控在19世纪90年代对十几岁的男孩进行“严重猥亵”），或者爱尔兰革命家罗杰·凯斯门特（Roger Casement）（他在爱德华七世时期的贝尔法斯特巡游，并记录了他的性经历）--才为人所知。但北方爱尔兰有一段更长、更不为人知的奇怪历史。来自不同阶级和宗教的男性在贝尔法斯特和更广泛的地区--从城市的港口、公园和街道，到阿尔斯特新教精英的乡间别墅，甚至在小的农村社区--都能找到性经历。同性恋是非法的，也是整个不列颠群岛厌恶的话题，但这些人仍然表达了他们的愿望，而且--即使只是在有限的程度上--也得到了一些接受。如果说与男性发生性关系的男性在北方爱尔兰并不是一个主要的兴趣话题，那么关于渴望其他女性的女性的写作几乎是不存在的。然而，大量私人信件的未经发掘的收藏，加上报纸上关于性别规范的辩论，表明也有女性对同性爱和伴侣有理解。这个项目将是第一个敏感和批判性地重建北方爱尔兰的酷儿过去，从19世纪末到20世纪同性恋解放运动的开始。60年代我们关注这一时期是因为：它见证了男性同性恋犯罪的逮捕率显著上升，以及一种任性的“新女性”话语的出现，并因此产生了档案材料;和其他地方一样在国际同性恋权利运动兴起之前，北方爱尔兰有一种特殊的性经历，这表明人们对同性恋有了共同的理解。阅读将解开用于起诉与男性发生性关系的男性的证人陈述，显示他们如何以及在哪里相遇并发生关系。私人信件，信件和日记将揭示男人和女人对身份和欲望的理解。对委婉的当地媒体（现已数字化）的密集搜索将显示同性恋是如何被公开代表的。学术文章和专著将在“酷儿理论”和爱尔兰研究的更广泛的文献中介绍北方爱尔兰人的性行为，而为期1天的座谈会和编辑卷将把北方爱尔兰的经验与英国4个国家中的其他3个国家放在一起。将我们的研究结果与LGBT社区联系起来，我们将告知北方爱尔兰的教育和支持组织。在倡导团体Cara Friend的支持下，宣传讲习班将向该地区的LGBT青年团体介绍他们自己社区的历史。教学资源将鼓励学校参与性行为的历史。在北方爱尔兰公共记录办公室举行的公开讲座和庆祝活动的展览和节目将展示酷儿历史对爱尔兰研究的重要性。一部委托制作的纪录片和一段解释性的音乐将使我们项目的故事栩栩如生。我们的网站，与酷儿互动的数字地图和每月的功能，将项目传达给公众.结合原创学术研究与重点公众参与工作，这个项目将揭示一个丰富的和“隐藏的历史”在最引人注目的方式，并提高学术和非学术性的理解在北方爱尔兰和更广泛的世界.