This episode I speak to Dr. Anthony Delaney, historian, broadcaster and actor about his upcoming book Queer Georgians, queer Irish history, trans rights, gender identity and Ireland's same sex marriage referendum. Dive into this pocket of joy as we discuss the Georgian period of Enlightenment, some fascinating characters from Irish history and our shared love of pizza! His book will be published worldwide with Penguin in 2025.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:00 Queer Georgians book (Penguin 2025)

02:05 The Georgian Period

04:10 Queer Irish Georgians

07:10 Dr James Barry

12:00 The Ladies of Llangollen

16:10 Polarising and labelling our attractions

19:30 Trans rights being regulated

23:00 Gender identity

26:00 The role of parents

27:15 Being in a minority

28:10 Safety for minorities in public

29:30 Children with gender identity questions

30:45 Jen Mannion "Female Husbands" book

31:30 Debating other people's validity

33:10 The "increase" in neurodivergence / queerness

35:20 The definition of "family" in the 18th Century

37:30 Seeing a repeat of Georgian values nowadays

38:30 Modern day Ireland

40:40 Older generations' attitudes

42:10 A New Ireland

45:10 Anthony's social media and podcast "After Dark"

45:44 Queer Georgians book

46:18 Alice in Wonderland

47:10 Anthony's book that made a big impression

48:50 Favourite food

49:48 Motto for life

50:58 Anthony's idea of perfect happiness

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