{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/687fb925e0a86cc3ab028ff6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jeffery Dudgeon on the story of the NI Gay Rights Association and his doubts about ‘queer’ activism today ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1753200841833-6c548256-0a87-4780-95a0-3bd380912433.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the 1970s and early 1980s, Jeffrery Dugdeon 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.&nbsp;</p><p>Mr Lewis and Mr Dudgeon joined Ciarán Dunbar on the BelTel.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}