Welcome back to season 2, episode 6 of Little Town Big Queeries!

Join your queer co-host, Billie A, and our sixth special guests of season 2, Emer and Elly, Founders of the Belfast Dykesketball Basketball team. Dykesketball is an unofficial LGBTQ+ & FLINTA inclusive Basketball from Belfast that organises weekly sessions and meet-ups for active queer communities.

Join in on the conversation as we discuss how Emer and Elly first came up with the idea of a sapphic/LGBTQ+ Basketball team, why they named it "Dykesketball", learning their team manifesto, how to care for non-binary and Trans players and keep them safe, their friendly tournament in Dublin, their thoughts on queer representation in sports, how can straight team mates support LGBTQ+ team mates, gossiping about the Supreme Court, if total. beginners can join, their project DYKEWEAR, their music video collab with Strange New Places, how to people join Dyksketball, and where they see themselves in 5 years time!

Chapters:

00:00:00 : INTRO

00:01:31 : HOW DID YOU GET DYKESKETBALL STARTED

00:09:57 : PRE-GAME RITUALS / MANIFESTO

00:14:21 : SHAMROCK SIOGA DUBLIN TOURNAMENT

00:21:35 : QUEER REPRESENTATION IN SPORTS

00:24:03 : STRAIGHT TEAM MATE SUPPORT

00:27:51 : STEPS TO KEEP NON-BINARY & TRANS PLAYERS SAFE

00:29:48 : BAD JUDGEMENT FROM THE SUPREME COURT

00:34:23 : SKILLS TO GAIN FROM DYKESKETBALL

00:40:27 : CAN BEGINNERS JOIN?

00:47:59 : DYKEWEAR

00:54:43 : STRANGE NEW PLACES MUSIC VIDEO

00:56:46 : CHANGES FOR BASKETBALL CULTURE FOR QUEER ATHLETES

00:58:44 : HOW TO JOIN!

01:02:15 : WHERE IS DYKESKETBALL IN 5 YEARS TIME?

01:08:47 : QUESTIONS FOR THE POD

01:12:54 : OUTRO

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Welcome back to season 2, episode 5 of Little Town Big Queeries!

Join your queer co-hosts, Referee and Billie A, and our fifth special guest of season 2, Saint Omen. A local Drag Queen artist from Clogher who has also made a name of herself by performing in small town Enniskillen as well as the big city of Belfast!

Join in on the conversation as we discuss how Saint first got started in drag, her different styles and personas, the differences between performing in small towns vs big cities, her challenges and proudest moments of drag, her experiences coming out in her tiny village, the importances of expressing yourself, her support from her mother and younger brother, her time in South West College, her advice for younger local queers and experiences using Grindr.

Chapters:

00:00:00 : INTRO

00:03:08 : HOW SAINT OMEN GOT STARTED INTO DRAG

00:06:51 : HER FAVOURITE STYLES AND PERSONAS

00:08:20 : DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SMALL TOWN AND BIG CITY PERFORMANCES

00:10:37 : TONING DOWN PERFORMANCES

00:12:16 : HER CHALLENGES AND PROUDEST MOMENT PERFORMING DRAG

00:14:29 : TRANSFORMING INTO DRAG

00:15:14 : WHERE AND WHEN DID SHE LEARN MAKEUP SKILLS

00:16:39 : THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF DRAG

00:17:55 : IMPORTANCE OF EXPRESSING DRAG

00:21:32 : COMING OUT IN A SMALL IRISH VILLAGE

00:27:15 : SAINT OMENS WEE BROTHER

00:28:09 : LIVING IN BELFAST

00:30:00 : SWC EXPERIENCES

00:32:25 : SAINT OMEN IN 5 YEARS TIME

00:38:03 : SAINT OMENS UPCOMING SHOWS

00:41:26 : HER ADVICE FOR YOUNGER QUEERS

00:44:11 : QUESTIONS FOR THE POD

00:49:59 : GRINDR EXPERIENCES

00:54:10 : OUTRO

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Welcome back to season 2, episode 4 of Little Town Big Queeries!

Join your queer co-host, Billie A, and our fourth special guest of season 2, singer and songwriter, science communicator and comedian, Emer Maguire!

Join in on the conversation as we discuss how Emer got her sense of humour, interest in science and her musical talent! And how being from small town Strabane influenced her into becoming Irelands trailblazer comedian who represents autistic, neurodivergent and queer audiences!

Chapters:

00:00:00 : INTRO

00:02:25 : HOW EMER GOT INTERESTED IN MUSIC & COMEDY

00:06:13 : HOW COMEDY, SCIENCE AND MUSIC CAN COEXIST

00:08:56 : SMALL TOWN STRABANE INFLUENCES

00:22:01 : MASTERS IN CLINICAL ANATOMY00:28:47 : SCIENCE AND STUFF WITH EMER

00:32:31 : SNOW PATROL APPROVED

00:37:56 : HOW HAS EMERS COMEDY SHOWS EVOLVED

00:45:11 : THE ESSENTIAL THREAD

00:50:03 : IS THE COMEDY INDUSTRY MORE NEURODIVERGENT AWARE

00:55:32 : EMER'S PLATFORM IS RESHAPING THE REPRESENTATION OF NORTH OF IRELAND PERFORMANCE CULTURE

01:03:18 : IRISH AUDIENCES VS AMERICAN AUDIENCES

01:09:09 : EMER MAGUIRE'S LEGACY

01:12:19 : EMER IS TRUE TO HER WORD

01:16:38 : OUTRO

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Welcome back to season 2, episode 3 of Little Town Big Queeries!

Join your queer co-hosts, Referee and Billie A, and our third special guest of season 2, Mark Mulligan AKA, Noeleen Beef. A local Drag Queen artist who has performed in small towns as well as the big city of Belfast!

Join in on the conversation as we discuss how Noeleen first got into drag, how her family supported her through her performances, what inspirations she had for her acts, her advice on how young people can start their drag journey, the high and lows of being a drag queen and answering all of these QUEERIES whilst doing Billies drag make-up for the first time as well as giving her, her first drag name!

Chapters:

00:00:00 : INTRO

00:01:45 : NOELEENS INTERVIEW

00:49:03 : THE REVEAL

00:52:12 : OUTRO

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Welcome back to season 2, episode 2 of Little Town Big Queeries!

Join your queer co-hosts, Referee and Billie A, and our second special guest of season 2, Martin Murray. Queer Belfast icon, Martin Murray was up until recently Vice-Chair of Quire Belfast and Ulster Liaison for Sporting Pride. He also founded Belfast Frontrunners, Aeracha Uladh GAC, Ulsters LGBTQ+ Sports Day and Ulsters LGBTQ+ Women’s Sports Day. He currently writes the sports articles for GNI Magazine and is also currently setting up his first Community Interest Company ‘Fair Game’ which will focus on LGBTQIA+ Sports Development in Ulster while also writing a book on the last 50 years of LGBTQIA+ Sports in Ireland. He's currently seeking board members for the CIC so reaching out tocnew people who might be interested in getting involved.Join in on the conversation as we discuss how to get involved in more LGBTQ+ inclusion sporting clubs and alcohol free safe spaces, creating Ulsters first LGBTQ+ Gaelic Football team and Ulsters first Runners Club, how he got funding for DEI programmes, our experiences with celebrities, trans inclusion in sport and some Hitler facts....maybe...]

Chapters:

00:00:00 : INTRO

00:02:57 : HOW MARTIN GOT INTO LGBTQ+ SPORTS INCLUSION

00:18:27 : MARTIN'S NEW BOOK

00:40:00 : CELEBRITY CLASHES

00:48:05 : MARTIN'S QUESTIONS FOR US

01:02:58 : OUTRO

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GIVE MR MARTIN MURRAY A FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM @martin_murray1991 as well as his new Sport Inclusion Organisation, @fairgameconsultancy and why not give @sportingprideireland a follow to keep updated for LGBTQ+ Sporting events!

Welcome back to season 2, episode 1 of Little Town Big Queeries!

Join your queer co-hosts, Lil Leah , Big Leah, Referee, Billie A, and our first special guest of season 2, David Doherty-Jebb. David is a stand-up comedian, MC host, and regular podcast co-host on the WORD UP podcast created by Bronagh Diamond!

Join in on the conversation as we discuss how queers get into the comedy scene, how and why David got into comedy, Davids background and his husband, autism and ADHD, gay marriage, his advice for people looking to come out and explaining why it's important to create our own platform.

Chapters:

00:00:00 : INTRO

00:05:40 : HOW DO QUEERS GET INTO COMEDY?

00:10:53 : WHERE IS DAVID FROM?

00:15:21 : ONLY GAY IN THE VILLAGE

00:22:17 : DAVIDS HUSBAND

00:26:18 : AUTISM + ADHD

00:35:19 : WHY START A COMEDY CAREER?

00:43:12 : DERRY GIGS

00:48:20 : LURGAN PRIDE 2024

00:52:09 : DUP VS GAY MARRIAGE

00:55:13 : SIBLING-SCOPES

01:01:41 : DAVIDS COMEDY INSPIRATIONS

01:02:38 : A SUPPORT WORKERS GUIDE TO COMING OUT

01:04:11 : IS BEING FUNNY A GOOD PULLING TECHNIQUE?

01:05:22 : CREATING OUR OWN PLATFORM

01:11:29 : THE ENNISKILLEN PISSER

01:13:59 : NI ACCENTS

01:17:50 : JOKES

01:20:57 : OUTRO

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GIVE MR DAVID DOHERTY-JEBB A FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM @daviddohertyjebb AND CHECK OUT HIS UPCOMING SHOWS AS WELL AS HIS PODCAST WITH BRONAGH DIAMOND, WORD UP TO FINESSE YOUR VOCABULARY?

Welcome to the Halloween Special episode of Little Town Big Queeries!

Join your spooky co-hosts, Lil Leah , Amber L, Big Leah, Judith M, Referee and Billie A, as we discuss horror movie facts, Halloween's origins, Irish and Samhain traditions in a trivia game. We also have our first caller, Billie's best friend Tom from the Isle of Man, to discuss Manx and Hop-Tu-Naa traditions. We play Judiths Hot Shots, a hot seat game in which we must answer rough questions or take a shot and we also share our paranormal, sleep paralysis sleep walking experiences.

Chapters:

00:00:00 : INTRO

00:01:28 : HALLOWEEN TRIVIA

00:12:10 : HOP-TU-NAA

00:17:17 : JUDITH'S HOT SHOTS

00:37:23 : PARANORMAL GAYTIVITY

00:52:40 : OUTRO

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Welcome to the tenth and last episode of Little Town Big Queeries season 1!

Join your queer co-hosts, Lil Leah , Amber L, Big Leah, Judith M, Referee and Billie A, as we discuss how Lil Leah's and Billie's outing at Fermanagh Pride went, Birthday's, Digital ID's, negative comments, reflecting on season 1's best bits, what we wish for season 2, the do's and don't's of being queer in a little town, positive global events and Little Town Big Queerie's first reviews for season 1!

Chapters:

00:00:00 : INTRO

00:06:53 : REFLECTING ON OUR JOURNEY

00:10:24 : DIGITAL ID

00:12:32 : THE DO'S AND DON'T'S OF BEING QUEER IN A LITTLE TOWN

00:27:28 : SEASON 1 BEST BITS

00:30:17 : ENDING ON A POSITIVE NOTE

00:38:18 : OUTRO

00:43:05: APPRAISALS

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