This week’s episode features GCN editor and Mother co-organiser, Lisa Connell. The trio chat about the role of LGBT+ news outlets, queer parties and learning from the rest of the community















“In Awe of Mná: A Lesbian+ Podcast” is a podcast that aims to highlight and celebrate the historical and contemporary contributions that lesbian and bisexual women have made to both their communities and wider activist movements in Ireland.

This week’s episode is in two parts, featuring separate, shorter interviews with two student activists. In part one, Emily and Orla discuss movements like Take Back Trinity with Eléana Ní Mhurcú, former editor of The Red Pen. Part two features Clíodhna Ní Dhufaigh, current USI Vice-President for Irish, covering the links between the LGBTQ+ community and the Irish language.













“In Awe of Mná: A Lesbian+ Podcast” is a podcast that aims to highlight and celebrate the historical and contemporary contributions that lesbian and bisexual women have made to both their communities and wider activist movements in Ireland.

Orla and Emily bring on film studies graduate and notorious bisexual Cíara Dempsey, to chat about how LGBT women are represented in film and TV. Contains mild spoilers and hot takes on Glee.













“In Awe of Mná: A Lesbian+ Podcast” is a podcast that aims to highlight and celebrate the historical and contemporary contributions that lesbian and bisexual women have made to both their communities and wider activist movements in Ireland.

In this episode, Orla and Emily move from the studio to Orla’s sitting room for tea and chats with filmmakers Ger Moane and Sonya Mulligan. Together the pair made “Outitude: The Irish Lesbian Community”, which gave LB women a platform to tell their own stories through highs and lows.













“In Awe of Mná: A Lesbian+ Podcast” is a podcast that aims to highlight and celebrate the historical and contemporary contributions that lesbian and bisexual women have made to both their communities and wider activist movements in Ireland.

In this episode, Emily and Orla chat with historian Dr Mary McAuliffe about some of the lesbian power couples that made Irish independence possible.









“In Awe of Mná: A Lesbian+ Podcast” is a podcast that aims to highlight and celebrate the historical and contemporary contributions that lesbian and bisexual women have made to both their communities and wider activist movements in Ireland.

In their first full length episode, Emily and Orla talk activism, parenting, mental health and all things lesbian with the talented and charismatic Dil Wickremasinghe.









“In Awe of Mná: A Lesbian+ Podcast” is a podcast that aims to highlight and celebrate the historical and contemporary contributions that lesbian and bisexual women have made to both their communities and wider activist movements in Ireland.

In this shorter opening episode, Emily and Orla give a brief introduction to “In Awe Of Mná” as they discuss their motivations and hopes for the podcast. The pair explain why their goal is to create a space for LBT+ women of all ages to find out what their peers are doing, and to learn about their diverse history and community.







“In Awe of Mná: A Lesbian+ Podcast” is a podcast that aims to highlight and celebrate the historical and contemporary contributions that lesbian and bisexual women have made to both their communities and wider activist movements in Ireland.