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

IS POETRY A HEALTHY OUTLET FOR COPING MENTAL HEALTH?

Join your host, Billie A with special guest, Mal Farrell from LGBTQIA+ inclusive Poetry Group, Sad Dyke Poetry Night!Join us as we discuss how Sad Dyke's became a thing, what their typical night looks like, themes, welcomes all languages, especially Irish, their collaborations with Women of Colour Belfast & The Laugh Hole Comedy Club, how poetry can be a healthy outlet for coping with pure mental health & trauma, why supporting causes like The Trans Resource Centre, Trans Pride, Rainbow Refugees are important and their most memorable moments!

Content Warning:This video includes strong language. Recommended for viewers 16 and up.discussion of suicide, addiction & sexual assault.

Viewer discretion is advised. The content is intended for 16+ audiences and may not be suitable for all viewers.

Everything discussed in this episode is purely my own opinion from my own experiences.I like to make light of dark situations but if anything has affected you in this episode, Here are some services that can help:

LIFELINE:Call: 0808 808 8000

Textphone: 18001 0808 808 8000

SAMARITANS: 116 123

WOMENS AID:

ANTRIM, BALLYMENA, CARRICKFERGUS, LARNE & NEWTOWNABBEY: 028 2563 2136

ARMAGH DOWN: 028 3025 0765

BELFAST & LISBURN: 028 9066 6049

CAUSEWAY & MID ULSTER: 0300 373 1055

FERMANAGH & OMAGH: 0288 2441 555

FOYLE: 028 7141 6800

NORTH DOWN & ARDS: 028 9127 3196

WOMENS FEDERATION: 028 9024 9041

DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE HELPLINE: 0808 802 1414

CARA - FRIEND: 028 9089 0202

THE RAINBOW PROJECT: 028 9031 9030

EMAIL: counselling@rainbow-project.org.

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Welcome back to season 3, episode 1 of Little Town Big Queeries!

WHO ARE THE ICONIC WOMEN IN IRELAND'S HISTORY?

Join your co-host, Billie A in this Paddy's Day Special.

Today I dive into Irish Paganism, St. Patrick, Seasonal Festivals, Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, Nell McCafferty, Countess Constance Markievicz, Eva Gore-Booth, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Jenni Wyse Power, Kathleen Lynn, and a short discussion about the serious Femicide Epidemic plaguing in the North of Ireland right now as well as shining a light on the 29+ women who's lives were cut short, most by the hands of men.

Content Warning: This video includes strong language. Recommended for viewers 16 and up. discussion of domestic abuse. Information referenced is sourced from publicly available online material. Viewer discretion is advised.

The content is intended for 16+ audiences and may not be suitable for all viewers. Everything discussed in this episode is purely our my opinion from our my experiences.

I like to make light of dark situations but if anything has affected you in this episode,

Here are some services that can help:

LIFELINE:

Call: 0808 808 8000

Textphone: 18001 0808 808 8000

SAMARITANS: 116 123

WOMENS AID:

ANTRIM, BALLYMENA, CARRICKFERGUS, LARNE & NEWTOWNABBEY: 028 2563 2136

ARMAGH DOWN: 028 3025 0765

BELFAST & LISBURN: 028 9066 6049

CAUSEWAY & MID ULSTER: 0300 373 1055

FERMANAGH & OMAGH: 0288 2441 555

FOYLE: 028 7141 6800

NORTH DOWN & ARDS: 028 9127 3196

WOMENS FEDERATION: 028 9024 9041

DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE HELPLINE: 0808 802 1414

CARA - FRIEND: 028 9089 0202

EMERGENCY: 999

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HAPPY PADDY'S DAY BE SAFE!

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

Content Warning:

This video includes strong language. Recommended for viewers 16 and up.Viewer discretion is advised.

The content is intended for 16+ audiences and may not be suitable for all viewers. Everything discussed in this episode is purely our own opinion from our own experiences.

We like to make light of dark situations but if anything has affected you in this episode,

Here are some services that can help:

LIFELINE:

Call: 0808 808 8000

Textphone: 18001 0808 808 8000

WOMENS AID:

NI: 0808 802 1414

ENGLAND & WALES: 0808 2000 247

SCOTLAND: 0800 027 1234

CARA - FRIEND: 028 9089 0202

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MAKE SURE TO SEE THEM ON THE 27TH JAN 2026