1. Collect oral histories of LGBTQ+ people who lived in and were socialized in Dublin in the late twentieth century, with an emphasis on their “ordinary” lived experiences: socializing, friendships, and queer joy; relationships, sex, and love; religious or spiritual communities and relationships; families (broadly conceived and traditional) and domesticities; and the work they had to do to live as they wanted when it was illegal, taboo, dangerous, or misunderstood, including grassroots, political, or personal advocacy for change. We will focus on lesbian and trans people as their lives are often marginalized within LGBTQ+ histories, and the experience of queer people amongst traditionally underrepresented groups (Travellers, Refugees, Migrants), but not to the exclusion of others.

2. Develop an archival and bibliographical resource for the study of LGBTQ+ life in twentieth-century Dublin, including relevant memoirs, newspapers, personal collections, and the collected oral histories.

3. Preserved collected oral histories through the Digital Repository of Ireland.

4. Connect with other initiatives and organizations pursuing research and documentation of LGBTQ+ Irish history.

This is the pilot phase, focusing on Dublin, of the larger national and transnational (Irish Diaspora) Lavender+ Green oral history project.