Running Amach in Ireland: True Stories of LGBTQ Women

by Maureen Looney

Overview

A collection of 34 true stories gathered from the membership of Running Amach, a social networking group for LGBTQ women in Ireland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781909895898
Publisher:	Orpen Press
Publication date:	03/17/2016
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Preface ix

A Date to Remember 1

A Mother's Love Is a Blessing 4

A Ribbon of Road (On the Road of Life) 8

A Winter's Tale 14

An Uplifting Experience 16

Art 20

Dreams Do Come True 27

Finding My Sparkle 32

First Love Attacks the Heart 40

From Russia with Love 43

Going Solo 48

Happy Coming Out 53

Hindsight 54

I Knew He Knew, but He Didn't Know I Knew He Knew 60

Inside Out 65

I Travelled Across the World to Find Myself and My Home 71

It Takes a Village 77

'Je Pense à Toi' 82

Late Bloomer 85

My Epiphany 90

Stick Out Your Tongue! 92

Storm in a China Cup 98

Thank God for Marian Finucane! 102

The Beach 106

The Bottle Lost at Sea 110

The Gayest Family on the Campsite 114

The Other Half of Our Oranges 117

The Red Tartan Dress 123

The Sixties and Me 128

Who Am I? 135

Wicklow Street 137

Woman by Nature, Confused by Birth 140

You and Me 148

You Deserve to Wake Up to Someone You Love 150