60 acast.com The Dublin Lesbian Line Podcast https://shows.acast.com/the-dublin-lesbian-line-podcast en Dublin Lesbian Line LGBTQ+ Dublin Lesbian Line In Season 2* of The Dublin Lesbian Line Podcast host Orla Vaughan highlights the incredible diversity within our community. From ornithology to fermentation, how queer are our land and skies? From activism to poetry, can you have one without the other? And from outing yourself in a book to connecting women and non-binary people in rural Ireland, discover how we empower each other.

We hope you enjoy this season of the Dublin Lesbian Line Podcast. If you would like to connect with DLL, please follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dublinlesbianline/ or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Dublin-Lesbian-Line-100064358546983/ You can also email dublesline@gmail.com

Contact the podcast by emailing dublinlesbianlinepod@gmail.com

 

If you would like support, the phoneline is open on Tuesday nights from 18:30-21:00. You can reach us at 01 8721055 or ask@theswitchboard.ie. Visit https://www.theswitchboard.ie/ for more information. If you would like to donate to DLL you can do so through our iDonate page here. 


https://www.idonate.ie/cause/dll?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnBpFSCV5SSMDlgmFi-ZvpIXycxdX0cIBHMuaysslurjDbs_FK3VOKTutb8Tc_aem_IRXPcLoLJMnbx6fk0l8ECg



 *Season 1 of the podcast was released under the name WomenStar.


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]]> In Season 2* of The Dublin Lesbian Line Podcast host Orla Vaughan highlights the incredible diversity within our community. From ornithology to fermentation, how queer are our land and skies? From activism to poetry, can you have one without the other? And from outing yourself in a book to connecting women and non-binary people in rural Ireland, discover how we empower each other.

We hope you enjoy this season of the Dublin Lesbian Line Podcast. If you would like to connect with DLL, please follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dublinlesbianline/ or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Dublin-Lesbian-Line-100064358546983/ You can also email dublesline@gmail.com

Contact the podcast by emailing dublinlesbianlinepod@gmail.com

 

If you would like support, the phoneline is open on Tuesday nights from 18:30-21:00. You can reach us at 01 8721055 or ask@theswitchboard.ie. Visit https://www.theswitchboard.ie/ for more information. If you would like to donate to DLL you can do so through our iDonate page here. 


https://www.idonate.ie/cause/dll?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnBpFSCV5SSMDlgmFi-ZvpIXycxdX0cIBHMuaysslurjDbs_FK3VOKTutb8Tc_aem_IRXPcLoLJMnbx6fk0l8ECg



 *Season 1 of the podcast was released under the name WomenStar.


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]]> false Dublin Lesbian Line info+6a498d1b5ef16cb8048c174a@mg-eu.acast.com 6a498d1b5ef16cb8048c174a the-dublin-lesbian-line-podcast episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a498d1b5ef16cb8048c174a/1783369035147-5d708bb1-bdd5-4822-8abd-8f320a624d9e.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/the-dublin-lesbian-line-podcast The Dublin Lesbian Line Podcast Karina Murray Karina Murray Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT 37:56 6a4d28f4195f863605c1b6e1 false https://shows.acast.com/the-dublin-lesbian-line-podcast/episodes/karina-murray 6a4d28f4195f863605c1b6e1 6a498d1b5ef16cb8048c174a karina-murray full 2 4 Karina Murray (she/her) is the founder of Conscious Connections. It provides opportunities for women and non binary people in the LGBTQ+ community to make connections in healthy environments, aiming to inspire them to take proactive steps and assert control over their well-being.


Conscious Connections https://www.kmurray.ie/ 


References in this podcast include: 

Ballyfermot Library Studios https://www.dublincity.ie/libraries/using-your-library/creative-studio 

Meet Up https://www.meetup.com/

Running Amach https://www.instagram.com/runningamach/

Sporting Pride https://www.sportingpride.ie/ 

Quare Clare https://quareclare.ie/

Phoenix Tiger Football Club https://www.instagram.com/phoenixtigersfc/

Outhouse https://outhouse.ie/

Roscommon Pride https://roscommonpride.ie/

Queers for Palestine https://www.instagram.com/queers_for_palestine_ireland/

Switchboard https://www.theswitchboard.ie/

iDonate DLL https://www.idonate.ie/cause/dll 


Credits:

Host: Orla Vaughan

Editors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April Koivisto

Production Coordinator: Linda McGrath

Production Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai Allen


Episodes were recorded on location in Co Clare, Ireland and in the Creative Studio, Ballyfermot Library, Dublin. Our sincere thanks to the library staff who assisted us in the recording.

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]]> Karina Murray (she/her) is the founder of Conscious Connections. It provides opportunities for women and non binary people in the LGBTQ+ community to make connections in healthy environments, aiming to inspire them to take proactive steps and assert control over their well-being.


Conscious Connections https://www.kmurray.ie/ 


References in this podcast include: 

Ballyfermot Library Studios https://www.dublincity.ie/libraries/using-your-library/creative-studio 

Meet Up https://www.meetup.com/

Running Amach https://www.instagram.com/runningamach/

Sporting Pride https://www.sportingpride.ie/ 

Quare Clare https://quareclare.ie/

Phoenix Tiger Football Club https://www.instagram.com/phoenixtigersfc/

Outhouse https://outhouse.ie/

Roscommon Pride https://roscommonpride.ie/

Queers for Palestine https://www.instagram.com/queers_for_palestine_ireland/

Switchboard https://www.theswitchboard.ie/

iDonate DLL https://www.idonate.ie/cause/dll 


Credits:

Host: Orla Vaughan

Editors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April Koivisto

Production Coordinator: Linda McGrath

Production Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai Allen


Episodes were recorded on location in Co Clare, Ireland and in the Creative Studio, Ballyfermot Library, Dublin. Our sincere thanks to the library staff who assisted us in the recording.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Azmia Riaz Azmia Riaz Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT 38:23 6a4d28634d6f6e9e9842e8ac false https://shows.acast.com/the-dublin-lesbian-line-podcast/episodes/azmia-riaz 6a4d28634d6f6e9e9842e8ac 6a498d1b5ef16cb8048c174a azmia-riaz full 2 3 Azmia Riaz (she/her) is a journalist with the Irish Independent. Azmia was born and raised in South India where she started out as an education journalist with The New Indian Express, a role she held for four years. She moved to Ireland in 2021 to pursue her Masters at UCD where she worked with local radio stations and the LGBTQIA+ society. She joined the Irish Independent as a MET news reporter and went on to cover human interest stories for daily features and rural affairs. She currently works in the role of Local Democracy Reporter for Dublin. She also contributes to the first person section of the Irish Independent and has written about subjects like identity, gender and migration. 


Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/ 


Credits:

Host: Orla Vaughan

Editors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April Koivisto

Production Coordinator: Linda McGrath

Production Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai Allen


Episodes were recorded on location in Co Clare, Ireland and in the Creative Studio, Ballyfermot Library, Dublin. Our sincere thanks to the library staff who assisted us in the recording.

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]]> Azmia Riaz (she/her) is a journalist with the Irish Independent. Azmia was born and raised in South India where she started out as an education journalist with The New Indian Express, a role she held for four years. She moved to Ireland in 2021 to pursue her Masters at UCD where she worked with local radio stations and the LGBTQIA+ society. She joined the Irish Independent as a MET news reporter and went on to cover human interest stories for daily features and rural affairs. She currently works in the role of Local Democracy Reporter for Dublin. She also contributes to the first person section of the Irish Independent and has written about subjects like identity, gender and migration. 


Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/ 


Credits:

Host: Orla Vaughan

Editors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April Koivisto

Production Coordinator: Linda McGrath

Production Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai Allen


Episodes were recorded on location in Co Clare, Ireland and in the Creative Studio, Ballyfermot Library, Dublin. Our sincere thanks to the library staff who assisted us in the recording.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Philipa Ryder Philipa Ryder Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:08:18 GMT 45:06 6a4993e60069388b7abf185e false https://shows.acast.com/the-dublin-lesbian-line-podcast/episodes/philipa-ryder 6a4993e60069388b7abf185e 6a498d1b5ef16cb8048c174a philipa-ryder full 2 1 Philippa Ryder (she/her) is a transgender woman. She joined the Irish civil service, the Property Registration

Authority, in 1980 and retired in 2022. She is married with one daughter.


Philipa’s memoir ‘My Name is Philippa’ is available as an e-book and audiobook from Mercier Press https://www.mercierpress.ie/books/my-name-is-philippa/ and is available in all good bookshops, libraries, online and audiobook platforms.


Paperback copies are available via Banner Books, Co. Clare, Ireland https://bannerbooks.ie/shop/discover-irish-books-and-authors/my-name-is-philippa and https://www.bookworld.ie/products/my-name-is-philippa-1


Philipa became involved with LGBTQ+ activism when she came to terms with herself as transgender, eventually transitioning about 15 years ago. She was very involved with both the Marriage Equality and Repeal the 8 th referenda. She describes herself as a passionate, inclusive feminist.


Over the past 20 years she has been a board member and chair of Transgender Equality

Network Ireland (TENI) and part of the Steering Committee of Transgender Europe (TGEU).

She was a founding committee member of Sporting Pride, Ireland’s LGBTQ+ sports

organisation and represented Ireland at the World Gay Games in Paris in 2018.

She was also Chair of the Board of Dublin Pride, retiring in 2026. She was Grand Marshal of Dublin Pride 2026.


Credits:

Host: Orla Vaughan

Editors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April Koivisto

Production Coordinator: Linda McGrath

Production Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai Allen


Other references in this podcast include:

TENI - Transgender Equality Network Ireland https://teni.ie/

Sporting Pride https://www.sportingpride.ie/

The Gay Games https://www.gaygames.org/

TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia https://www.tgeu.org/


Credits:

Host: Orla Vaughan

Editors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April Koivisto

Production Coordinator: Linda McGrath

Production Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai Allen


Episodes were recorded on location in Co Clare, Ireland and in the Creative Studio, Ballyfermot Library, Dublin. Our sincere thanks to the library staff who assisted us in the recording.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Philippa Ryder (she/her) is a transgender woman. She joined the Irish civil service, the Property Registration

Authority, in 1980 and retired in 2022. She is married with one daughter.


Philipa’s memoir ‘My Name is Philippa’ is available as an e-book and audiobook from Mercier Press https://www.mercierpress.ie/books/my-name-is-philippa/ and is available in all good bookshops, libraries, online and audiobook platforms.


Paperback copies are available via Banner Books, Co. Clare, Ireland https://bannerbooks.ie/shop/discover-irish-books-and-authors/my-name-is-philippa and https://www.bookworld.ie/products/my-name-is-philippa-1


Philipa became involved with LGBTQ+ activism when she came to terms with herself as transgender, eventually transitioning about 15 years ago. She was very involved with both the Marriage Equality and Repeal the 8 th referenda. She describes herself as a passionate, inclusive feminist.


Over the past 20 years she has been a board member and chair of Transgender Equality

Network Ireland (TENI) and part of the Steering Committee of Transgender Europe (TGEU).

She was a founding committee member of Sporting Pride, Ireland’s LGBTQ+ sports

organisation and represented Ireland at the World Gay Games in Paris in 2018.

She was also Chair of the Board of Dublin Pride, retiring in 2026. She was Grand Marshal of Dublin Pride 2026.


Credits:

Host: Orla Vaughan

Editors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April Koivisto

Production Coordinator: Linda McGrath

Production Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai Allen


Other references in this podcast include:

TENI - Transgender Equality Network Ireland https://teni.ie/

Sporting Pride https://www.sportingpride.ie/

The Gay Games https://www.gaygames.org/

TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia https://www.tgeu.org/


Credits:

Host: Orla Vaughan

Editors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April Koivisto

Production Coordinator: Linda McGrath

Production Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai Allen


Episodes were recorded on location in Co Clare, Ireland and in the Creative Studio, Ballyfermot Library, Dublin. Our sincere thanks to the library staff who assisted us in the recording.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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