Counterpoint (clip): Ruth McCarthy Discusing Lesbian Visibility

Counterpoint (clip): Ruth McCarthy Discusing Lesbian Visibility

Counterpoint

TV Programme

Ruth McCarthy

Lesbian Visibility

The Age of Consent

Rights

Counterpoint was a TV Programme broadcast in the 1990's in Northern Ireland on the Ulster Television (UTV) branch of the national television channel ITV. It was a debate format show which encouraged guest speakers to discuss a range of topical issues. In this episode the age of consent, for gay men is discussed in relation a recent Parliament vote in Westminster, London, to make the age of consent for gay men different from that of heterosexual people in both Britain and Northern Ireland respectively. In this clip Ruth McCarthy, (representing Belfast Lesbian Helpline, a grassroots organisation aimed to provide services to support lesbian and bisexual women in Belfast, Northern Ireland) addresses the issue of lesbian visibility and how lesbian women are affected by the wider debate around the age of consent.

(Click on the link at the bottom of this page to watch the video).

UTV

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive

https://digitalfilmarchive.net

ITV

24th February 1994

McCarthy, Ruth

Nesbitt, Mike

Programme by UTV, copyright ITV. Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive Collection Items in this digital archive are covered by a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No-Derivatives License. Please credit the LGBT HERITAGE PROJECT and the UTV Archive Partnership Project (ITV, Northern Ireland Screen and PRONI), provide a link back to this site.

Digitised Betacam

English

TV Programme, Factual programme, Broadcast Media, Studio debate.

To watch the full programme 
https://digitalfilmarchive.net/media/counterpoint-gay-rights-3820

UTV studios, Havelock House, Belfast

Watch the film with this link
Clip duration 01:57
https://vimeo.com/847174402/3c0a6515ff?share=copy