{"id":3707,"date":"2024-06-08T16:08:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T15:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/?p=3707"},"modified":"2024-06-08T16:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T15:28:02","slug":"more-than-a-friend-lgbtiqa-and-joyce-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/more-than-a-friend-lgbtiqa-and-joyce-2\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than a Friend: LGBTIQA+ and Joyce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bloomsday Festival 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 June 2024 at 2pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-09-at-11.14.27_03240516-1024x811.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-09-at-11.14.27_03240516-1024x811.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-09-at-11.14.27_03240516-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-09-at-11.14.27_03240516-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-09-at-11.14.27_03240516.jpg 1537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8216;Circe&#8217; from <em>Ulysses <\/em>Murals (1996) by Paul Joyce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>James Joyce\u2019s work is a product of an era where reflections about gender and sexuality started to reach the general population. Moreover, the fact that Joyce spent most of his life in continental Europe allowed him to live in places where those manifestations were more noticeable than in Ireland. The combination of these circumstances makes Joyce\u2019s work sparkle with a few characters who can be considered part of the queer spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The James Joyce Centre was proud to offer an alternative exploration of his work via a tour of the museum on <strong>Saturday, 1 June 2024 <\/strong>at<strong> 2pm<\/strong>. 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