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Bette Midler has copped a swift backlash on social media after she shared her thoughts about gender inclusive language saying it was leading to women being stripped of their rights. “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us […]
Tags: Benjamin Law, Bette Midler, Gender, language, Panti Bliss, roxane gay, transgender
5 Jul 2022 /
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Irish-born and Berlin-based lesbian artist Wallis Bird shares Go, a song about beginnings and having the strength to stand out from the crowd to pursue passions and desires. Go is about letting go and embracing the uncertainty of what’s in store, because life’s too short to not try. Go follows the release of Aquarius, Power of […]
Tags: go, Hands, Ireland, marriage equality, music, Panti Bliss, wallis bird
30 Apr 2022 |
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Local photographer Richard Matias is known for his captivating images that capture the human form through a queer lens. Following the success of his last book of work, Liberated, which continues to raise funds for the WA AIDS Council’s youth service Freedom Centre, Matias is preparing to exhibit a fresh selection of his work that reflects […]
Tags: Cougar Morrison, Panti Bliss, photography, Retrospective, richard matias, tom worrell
19 Nov 2020 |
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A Dublin teenager has been arrested after allegedly throwing a rock covered with homophobic abuse through the window of Dublin’s Pantibar. The bar, which is run by world famous drag star Panti Bliss, is a much loved venue in the Irish captial. On Friday night a rock was thrown through one of the bar’s windows. […]
Tags: Panti Bliss, Pantibar
1 Jul 2018 |
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Irish drag superstar Panti Bliss is set to have her own TV show, working in collaboration with international production company Playground. The Queen of Ireland star’s memoir has been flagged by Playground for the subject matter of the program, which is expected to be set in Bliss’ Dublin club Pantibar. The book documents Panti’s rise from […]
Tags: drag, Homophobia, Panti Bliss, Queen, Queen of Ireland, rory o'neill
12 Apr 2017 |
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Viral superstar, documentary subject and The Queen of Ireland, Panti Bliss has done and seen it all. After an incredible burst of popularity following her infamous speech against homophobia, Panti Bliss rose as a vanguard in Ireland’s successful fight for marriage equality. Now, Bliss is returning to her roots as a drag queen, performer and […]
Tags: Astor Theatre, high heels in low places, Ireland, Panti Bliss, the queen of ireland
13 Feb 2017 |
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The Queen of Ireland herself, Panti Bliss, is heading to Australia for a tour of her latest show, High Heels in Low Places. The infamous drag performer’s name was heard across the world when she delivered a stirring speech against homophobia which became known thereafter as Pantigate. Now, Bliss invites audiences into her gender-discombobulating stiletto-shaped world, […]
Tags: drag, high heels in low places, Ireland, Mardi Gras, marriage equality, Panti Bliss, pantigate, referendum
8 Nov 2016 |
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The Queen of Ireland | Dir: Conor Horgan | Rated: PG | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When filmmaker Conor Horgan started making his crowd-funded documentary about Rory O’Neill and his drag queen alter-ego Panti Bliss five years ago, he could never have predicted that the ‘giant cartoon woman’ would change history. There’s some delightful home footage of a very […]
Tags: big love, captain fantastic, conor horgan, girl asleep, Italian Film Festival, maria sole tognazzi, matt ross, me myself and her, Panti Bliss, Queen of Ireland, queer cinema, queer film, rosemary myers, viggo mortensen
9 Sep 2016 |
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Irish drag star Panti Bliss gained international respect in 2014 when she delivered a heartfelt speech about oppression. The YouTube video was watched by hundreds of thousands of people, the Pet Shop Boys even set it to music. Soon Panti was travelling the world, including an appearance at the 2015 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, but […]
Tags: Panti Bliss, Queen of Ireland
6 Sep 2016 |
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Queen Elizabeth II has been criticised for failing to address homophobic laws that remain in Commonwealth nations during her annual Christmas message. In her annual address the Queen spoke about her recent trip to a meeting of Commonwealth nations in Malta and the importance of young leaders, reflected on “moments of darkness” the world had […]
Tags: Panti Bliss, Queen Elizabeth
27 Dec 2015 |
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