WHEN LIVING WITH HIV IS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE In present-day Ireland, many people are silent about their HIV status because society has silenced them, not only in Ireland, but in Guatemala and other countries, there is no education on the subject, and silence reigns, not to mention vulnerable points along the medicine supply chain … Continue reading
I have waited a long time to get my hands on this book: my own copy took a while to arrive with me, but – more importantly – the anthology itself feels long overdue; it’s about time somebody undertook the difficult, necessary work of editing a collection of contemporary queer Irish poetry. After making my … Continue reading
Irish filmmaker Bill Hughes’s poignant and very personal documentary on his DJ friend the late Vincent Hanley will probably move you to tears. Especially if you are a gay man of a certain age. Or Irish. Or both. Hanley was a celebrity DJ and TV presenter in the 1970s & 1980s in a very … Continue reading
Our thanks to Irelands GCN (just celebrating its 33rd year as Ireland’s National LGBTQ+ press) for making us aware of this cute short queer film from writer/director Orla Keaveney . Set in the Covid 19 Lockdown, ‘Hiding Places’ is about the how tough it can be when you are still not out to … Continue reading
Rialto, the sophomore feature film from Scottish filmmaker Philip Mackie Burns was written by queer Irish playwright Mark O’Halloran who adapted from his own award-winning stage play ‘Trade’. Incidentally O’Halloran also wrote the script of the stunning film Viva which in 2015 was Ireland’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Film at the Academy … Continue reading
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