politics
Sen JERRY BUTTIMER , the Leader of The IRISH SENATE on celebrating Carnival but still keeping an eye on LGBTQ rights.
You never know who’ll you will bump into in Provincetown during Carnival Week. Today it was Senator Jerry Buttimer the Leader of The Irish Senate, and one of 5 LGBTQ Members of Parliament, who was at the Carnival Opening Ceremony at the Pilgrim Monument. Afterwards he took a few moments out to film this…
Trans Pride & putting the T first
The recent debacle at London Pride when a small group of transphobic cisgender women somehow managed to hijack the front of the march, highlighted the need for our community t0 be doing more for our brothers and sisters. These particular protesters were shouting about how trans women aren’t women and are apparently “raping” lesbians ensuring that…
What if you were disowned for being gay?
When Josh came out as gay to his Jehovah Witness family and told them about his boyfriend, they asked him to leave home and then totally disowned him. He was one of the lucky ones who managed to replace his biological family with a new ‘logical‘ one who befriended him on London’s gay scene. His story at least had…
An Audience with The Queen of Ireland
Until 4 years ago the very existence of Panto Bliss aka Rory O’Neill was a well-kept secret within the confines of Dublin’s LGBT community. That is until the night of his Noble Call in the city’s Abbey Theater. The ‘Call’ is an old Irish custom borrowed from musicians, who after a night of playing, leave the…
