World Wide Wave

24 Jan 2017

Ireland: Accidental Activist Panti Bliss

Europe

Broadcast – 24 January 2017

It’s the land of leprechauns, potatoes and Guinness. But last year, the pot at the end of the Irish rainbow was same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in the world to popularly vote in favour of marriage equality.

• How did a speech by a drag queen that went viral create friends and enemies?
• When that drag queen went back to the town he grew up in, how did the locals react?
• What can Australia learn from Ireland’s marriage equality experience?

Bringing some glamour to the world of LGBTI activism, we are joined by a very special guest in Rory O’Neill – better known as Panti Bliss – an international drag superstar from Ireland and a leading voice in Ireland’s recent marriage equality win.

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