2009
May 2009, Issue 233
Headlining the Absolut Dublin Gay Theatre Festival this year, BASH’d is a hip-hopera about the effects of queerbashing on a star-crossed relationship. Ciara McGrattan talks to its creator, Nathan Cucklow about musical showstoppers and Shakespeare.
As the Cork Women's Fun Weekend reaches the grand old age of 25, Nicola Depuis talks to its many organisers over the years about a phenomenon that just keeps on giving.
In the light of the current financial climate, plans announced by the organisers of Dublin Pride to move the post-parade party to the grounds of the Irish Museum of Modern Art have been put on hold. Amy O'Keefe and Daithí Naughton talk to Brian Finnegan about what's happening instead.
When Eloise McInerney first came out, she wasn't very comfortable with the 'lesbian' label. Now that she's come to her own personal acceptance of the L Word, she went out and asked other dykes how they feel about it. She got a pretty mixed response.
As this year's Eurovision in Moscow pits Pride against a homophobic system, Shane Heneghan charts the queer history of the Song Contest and questions why it's become so important to gay Europe.
Plus, Ciara McGrattan meets the man behind Youtube sensation, 'Faggoty Attention', we explore Germany's alternative gay capital, Cologne and our grooming editor, Declan Marr has a close shave.
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