2009
October, Issue 238
All aboard! It’s the annual Youth Issue and this time around we have guest editors from youth groups in Dublin and Dundalk in the driving seats. So what’s on the minds of the national queer yoof?
Our youth group cover stars get a total drag make-over from queen diva, Veda Beaux Reves! Meet the newly christened Toni G.spot and Tina Tight Arse!
There are far too many negative messages around the gay community fighting for rights, says David Corr from Dundalk Outcomers Youth Group. Nowadays, if you're young and gay, the experience can be a very positive one.
There comes a time in every gay boy or girl's life when they walk into a gay bar for the first time. Aodhan Gregory meets some young people and talks to them about how becoming part of the scene affected their lives, for both good and bad.
How many Irish schools let young gay people bring same sex partners to their Debs? John Hearne has a thing or two to say about the lack of equality at the biggest social event on the school calendar.
Plus! Shirley meets TV make-over queen Sonya Lennon, our resident chefs cook up a winter treat, Julian Clary minces back to Dublin and we go mad for Mad Men fashion!