10:30 am today

An accidental activist: Panti Bliss

From Saturday Morning, 10:30 am today
Rory O'Neill on the left hand side, next to a photo of his drag persona Panti Bliss on stage.

Photo: Ruth Medjber

Irish drag queen Rory O'Neill aka Panti Bliss was pivotal in Ireland becoming the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by referendum in 2015.

Panti's impassioned speech on homophobia catapulted them into the international spotlight and inspired the critically acclaimed documentary The Queen of Ireland.

Rory's memoir Woman in the Making was a bestseller, and Panti was one half of Ireland's first same-sex couples on Dancing with the Stars in 2023.

Panti's bringing her heels to Auckland with her latest show If These Wigs Could Talk.

 

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