The news broke yesterday that Marvel comic book writer Stan Lee has died aged 95, and the internet has been celebrating the legend’s life and legacy since. The queer community, in particular, were quick to comment on the importance of some of Stan Lee’s characters in their lives. And it makes sense that characters who start off […]

This housing crisis is happening because of the irresponsible and ignorant actions that this country’s government has taken over the last 10 years since the end of the Celtic tiger. This is a crisis of massive proportion where everyone is affected no matter your political ideals, religious beliefs, sexuality or identity. Young LGBT+ people trapped […]

This weekend saw the re-election of Michael D. Higgins as President of Ireland. The presidential campaign saw the politics of hate and division used to attack members of the travelling community and those on social welfare. I remember the old adage ‘sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me’. This […]

I’m sitting in work on a Friday, listening to Sia’s ‘Elastic Heart‘ (a tad dramatic, I know), my own heart thudding in my chest as I re-read my girlfriend’s Whatsapp texts. Without breaking her confidence, following a tense night between us, she’s begun to voice a number of concerns about our relationship. Naturally, when someone […]

Tomorrow, Ireland will hit the polling stations for the second time this year to potentially make a second change to the constitution. This time, on the issue of blasphemy. Although blasphemy was written into the constitution during the creation of the State, it was not defined until 2009 in a bid to make it near […]

Growing up gay in Ireland was very difficult for many generations of people. Before the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993, myself and many others were labelled as criminals for simply being ourselves. Many were forced to hide their sexuality, referred to as ‘the love that could not be spoken of’. For that reason, I am […]

Lynn Rafferty is back on our screens, at the helm in ‘Taken Down’, a new crime drama set in Dublin by the makers of ‘Love/Hate’. Lynn leads the investigation team as Inspector Jen Rooney as they investigate the violent death of a young Nigerian migrant found abandoned close to a Direct Provision Centre. Speaking on […]

Last week, drag performer Walter Latimer aka Florida Man went viral as she slayed Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman as the fabulously spooky Lady Voldemort. We caught up with the internet sensation to discuss her new-found internet fame and more! If you could sum up your drag in one sentence, what would it be? Florida Man is […]

South Yorkshire-raised poet Andrew McMillan’s debut collection Physical was the first ever poetry collection to win The Guardian First Book Award. The collection also won the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, a Somerset Maugham Award, an Eric Gregory Award, a Northern Writers’ award and saw him shortlisted as Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. […]

“Afterwards, it much easier to convict gay men for sexual crimes and this change in the law was what led to Oscar Wilde’s conviction in 1895.”