This month, as we get ready for a great GAZE festival,  it’s our annual film issue, featuring the cult arthouse director Bruce LaBruce on the cover, who tells us what its like to have critical acclaim after years of harsh criticism for his super-explicit gay movies. We pick the very best of the festival, and our man behind the cocktail bar, Oisin Davis creates a very special cinematic drink on our fabulous food pages. Brian Finnegan gets up close and personal with Nicky and Rod, the stars of Avenue Q who may, or may not, be gay. Jane Casey quizzes Sarah Bareilles about her gay civil rights anthem, Brave, and her commitment to LGBT rights, while Shirley Temple Bar asks ex-X Factor cutie, Lloyd Daniel’s an awkward question or two. We have complete guides to Pride celebrations in Carrick-on-Shannon, Sligo, Galway and Limerick, a word or two to say about this year’s March For Marriage, and we count down the five children’s characters who should definitely come out of the closet!