Queeriosity

LGBT Ireland (@LGBTIreland_ie)CEO Paula Fagan is here to talk about how we can inspire people to use their vote, the importance of taking this opportunity to ask candidates about the issues that matter to us, and about their Come Out And Vote voter mobilisation campaign ahead of the upcoming Local and European Parliamentary elections

Shame-slaying, hip-swaying, Christian Music Billboard-charting drag artist Flamy Grant (@flamygrant) is here to talk about reconciling faith and queerness, facing down the anti-LGBTQI+ American far right and we get a listen to their brand new single 'S.P.R.K.L.' 

And we are off to Clonmel for our Pride Season Spotlight with Alan Fogarty from the Clonmel pride (@clonmelpride) committee telling us all what we can expect from the festival which runs from Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th June.

Padraig is off on his holidays so Cian Sullivan from Sissy That Pod (@sissythatpod) joins us to get into the Pope's slip of the tongue, a gorgeous Make Up For Lost Time (@makeup4losttime) event and some of the week's other big queer news stories in our rainbow round up, plus music from Billie Eilish and Nelly Furtado.

Catch us from 12 on @dublincityfm and streaming straight away after!

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Singer songwriter NIYL (@niylmusic) joins us to tell us about how his upbringing as a queer person in rural Ireland inspired him to write his upcoming debut album ‘Parish is Burning' which you can stream NOW!

Comedians Emily Bradley (@emily_bradley_comedy) creator of Queer Note, a queer cabaret and co-host of @datenight and Felix O'Connor @oximoronic28 of @hysteriaireland tell us all about their upcoming shows and the importance of creating a secure space for performers and audiences.

We are taking you up north on this weeks Pride Season Spotlight as we are joined by Jen McCarron who will keep us in the loop about all the happenings at this years Inishowen Pride Festival (@inishowenpride)

PLUS It’s been a great week for the community this week and we have all the tea in our Rainbow Round Up!

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Something Kinda Ooh! For everyone on this week’s Queeriosity!

🎙️ Podcasters Kevin2mey and Pj.Kirby of I'm Grand Mam join us to discuss navigating the success of their podcast while maintaining their close friendship 👯‍♂️

Tickets for their summer tour are almost gone but the last few can be a snapped up on ticketmaster or by clicking here.

📊 With the publication of both, a study by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Map Index this week, Padraig Rice will break down the findings to help us better understand what they mean for LGBTQI people in Ireland 🇮🇪 

🌈 A week on since Switzerland took the crown, the fallout from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is far from over. From boycott to disqualifications, we run through of a timeline of some of the events which made Eurovision 2024 one that won’t be forgotten anytime soon and we discuss the artists who bravely used the platform for good and got the world talking, none more so than our very own @bambiethug 

🏳️‍🌈 We are taking you all the way to Wexford for this week’s Pride Season Spotlight! Rían Browne O’Neill, Public Relations Officer for Wexford Pride will tell us all about their 5th and biggest pride celebration yet on May 25th! 🍓 

If you would like to reach out to Pádraig or James their social media handles are @Padraig_WMC and @Jameso_Hagen or email [email protected].

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Matt Kennedy, Policy and Research Manager with @belongtoyouthservices joins us to chat about the key findings of the Being LGBTQI+ in Ireland research study which they jointly produced with TCD.

Meri Hernandez or @irelandsfavouritegay drops in to chat about coming out, being unapologetically herself … and how her car got taken over by bees 🐝-

With Pride season kicking off, we’re chatting Amy & Collette from @prideofthedeise about what you can expect from their week long Pride festival taking place from May 27th to June 2nd 

An in our Rainbow Roundup we’re chatting the New York Portal, Dannii Minogue and can you be culturally queer?

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On this week's show, Simon Chambers joins us to speak about his experience of caring for his Uncle David and David’s exceptional outlook on end of life. Simon also tells us about his new documentary film Much Ado About Dying which tells his story and celebrates David’s life.

Benedict Landsbert Noon (@benenoon) and Amy Kidd (@amykidd_) are with us to tell us about @anseo_anois’ production of The Pride as part of this year’s International Dublin @gaytheatre festival.

And Dáire Dempsey (@gay_spar) from TENI (@tenipics) highlights the resources and services the network provides to the community.

We’re chinwagging as per in our Rainbow Round Up and GUSHING over Kylie Minogue ahead of her big day out at this year's Electric Picnic

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Darcey (@thedarcymichael) & jer (@jer2baer ) join us to talk about life as a queer comedy couple and their No Refunds tour coming to the @thehelixvenue in Dublin on September 16th!

Ciarán Gaffney (@_gaff__ ), the man behind the wildly popular storytelling events @seanchoiche joins us to chat about the joy of sharing a story among a room full of strangers.

The demented minds behind @doomslayerspod, and three of Dublins best-loved performers Annie Queeries (@anniequeeries ), Donna Fella (@donna_fella ) and Laylah Beattie (@laybeattie ) join us to talk about turning their friendship into a podcast and and how to survive the doom and gloom of our dystopian present

And as usual, our Rainbow Round Up will catch you up on some of the week’s biggest queer news stories!

If you would like to reach out to Pádraig or James their social media handles are @Padraig_WMC and @Jameso_Hagen or email [email protected].

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It's giving ART this week on Queeriosity!

After being postponed last November, the Queer Spectrum Film Festival takes place from April 27th. To tell us all about it we are joined once again by organiser Pradeep Mahadeshawar and film maker Salvador Alejandro Gutierrez.

21 years after its inception, Dublin's Gay Theatre Festival continues to go from strength to strength. Ahead of this years edition, founder Brian Merriman chats to us about how important the festival is to the community, how pieces are selected to appear in the line-up and what to expect when the festival kicks off on the 6th of May.

We are chatting about a children's book inspired by Mariah Carey in our Rainbow Round Up and James tells us the wonderful story of Michaél MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards in this week's Reeling In The Queers!

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We are joined once again by the inspirational Jenny Maguire, co-organiser of Trans and Intersex Pride to chat about what she has planned when she takes to office in June following her successful election as President of Trinity College's Student Union.

Graham Kelly, secretary of The Emerald Warriors, Dublin's LGBTQ+ inclusive rugby club is in studio to chat about the club and how you can become involved as well as their iconic fundraiser, Queen of The Warriors taking place in The George on the 7th of April.

James takes us back to the year that Alexandra Burke welcomed Beyoncé to The X Factor stage in Reeling In The Queers and we chat about Caitlyn Jenner's misinformation around Trans Day of Visibility, boycotting Eurovision and Canadian artist's open letter standing up to proposed anti-trans legislation in our Rainbow Round Up.

Oh, how we have fun!

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With Pádraig on holiday, @dilwickremasinghe joins James for this week's Rainbow Roundup.

Actor Rodrigo Ternevoy (@rodrigoternevoy) joins us to chat about his role in Netflix’s Lindsay Lohan ode to Oirishness and instant camp classic Irish Wish.

Sarah Monaghan (@sarahmon10) project manager for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre’s @weconsentirl programme chats about a new study into attitudes towards consent and the impact their progamme has had over its first year in operation.

And with another successful Bear Feile under their belt, Tom and Mick from @dublinbearsevents pop by to talk to us about the Bear Scene here in Dublin and around the world!

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