Panti Bliss: ‘I Don’t Care if Companies Pull Out of Pride Parades. I Am More Concerned for the Queer People Who Work in Those Companies’

Panti Bliss: ‘I don’t care if companies pull out of Pride parades. I am more concerned for the queer people who work in those companies’

Rory O’Neill, also known as Panti Bliss, is a drag queen and LGBTQ+ activist from Ballinrobe, Co Mayo. He owns Pantibar in Dublin city centre, and has been vocal about the conversation around HIV since receiving a diagnosis at 27. He lives in Co Dublin with his cat.

Top London school adds Panti Bliss memoir to curriculum

Panti Bliss’s memoir is now being used to teach upper-class children about homosexuality. The 2014 book by Ireland’s most renowned drag queen, titled Woman In The Making – Panti’s Memoir, has been added to curriculum of the €35,000-a-year Alleyn’s school in Dulwich, south London. The school is the alma mater of several famous people including Irish polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, movie star Jude Law, author PG Wodehouse and interior designer L…