FROM THE EDITOR

Getting older in the LGBT+ community is not all it’s cracked up to be

WE ASKED THE TEAM WHO IS YOUR OLDER HERO?

We’ve a focus on positive ageing in this issue, so

Water Cooler Chatter

When he appeared last month on Jarlath Regan’s An Irishman

Khan Do

Twirling into the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre to launch the

Worlds Collide

The Live Collision International Festival returns this month to shake

Stray Cat Strut

The Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival is rearing its funny,

GCN 30 Exhibition

As part of the ongoing celebrations of GCN’s 30th Birthday,

Hope of a Nation

With a still record-breaking seven wins under our belts, Ireland

Editor at Large

For all you bookworms out there, the Cork World Book

Town Hall Talks: At Swim Two Boys

This month, GCN returns to the Dublin International Literature Festival

QUEER VIEW MIRROR

A friend tells me she has been going out at

THE BOOK GUY

What’s keeping Stephen Boylan up at night this month?

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modern anthem 007 Charting The Songs We Love So Well

At the turn of the millenium, ater a decade of experimentation and mixed reactions, Kylie returned to the sunshine pop she did best with the stormer, ‘Spinning Around’. It was an instant hit that not only turned her career around, but sealed her status as a gay icon

The Verdict

Given Kylie Minogue’s penchant for high-camp costumes and reinvention, it’s

I don’t hate the people who were so homophobic and racist to me

Whatever you may think about music labels being open to queer artists nowadays, Parson James, out ‘n’ proud singer of the mega-Kygo hit, ‘Stole The Show’, was told to tone the gay down. Here he talks to Conor Behan about the homophobia and racism he experienced in his youth and in the industry, and how he’s the one in control now

Stage Left

From its early, determined beginning, inspired by Oscar Wilde and the weight of shame still carried post-decriminalisation, the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival is now heading into its 15th year as the largest event of its type in the world. Festival founder and artistic director Brian Merriman discusses where it began, where it’s been and what’s in store for this special anniversary edition with Peter Dunne

A New Group for a Changed Country

A new LGBT+ organisation has emerged ater the closer of GLEN last year, with aims to be a national support. Peter Dunne meets its key players. Photos by Babs Daly

path finders

A new exhibition by Paul Connell was inspired by a photograph he took of a lesbian couple in their 70s and 80s. It’s a celebration of the legacy passed on by ordinary lesbians and gay men, who lived their lives out of the closet in a very diferent Ireland to today

Trans Contradiction

In January hundreds of people took to the streets to protest a lack of adequate access to healthcare for trans people in Ireland. While nine new trans healthcare workers are currently being put into place, two of the leading Irish clinicians in the area say they will not be using the treatment model that the government, HSE and TENI recongise as best practice. Stephen McCabe reports on a contraction at the heart of trans healthcare in Ireland

What pushed me to begin the #ThisIsMe transgender healthcare campaign

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Everybody Sings at Bealtaine

May sees the return of the annual Bealtaine festival, a

GENEROUS GAYGLERS!

A big shout-out from all at GCN and our publishers,

INSIDE OUT

73 year-old Eddie Parsons is a facilitator with the Gold group for older gay and bisexual men, which meets every Wednesday at Outhouse. Ater leaving school he joined a monastery; then he married and had two sons. He sufered from depression before coming out, but has found happiness in later life. Photo by Babs Daly

With all the messages we’re given in queer culture, it’s hard not to dread getting older. To counteract it, we should embrace elder LGBTs as positive role models

They say that there are only two guarantees in life:

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