mensThis was written for Hot Press 19th September 2009. Before the reality of a successful long-term loving relationship between two men hit the headlines in the saddest way possible, when Stephen Gately died.
In the push for equality, as epitomized by the campaign for civil marriage for lesbian and gay people, I have been unequivocal [...]
In trying to find an older gay person for my little documentary, I realised how difficult it was to find older gay people to tell their stories. Luckily for me, however, I found Tony, who is a gem in the film. But he only agreed to take part six days before the shoot!
Along the [...]
The following is a press release about a new film, The Truth about Kathmandu, by Paddy Bushe
The accusation that Cathal Ó Searcaigh is an exploitative sex-tourist is a lie. This is the conclusion drawn at the end of a twenty-minute film, The Truth about Kathmandu, which will be shown as part of Féile na Gréine: [...]
In any other country,
peacock men get off
on being admired
swaggering, jiving, preening, enjoying
the attention, showing off
their gear, their shades, “they’re in”;
Wicked threads, man, like your style
Strutting down the street, all bling and shimmying
Lookin’ good, man!
Lookin’ gooooood.
Street corners: theatres, boulevards of chic,
hanging around, impressing the chicks, slagging each
other, slagging the chicks,
impressing each other
but why is it [...]
Cathal Ó Searcaigh’s first extended English-language interview, since the scandal generated by the film Fairytale of Kathmandu broke a year ago, has hit the stands today in the current issue of Hot Press. You can read a statement about it here.
If you are a subscriber to Hot Press’s website, you can read the full interview [...]
Cathal Ó Searcaigh was invited to appear on the Late Late Show tonight. However, this morning they appeared to get cold feet about allowing him to speak live, and, perhaps under legal pressure from Vinegar Hill, the production company behind the controversial film Fairytale of Kathmandu, informed him that they would only proceed if his interview was [...]
Did you hear about the man with AIDS, who then got leukemia? You’d think it would be curtains for him. The end of the road, the final twist of the knife, death coming a’knocking. Enough torment already, thanks very much, the trials of Job are nothing compared to the final straw on that spancelled camel’s [...]
The recent Irish Times/Behaviour Attitudes Men Today poll* makes for interesting reading. 30% of us are single, it appears, about half a million of us. 12% of us who are married or in long-term relationships have admitted to having had extra-curricular affairs, (nearly one in five of those under 25) and I imagine that the [...]
I’ve been scraping the bottom of the pop culture barrel recently. All in the name of journalistic research, you understand. Television is fascinating precisely because it’s so popular, there is no better representation of general human preoccupations: this is who we are. And yet, my fascination is also a sort of macabre masochistic experiment: how [...]
Interesting
