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Margaret Court is a grotsky beyotch

The only way some people can get attention these days is by being a ‘see you next Tuesday’. Look at Katie Hopkins or the Westboro Bastard Church, or follow my career more closely. Well, you can add Margaret Court to that list too.

You’re probably waaaaay too young to remember Margaret, an Aussie tennis champion from back when tennis rackets were made from wood and dinosaur bone. Nowadays Marge serves up anti-gay insults. She campaigned against same-sex marriage – # ‘Australian Abomination’ – and she’s recently revealed that there are “too many lesbians” in tennis. The neck on her! Then again, she would say that. Before LGBT players like the incredible Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova came along, Margaret used to win all her matches.

Leo Varadkar should never have chislers

Yay for the Gay Taoiseach! But I’ve never forgiven Leo Varadkar for saying he didn’t believe that two gay men should be allowed to adopt children. Of course, he didn’t say which two gay men, but the two gay men he thinks of most are obviously himself and his fella. #justsayin

Dustin and Tom have skanky taste

Sure, aren’t Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black great role models for the gay community, smashing stereotypes like nobody’s business. One has won an Oscar for drama, while the other is a world champion at posing about in Speedos. Now they’ve released photos of their new home, smashing the stereotype that gay men have flawless taste. It’s meant to be a Team GB themed pad, complete with Union Jack bedspreads and cushions. Sorry lads, it looks more like the interior of a Jack Wills store.

James Corden is a fugly murderer

I get it, James Corden! You think you’re funny, endearing and gas craic altogether. And you think you can sing just about anything. Showing offyour immeasurable talents is clearly the whole point of the irritating Carpool Karaoke videos that are all over my Facebook timeline like a rash. Listen James, the only reason people are watching is because we’re all horror movies fans who are convinced that, under the pressure of having to pretend to enjoy hearing you murder their hits, some celebrity is going to crack and hack you to death with a window wiper.

Ah here, Kathy Griffin, what were ya thinkin’?

What was Kathy Griffin thinking, posing for a photo with Donald Trump’s decapitated head? I know I should be a tad more supportive to her, as we are both underrated redheads with voices that could charm sea lions out of the zoo, but this is not the first time Kathy has shown a serious lack of ginger judgement. About ten years ago, she filmed part of her Emmy-winning TV series MyLife on the D-List at my show in The George and when the thing went on air, guess whose interview they decided to subtitle? Yes. MINE! So, subtitle this Kathy: Guess who’s back on the D-List now, beyotch?

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FROM THE EDITOR
We couldn’t have made this brand new GCN without your feedback and suggestions
WE ASKED THE GCN TEAM:
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THE BOOK GUY
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The Power of Pop
Since the dawn of pop music, teenagers have been empowered in their journeys towards self-acceptance at the concerts of their idols, says Conor Behan. That’s why the bombing at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, which celebrated same-sex love, was all the more cruel
Mykki, So Fine
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Immediately after the Pulse massacre last June in which 49 people were shot dead in a gay nightclub, a group of LGBT+ activists, veteran and edgling, came together to try and do something about the atrocious gun laws in America. One year on, post the election of Donald Trump, Gays Against Guns are ghting with all their might against a cycle of death. Brian Finnegan attends a meeting
Queers are the victims of hate crimes in rising numbers, as America experiences a backlash against marriage equality and trans visiblity
In the hours after the massacre at Pulse in Orlando
From Russia with Hate
In 2013, Russia enacted a vindictive “gay propaganda law” which demonised and imperilled its queer citizens. Now in an ironic twist, Vladmir Putin faces a potential schism with one of his most ardent supporters, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, over allegations of a campaign of violence against the Russian republic’s gay men
While gay men are being tortured in Chechnya, Putin is using queers as pawns in his cold war against the West
To understand the cultural cold war, you must understand Putin’s
PEOPLE POWER
“We didn’t know we’d be forming a chapter of ACT UP when a small group of us began meeting in Dublin last summer,” says Andrew Leavitt, as a new wave of HIV activism in Ireland is taking its inspiration from the erce examples set 30 years ago
Pick of De Pride
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A Word From The Chair of Pride
I would like to invite you all to join us
A word from the Pride Grand Marshal
I am deeply honoured to lead this year’s Pride parade
Our Queer Irish History
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STREET LIFE
TRUST THE GAYS TO KNOW THE BEST PLACES TO EAT!
An observer could reasonably mistake Pride for a business promotion festival
In the 34 years since a small group of queer
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This savvy new campaign by regular GCN photographer Hazel Coonagh, not only promotes solidarity with people living with HIV, it seeks to educate too. With rates of infection still rising in Ireland, we think it’s spot-on
Joni on The Late Late
In 1980, 26 year-old Joni Crone, became the irst Irish lesbian to go on The Late Late Show and talk about her life. Half way through that iconic interview, she started getting pissed of, she tells Brian Finnegan
Joni’s bravery is highlighted further, given the negative reaction to her appearance on the Late Late Show
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clothes always fit ya, life is a pop of the cherry
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
When lauded Irish writer PP Hartnett told us he doesn’t want to be “the usual safe fag who isn’t going to gamble” in order to get his books on the shelves, we decided we wanted to hear more. Celebrated for his 1996 queer novel, Call Me, he’s since rejected the mainstream to create his own publishing company, collaborated with gay serial killer Dennis Nilsen, and formed a band called Child Rape Photos. As his latest collection of poetry, or what he calls “thought grenades”, is published, he tells Gavin Whelan it’s all in the service of wanting to tell the truth about the ip side
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INSIDE OUT
Grainne Healy was one of the founding members of Marriage Equality in 2006. Almost a decade of tireless work later, Ireland voted overwhelmingly for equality in the marriage referendum. Now, as a book about the movement and a movie are being released, and Marriage Equality is closing down, Healy says she won’t feel adrit. Photo by Paul McCarthy
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