EP.31 - RORY O'NEILL A.K.A PANTI BLISS

Adam talks to Irish drag artist and gay rights campaigner Rory O’Neill (aka Panti Bliss) about growing up gay in 1970s Ireland, escaping to Tokyo, the practical challenges of life with HIV and how a TV chat show appearance caused a media storm with some historic consequences! For links to Panti’s speech at the Abbey Theatre and Jaco Pastorius bits, visit adam-buxton.co.uk Thanks to Seamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Music and jingles by Adam Buxton

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.