upped sticks and moved might have gone to the uk or wherever they went went to a country that was more liberal with its attitudes or where the community was larger so you could feel that security. and then, of course, ireland has progressed so much. # gonna get married. ireland was the first country to legalise gay marriage in 2015 through a referendum. all cheer. covid aside, cork has vibrant pride celebrations and now, danny la rue s grandnephew has established a leading collective of drag performers the house of mockie ah! we are ireland s first drag house and we are now the biggest house other ones are springing up and there s this incredible scene where, like, you see all of these different styles of drag and performers which we didn t have before, and a lot of that comes down to the fact that we now have social media and things like ru paul s drag race, which bring drag into your home.
both to the challenges of the pandemic and to changes in irish society as a whole. we are ireland s first drag house, and now you see all these different styles of drag and performers that we did not have before. to rediscover a modern ireland, looking forward to a world beyond covid. i m going to be travelling from the capital city of dublin through cork and onto ireland s most south westerly point at mizen head. i have actually only been to ireland once or twice before, and that was quite a while ago, so i m looking forward seeing how it s changing. of course covid has changed the country in many ways, at least in the short term. ireland s cautious approach to covid
I m living my best life : Receptionist Anthony transforms into glittering drag queen Celeste Drag came out of nowhere and jumped me. It wasn t something I ever intended to do
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