BURN BABY BURN


A mother in the US is getting a whole lot of heat for taking her 5 year old daughter tanning on sunbeds. And yes, before you ask, people actually still do that. This lady clearly does it waaaay too much. Anyone who thinks that Read more

TEA DANCE


Join me on Sunday afternoon for something different: The Emerald Warriors have their annual Tea Dance in The George from 3pm. There's a Cake bake-off - which is delicious fun! - as well as Make & Do and a Céilí. Veda, Davina and Avryll Read more

Winner Takes It All


Congratulations to Marconi, who came to Bingo last night for the craic and took home our rolling jackpot prize of €1500! Marconi is from Brazil - isn't everybody these days? - and he's a regular at the show so if you didn't get a Read more

Bingo: 15 April 2012


Wanna get your hands on my tidy little booty? Well, get yer ass down to Bingo in The George on Sunday where you could win my massive snowball that is now worth €1500. You could also go home with a rather fine looking man-dog-pig-woman, Read more

Easter Parade


Thanks y'all for coming to the show last night. We had a really good time. Of course, the snowball wasn't won - it is worth €1500 on Sunday! - but we gave away a lot more than that in pride. Egg. Read more

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Gay Agenda

Thank You for The Days

posted on 9 December, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Gay Agenda | Leave a comment

This could turn out to be hilarious, romantic or very dangerous…

Every year, Alternative Miss Ireland produces a “full colour, beautifully designed, collectable commemorative Calendar for the year ahead…. This year, AMI is selling off every single day in the 13-Month AMI Calendar, 18 March 2011 – 31 March 2012.

You get up to a total of 280 characters per day, and you can say whatever you want to say. It could be a birthday message, a memory of a love lost, a message to Taylor Lautner, a secret code, or a tranny rant.

Twice as long as a Tweet, but lasts so much longer. Once a date is sold, it will be gone forever. You can even buy a whole week, or spread yourself throughout the year and buy a day per month – so many ways to spread your love (or whatever it is that you are spreading). Don’t miss out on this once-in-a-tranny-lifetime opportunity!

At €20 per day, all proceeds from selling messages on this year’s calendar go directly to HIV/AIDS organisations so it’s all for a very good cause. Go HERE to book your date..

IT GOT BETTER?

posted on 5 December, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Gay Agenda | Leave a comment

At the weekend, a video by a young kid called Jonah who was struggling with being bullied at school went viral. Even Lady Gaga was tweeting about it. Well, another video has surfaced of a much happier kid* explaining that the first video was made 4 months ago and that he is now in a much better place. He brags that “Everyone at school likes me now” while a spooky-eyed girl-friend nods her encouragement. He also mocks the commentators that called him “gay”, saying that it was pretty obvious. Strangely, the idea that he might be in a more confident (if not even cocky) place has sent some people crazy with indignation. Admittedly, he might not have expressed himself as poetically as he did when he tearfully held cards up to the camera revealing his pain but I can’t help thinking how ironic it is that people are hating on him because he seems not to be suicidal anymore.

It seems that the Internet only likes gay kids when they are vulnerable and suicidal.

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What’s goin on

posted on 4 December, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Gay Agenda | 1 Comment

This video of a young boy describing being bullied at school is heart-wrenching: “IM NOT GOING TO KILL MYSELF. I JUST NEED TO GET THIS OUT HERE. ” Read more

Ask Shirley

posted on 1 December, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Gay Agenda | Leave a comment

In my regular online Ask Shirley column for the GCN website, I offer advice. Not necessarily good advice. I am a busy person. This week, I help you lie to your parents, reject a civil partnership proposal and win friends and/or influence people!

Homo Eroticus

posted on 28 November, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Gay Agenda | 2 Comments

Ireland’s rugby team for the gays*, the Emerald Warriors have kicked off their annual fundraising drive to keep them in oddly shaped balls and gear**. The boys came to my show last to launch their calendar for 2012. It’s a slick calendar, with more airbrushing than a Panti poster*** The photos – which these are not! -  are a cross between a Dieux de Stade calendar and images from a Jean Paul Gaultier ad campaign. It comes over all Pierre et Gilles – as, indeed, do I… Regularly. Read more

THIS MADE ME CRY

posted on 26 November, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Gay Agenda | Leave a comment

Mainly because I’m hormonal. And I am a sap. But this made me cry. It’s a beautiful, short from Australian marriage equality group Get Up! It’s called It’s Time. And it is, isn’t it? End marriage discrimination now. Or something.

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