2009
April 2009, Issue 232
It was a surprise all round when Ireland's entry into the Mr Gay World competition took the title in February, not least to the man himself. But now that he's got the crown, Max Krzyzanowski, knows exactly what he's going to do with it, as he tells Brian Finnegan.
The year GCN was first published, an Irish priest who just happened to be championing gay rights in America was indicted on five charges of child abuse. During the trial, the accused Father Bernard Lynch discovered that with the help of the FBI, the Archdiocese of New York had concocted the suit. 21 years later, Fr Lynch talks to Richard Fitzpatrick about the personal toll the case and the betrayal of the Catholic Church took and how he built his life up again.
A new report on the mental health of the Irish LGBT community finds that although young people in particular face major difficulties, there is a strong resilience in gay people that helps them grow beyond the bigotry. Ciara McGrattan reports.
Ten years ago a little Channel 4 drama set out to realistically depict queer life in Manchester and in doing so changed the face of gay on television forever. Declan Cashin salutes Queer as Folk, the mother and father of all current lesbian and gay film and television representations.
Plus, we meet the director of great gay comedy, 3-day weekend, photographer, Martina Malone talks about her new book documenting the past two years of gay activism in Ireland and much, much more.
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