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Feb 11, 2014 · SUPPORTERS of Rory O'Neill, aka Panti Bliss, infiltrated the audience of a live RTE broadcast last night. Viewers saw several members of the audience wearing the t-shirts emblazoned with...
- Brian O'reilly
Dec 1, 2014 · Panti supporters show solidarity in the audience during Prime Time by wearing the I’m On Team Panti t-shirts. February 13th
You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape Team Panti.
- Early Life
- Career
- Comments About Homophobia on RTÉ
- Noble Call Speech
- Theatre
- Media
- Awards
O'Neill, the son of a veterinary surgeon, grew up in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, and went to art college in Dún Laoghaire. Although raised a Roman Catholic, O'Neill is an atheist. O'Neill talked to Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin about having been diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1995 on the RTÉ Radio 1 series Aoibhinn and Company.
Panti is considered to be Ireland's foremost drag queen. From 1996 to 2012, Panti was the hostess of the annual Alternative Miss Irelandpageant. Panti regularly hosts the annual Dublin Pridecelebrations, which take place in the month of June every year. For a number of years Panti hosted a weekly karaoke show, The Casting Couch, at The Front Lounge...
On 11 January 2014, O'Neill appeared on RTÉ's The Saturday Night Show with Brendan O'Connor where they discussed homophobiaand O'Neill alleged that some individuals involved in Irish journalism were homophobic. This became known as "Pantigate". Those mentioned threatened RTÉ and O'Neill with legal action. RTÉ subsequently removed that section of th...
On 1 February 2014, O'Neill (as Panti) gave a Noble Call speech at the Abbey Theatre in response to the events surrounding the RTÉ controversy, which garnered over 200,000 views in two days. As of December 2018[update] the video has nearly 1 million views. The speech was described as "the most eloquent Irish speech" in almost 200 years by Fintan O'...
2005 Spurt! Sister! Spurt!as Madame2007 In These Shoes?, Written and performed by Panti, at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival2007 All Dolled Up, Written and performed by Panti2009 A Woman In Progress, Written and performed by PantiFilm
1. 2015 The Queen of Ireland
Television
1. 1990 Nighthawksas "Seán The Transvestite Farmer" 2. 1998 The Maury Povich Show, as Panti (1 episode: "Turn My Daughter Back Into My Son") 3. 2008 The Clinicas Dusty Mulberry (1 episode) 4. 2008 Rawas Panti (1 episode) 5. 2014 The Mario Rosenstock Christmas Specialas Panti 6. 2014 The Saturday Night Show
Radio
1. 2011 Ireland's Karaoke Klassics, 2FM, Co-presenter as Panti with Arveene 2. 2014 Sunday Breakfast With Dee Reddy, Phantom FMas guest contributor 3. 2016 Pantisocracy a RTÉ Radio 1four part interview series hosted by Panti
Winner of 'Business Person of the Year' – Gay and Lesbian Awards 2009Winner of 'Best Blog Post' – Irish Blog Awards 2010Attitude's Editor's Special Award - Attitude Magagzine Awards 2014Award for contribution to Irish society - People of the Year Awards 2014Sep 7, 2017 · In one scene Panti is seen being accompanied to an awards ceremony by all the other O’Neill sisters; and there are powerful interviews with his parents, who have been overwhelmingly supportive of him through coming out as gay, coming out as a drag queen, and coming out as HIV positive.
Nov 29, 1994 · To some, the racial trends among prime-time audiences are a natural result of a positive trend: the increasing number of network programs created by, for or about blacks.
Feb 17, 2014 · Ireland's most famous drag queen has raised over 10,000 for BeLong To LGBT Youth services with sales of the tongue-in-cheek 'Team Panti' tshirts.
