leadimage The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards have been announced and I have been left feeling a little flat. I always look forward to the nominations but I feel that this year the pickings are very slim indeed. There doesn't seem to be an out and out winner and I'm not convinced that many of these films will stand the test of time, as an Oscar winner should....

Movies | 8 Feb 2010 | 0

Out on the Town »

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It’s LGBT History Month at Tallaght Library February 2010 sees LGBT History Month being celebrated for the first time in Ireland, at Tallaght County Library. There will be talks on LGBT literature and history, a screening of Gus Van Sant's "Milk", and an ongoing exhibition curated by Tonie Walsh of the Irish Queer Archive....

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Should You Push Yourself? One of the films of the year so far is Precious. This is a tough film by any stretch of the imagination and I just can't do it. I can't sit for 90 minutes and be assaulted by the violence in an emotionally gut-wrenching story. I know I'm not alone, many will stay away for the same reason. But is that selfish? Is this the type of film people should see for the very reasons we will stay away - because we don't want to face the reality of abuse?...

The Small Screen »

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Getting Lippy You may have heard some mutterings on t'internet about Lip Service, a new telly show coming from the BBC in the Spring, which will follow the lives of some Scottish lesbians. Scottish lesbians are right up there with brown paper parcels tied up with string on my list of favourite things, so the excitement is mounting here in Gaelick towers....

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Rainbow Week It’s that time of the year again, when most colleges go gay during their Rainbow Weeks or days. They serve to raise the visibility of LGBT students on college campuses, and thereby help LGBT students know that they’re not the “only gay in the village”. This is especially true for the smaller colleges throughout the country, where some students can genuinely feel that they are alone....

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Lesbian Pulp Fiction’s Beebo Brinker Chronicles The first time you looked at the cover of one of Ann Bannon's books, you probably laughed, or groaned, or just put it back. On the cover of Ann Bannon's book, Odd Girl Out, the blurb reads, Suddenly they were alone on an island of forbidden desires. Right. Next?...

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GCN Forever GCN is in trouble. The latest edition tells us just how much financial difficulty the publication is in. I know that GCN has been criticised for various reasons, but I think that GCN is too important to fail. It's part of Irish LGBT history. What are your memories and experiences of GCN?...

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“Queer” Movies One of my favourite things to do is to settle down to see a good movie. It can be an old classic or a new adventure but whatever it is I always enjoy the ride. So when it comes to LGBTQ films, I am in heaven. There has been a great improvement in "queer" film over the last decade or so, here is a list of some of the films that have moved me over the years....

Alfies

Awaiting the arrival of our friends, I decided to go margarita mad and was pleasantly surprised; this was as good

Bel Cibo

My partner and I dropped in on a freezing Friday evening, as we were in no mood to cook after

Dada

Rainy evenings in Dublin don't inspire you to drag yourself off the sofa and head to a restaurant.
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Once in a while a genius comes up with any idea and you think, "why didn't anyone think of that

Ristorante Romano

Ristorante Romano is nestled close to Panti's breast, just a couple of doors up from Panti Bar so if you're