The Queen of Ireland

Panti Bliss is many things part glamorous aunt part Jessica Rabbit shes a wittily incisive performer with charisma to burn who is regarded as one of the best drag queens in the business Created by Rory ONeill Panti is also an accidental activist and in her own words a court jester whose duty is to say the unsayable Over the last few years Rory has become a figurehead for LGBT rights in Ireland and since the recent scandal around Pantigate his fight for equality and against homophobia has been recognised all around the world