{{Short description|Irish drag queen and gay rights campaigner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Rory O'Neill | image = File:Panti Bliss (20922291612).jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = O'Neill as Panti in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|11|16}}<ref name="RSVP_profile"/> | birth_place = [[Ballinrobe]], [[County Mayo]], Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | occupation = [[Drag queen]], [[activist]], [[pub]]lican and [[businessperson]] | website = {{Official website|pantibar.com}} }} '''Rory O'Neill''' (born 16 November 1968),<ref name="RSVP_profile">{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Michelle |date=2018-11-24 |title=Panti Bliss is just as gorgeous as a man |url=https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/who-panti-bliss-rory-oneill-13640574 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=RSVP Live |language=en}}</ref> also known by his [[stage name]]s '''Panti''', '''Panti Bliss''' and '''Pandora Panti Bliss''',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gorman |first1=Sophie |title=The high queen of Ireland: Rory O'Neill aka Panti Bliss |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/the-high-queen-of-ireland-rory-oneill-aka-panti-bliss-30773368.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201155103/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/the-high-queen-of-ireland-rory-oneill-aka-panti-bliss-30773368.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-12-01 |website=Irish Independent |publisher=INM |access-date=20 March 2017 }}</ref> is a [[drag queen]] and [[gay rights]] activist from [[Ballinrobe]], [[County Mayo]], Ireland.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/comic-norton-shows-support-for-panti-in-rte-payout-row-29976200.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140204232228/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/comic-norton-shows-support-for-panti-in-rte-payout-row-29976200.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2014 |date=4 February 2014 |title=Comic Norton shows support for Panti in RTE payout row |first=Brian |last=Byrne |newspaper=The Irish Independent |access-date=6 April 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=19 November 2007|url=http://www.thedubliner.ie/the_dubliner_magazine/2007/11/welcome-to-the-.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318193249/http://www.thedubliner.ie/the_dubliner_magazine/2007/11/welcome-to-the-.html|archive-date = 18 March 2009|title=Welcome to the Gaybourhood|work=The Dubliner|access-date=5 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="indo-Sept8" />
==Early life== O'Neill, the son of a [[Veterinarian|veterinary surgeon]], grew up in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, and went to art college in [[Dún Laoghaire]].<ref name="it-una" /> Although raised a Catholic, O'Neill is an atheist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10282040/|title=Watch The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne on RTÉ Player|website=[[RTÉ.ie]]|publisher=|access-date=2014-05-12|archive-date=2014-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518194642/http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10282040/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/aoibhinn-and-company/podcasts/|title=Aoibhinn and Company Wednesday 8 January 2014 - Aoibhinn and Company - RTÉ Radio 1|website=Aoibhinn and Company|access-date=25 July 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062353/http://www.rte.ie/radio1/aoibhinn-and-company/podcasts/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career== O'Neill (under his stage name ''Panti'') is considered to be Ireland's foremost drag queen.<ref name="it-una">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/poplife/2013/07/15/panti-unstitched/|title=Panti Unstitched|date=15 July 2013|author=Una Mullally|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=26 January 2014|archive-date=16 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116210300/http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/poplife/2013/07/15/panti-unstitched/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="irishcentral-Jan19" /> ''Panti'' is short for 'Pandora Panti Bliss'.<ref name="it-una" /> O'Neill's first drag performance was in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/panti/photos/a.655209091156009/2390852284258339/?type=3&theater|author=Rory O'Neill|title=My first ever drag performance, 1989|website=[[Facebook]]|date=22 April 2019|access-date=23 April 2019|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205221614/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpanti%2Fphotos%2Fa.655209091156009%2F2390852284258339%2F%3Ftype%3D3%26theater|url-status=live}}</ref> He danced on stage in [[Japan]] with [[Cyndi Lauper]] during her 1994 Twelve Deadly Cyns Tour.<ref name="it-una" />
O'Neill (in his ''Panti'' guise) regularly hosts the annual [[Dublin Pride]] celebrations, which take place in June every year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dublinpride.ie|title=Dublin Pride: Ireland's Biggest LGBTQ Pride Parade|website=Dublin LGBTQ Pride|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-01|archive-date=2016-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210163452/http://dublinpride.ie/|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1996 to 2012, he hosted the annual [[Alternative Miss Ireland]] pageant.<ref name="cancelled">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/1015/1224305819763.html|title = 'Gay Christmas' is cancelled. So long, Alternative Miss Ireland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015231920/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/1015/1224305819763.html|archive-date=15 October 2011|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
For a number of years, O'Neill (as Panti) hosted a weekly karaoke show, ''The Casting Couch'', at The Front Lounge pub, Dublin. He occasionally appears as Panti at [[Shirley Temple Bar]]'s weekly drag queen Bingo show in the Dublin gay bar [[The George, Dublin|The George]]. [[File:PANTIBAR ON CAPEL STREET -A PUB OWNED BY PANTI BLISS--148688 (46952044511).jpg|thumb|Pantibar on Capel Street, Dublin]] On 30 November 2007, he opened the self-titled 'Pantibar' at 7 [[Capel Street]], Dublin.<ref name="indo-Sept8">{{cite web|date=6 September 2009 |author=Barry Egan |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/glamour-queen-is-not-amused-1879486.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804000727/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/glamour-queen-is-not-amused-1879486.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 August 2012 |title=Glamour queen is not amused |work=Irish Independent |access-date=5 September 2010 }}</ref> Later, he took over the nearby Pennylane cocktail bar in 2020 at 2 Great Strand Street. In 2023, he took part in the [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish series 6)|sixth series]] of [[Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV Series)|Dancing with the Stars]], partnered with Ukrainian dancer [[Denys Samson]]. He finished the competition in 6th place on 5 March. In 2024 O'Neill was the Grand Marshall of the London St Patrick's Day Parade.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Niamh |title=Panti Bliss announced as Grand Marshall for London's St. Patrick's Parade |url=https://www.hotpress.com/opinion/panti-bliss-announced-as-grand-marshall-for-londons-st-patricks-parade-23010352 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Hotpress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kilraine |first=John |date=2024-03-17 |title=Over 50,000 attend London St Patrick's Day parade |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0317/1438458-st-patricks-parade-uk/ |journal=RTÉ Online |language=en}}</ref>
===Incidents=== ====Comments about homophobia on RTÉ ("Pantigate")==== {{see also|Same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland|Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland}} On 11 January 2014, O'Neill appeared on [[RTÉ]]'s ''[[The Saturday Night Show]]'' with [[Brendan O'Connor (media personality)|Brendan O'Connor]], where he and O'Connor discussed [[homophobia]], and O'Neill alleged that some specific people involved in Irish journalism were homophobic. This became known as "Pantigate".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pantigate-row-rumbles-on-as-journalist-takes-extended-leave-30033801.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140223204349/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pantigate-row-rumbles-on-as-journalist-takes-extended-leave-30033801.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2014 |title='Pantigate' row rumbles on as journalist takes extended leave |first=Niahm |last=Horan |date=23 February 2014 |newspaper=Irish Independent }}</ref>
Those mentioned threatened RTÉ and O'Neill with legal action.<ref name="irishcentral-Jan19">{{cite web|title=Columnist John Waters in a Panti twist over anti-gay claims|author=Cahir O'Doherty|date=19 January 2014|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/cahirodoherty/Columnist-John-Waters-in-a-Panti-twist-over-anti-gay-claims.html|access-date=1 February 2014|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202115851/http://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/cahirodoherty/Columnist-John-Waters-in-a-Panti-twist-over-anti-gay-claims.html|url-status=live}}</ref> RTÉ subsequently removed that section of the interview from their online archive.<ref>{{cite web|title=RTE cuts part of show after legal complaint from Waters|author=Brian Byrne|date=16 January 2014|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-cuts-part-of-show-after-legal-complaint-from-waters-29921034.html|work=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=1 February 2014|archive-date=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117072200/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-cuts-part-of-show-after-legal-complaint-from-waters-29921034.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 25 January episode of the Saturday Night Show, O'Connor issued a public apology on behalf of RTÉ to those mentioned by O'Neill in the interview held two weeks previously.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=TheJournal.ie|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/rte-saturday-night-show-panti-comments-1283699-Jan2014|title=RTÉ apologises for 'distress' caused by Saturday Night Show guest's comments|date=26 January 2014|access-date=26 January 2014|archive-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127125510/http://www.thejournal.ie/rte-saturday-night-show-panti-comments-1283699-Jan2014/|url-status=live}}</ref> RTÉ paid €85,000 to those named by O'Neill.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-paid-out-85000-in-homophobe-row-29971734.html|title=RTÉ paid out €85,000 in 'homophobe' row|work=Irish Independent|date=2 February 2014|access-date=2 February 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203104009/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-paid-out-85000-in-homophobe-row-29971734.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The payouts were later discussed by members of [[Oireachtas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/panti-bliss-controversy-rasies-major-questions-about-rtes-role-in-public-discourse-1289256-Jan2014/|newspaper=TheJournal.ie|title=Column: Panti Bliss controversy raises major questions about RTE's role in public discourse|first=Catherine|last=Murphy|date=20 January 2014|access-date=30 January 2014|archive-date=31 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131071756/http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/panti-bliss-controversy-rasies-major-questions-about-rtes-role-in-public-discourse-1289256-Jan2014/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://claredaly.ie/rtes-censorship-and-double-standards-condones-prejudice/|date=20 January 2014|author=Clare Daly|title=RTE's Censorship and Double Standards Condones Prejudice|access-date=31 January 2014|archive-date=1 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101164034/http://claredaly.ie/rtes-censorship-and-double-standards-condones-prejudice/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The incident was also discussed in the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getVod.do?mode=unit&language=EN&vodId=1391456569218|title=Sitting of 2014-02-03|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=[[European Parliament]]|access-date=|archive-date=2014-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304031302/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getVod.do?mode=unit&language=EN&vodId=1391456569218|url-status=live}}</ref> with Irish MEP [[Paul Murphy (Irish politician)|Paul Murphy]], calling the payout "a real attack on the freedom of speech" and stating "When John Waters says that gay marriage is 'a kind of satire', that is homophobia. When Breda O’Brien says 'equality must take second place to the common good', that is homophobia. When the [[Iona Institute]] campaign against gay marriage because it is gay marriage, that is homophobia."<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name="LynchFeb2014">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/meps-call-on-eu-to-implement-road-map-to-combat-homophobia-1.1679690|title=MEPs call on EU to implement road map to combat homophobia - Social Affairs & News from Ireland & Abroad|last=Suzanne Lynch|date=5 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206031846/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/meps-call-on-eu-to-implement-road-map-to-combat-homophobia-1.1679690|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/david-norris-paul-murphy-homophobia-1299707-Feb2014/|newspaper=TheJournal.ie|title=David Norris and Paul Murphy raise homophobia in Irish and EU parliaments|date=4 February 2014|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153345/http://www.thejournal.ie/david-norris-paul-murphy-homophobia-1299707-Feb2014/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/world-news/2014/02/05/watch-irish-lawmakers-call-out-rampant-homophobia|publisher=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|title=WATCH: Irish Lawmakers Call Out 'Rampant Homophobia'|first=Sunnivie|last=Brydum|date=5 February 2014|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-date=9 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209021956/http://www.advocate.com/news/world-news/2014/02/05/watch-irish-lawmakers-call-out-rampant-homophobia|url-status=live}}</ref> RTÉ's head of television defended the €85,000 payout stating that it saved RTÉ "an absolute multiple" in the long term.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/taoiseach-dismisses-call-to-make-rt%C3%A9-answerable-to-the-d%C3%A1il-1.1680214|newspaper=The Irish Times|title=Taoiseach dismisses call to make RTÉ answerable to the Dáil|date=5 February 2014|access-date=5 February 2014|archive-date=23 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223030444/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/taoiseach-dismisses-call-to-make-rt%C3%A9-answerable-to-the-d%C3%A1il-1.1680214|url-status=live}}</ref>
====Noble Call Speech==== 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,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/irish-drag-queens-moving-talk-homophobia|title=Irish drag queen gives impassioned speech on gay rights|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=30 November 2016|first=Nick|last=Ramsey|date=2 February 2014|archive-date=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419054156/http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/irish-drag-queens-moving-talk-homophobia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/panti-noble-oppression_n_4717909.html|publisher=Huffington Post|title=Panti Bliss, Irish Drag Queen, Gives Impassioned Speech About Homophobia|first=James|last=Nichols|date=3 February 2014|access-date=30 November 2016|archive-date=1 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101165114/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/panti-noble-oppression_n_4717909.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which garnered over 200,000 views in two days.<ref name="Dan Buckley">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/analysis/maybe-we-are-not-as-tolerant-as-we-think-257766.html|title=Maybe we are not as tolerant as we think|last=Buckley|first=Dan|date=6 February 2014|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060358/http://www.irishexaminer.com/analysis/maybe-we-are-not-as-tolerant-as-we-think-257766.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2018|December}} the video has nearly 1 million views.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXayhUzWnl0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/WXayhUzWnl0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Panti's Noble Call at the Abbey Theatre - WITH SUBTITLES|website=[[YouTube]] |date=2 February 2014|access-date=30 November 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The speech was described as "the most eloquent Irish speech" in almost 200 years by [[Fintan O'Toole]]<ref name="HuffPoMcGuire">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/peter-mcguire/homophobia-ireland_b_4745967.html|title=What Makes a Homophobe? Ireland's Debate Goes Global|last=Peter McGuire|date=11 Feb 2014|work=[[Huffington Post]]|access-date=9 March 2014|archive-date=9 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309174823/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/peter-mcguire/homophobia-ireland_b_4745967.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and garnered the support of [[Dan Savage]]<ref name="HuffPoMcGuire"/><ref name="Savage">{{cite web|url=http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/02/05/stupid-irish-homophobes-and-their-big-homophobic-fail|title=Stupid Irish Homophobes and Their Big Homophobic Fail|last=Savage|first=Dan|publisher=The Stranger|access-date=9 March 2014|archive-date=9 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309174403/http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/02/05/stupid-irish-homophobes-and-their-big-homophobic-fail|url-status=live}}</ref> [[RuPaul]],<ref name="team panti 2"/> [[Graham Norton]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Madonna]], and others.<ref name="Joyce Fegan">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/panti-madge-is-on-your-side-29992782.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140310100126/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/panti-madge-is-on-your-side-29992782.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2014 |title=Panti, Madge is on your side |last=Fegan |first=Joyce |date=10 February 2014 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=9 March 2014 }}</ref> T-shirts with "I'm on Team Panti" have been sold as a fundraiser for BeLonG To Youth Services,<ref name="Team Panti">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/team-panti-supporters-infiltrate-prime-time-audience-30000711.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140310100032/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/team-panti-supporters-infiltrate-prime-time-audience-30000711.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2014 |title='Team Panti' supporters infiltrate Prime Time audience |last=Brian O'Reilly |date=12 February 2014 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=9 March 2014 }}</ref> raising over €10,000.<ref name="team panti 2">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/ThreeTrending/blog/team-panti-tshirts-sales-raise-10000-for-lgbt-youth-services-30016267.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140310100045/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/ThreeTrending/blog/team-panti-tshirts-sales-raise-10000-for-lgbt-youth-services-30016267.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2014 |title='Team Panti' tshirts sales raise €10,000 for LGBT youth services - Independent.ie |last=Clare Cullen |date=17 February 2014 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=9 March 2014 }}</ref> In March 2014, English electronic pop duo [[Pet Shop Boys]] released the speech, backed with their music, as "Oppressive (The Best Gay Possible)", they<!-- refers to the Pet Shop Boys, not O'Neill --> followed up with a "slow mix" of the track, and accompanying video with a "montage of homophobia-related clips".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.towleroad.com/2014/03/psbslow.html|title=Pet Shop Boys Release 'Slow Mix' and Video of Panti Bliss Dance Track|date=14 March 2014|publisher=[[Towleroad]]|access-date=18 March 2014|archive-date=16 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316175807/http://www.towleroad.com/2014/03/psbslow.html|url-status=live}}</ref> O'Neill later donated the dress he wore at the Noble Call to the [[National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History|National Museum of Ireland]], where it was put on display about LGBTI+ history in Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Panti Bliss' Noble Call speech dress|url=https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Collection/Resilience/Artefact/Panti-Bliss%E2%80%99-Noble-Call-speech-dress/80ce1200-dd17-41b2-a0aa-e21b12e898e8|access-date=2020-06-24|website=National Museum of Ireland|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626125753/https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Collection/Resilience/Artefact/Panti-Bliss%E2%80%99-Noble-Call-speech-dress/80ce1200-dd17-41b2-a0aa-e21b12e898e8|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Works== ===Theatre=== * 2005 ''Spurt! Sister! Spurt!'' as Madame<ref>[http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/home/fringeArchive05.html "Irish Theatre Magazine"] retrieved 6 March 2009 {{dead link|date=November 2016}}</ref> * 2007 ''In These Shoes?'', Written and performed by Rory O'Neill as Panti, at the [[Dublin Gay Theatre Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070512182003/http://www.gaytheatre.ie/html/2007_in_these_shoes.html|archive-date=12 May 2007|access-date=30 November 2016|url=http://www.gaytheatre.ie/html/2007_in_these_shoes.html|title=Dublin Gay Theatre Festival 2006 - May 7th to 20th 2007|publisher=[[Dublin Gay Theatre Festival]]}}</ref> * 2007 ''All Dolled Up'', Written and performed by Rory O'Neill as Panti<ref>[http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/home/fringeRevLinks.htm "Irish Theatre Magazine"] Retrieved 17 October 2007 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031002407/http://irishtheatremagazine.ie/home/fringeRevLinks.htm |date=2007-10-31 }}</ref> * 2009 ''A Woman In Progress'', Written and performed by Rory O'Neill as Panti<ref>[http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Dublin-Theatre/The-Blue-Dragon.aspx "Irish Theatre Magazine"] Retrieved 27 September 2009 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009085059/http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Dublin-Theatre/The-Blue-Dragon.aspx |date=2009-10-09 }}</ref><ref>'A Woman in Progress' in Fintan Walsh, ed., Queer Notions: New Plays and Performances from Ireland (Cork: Cork University Press, 2009).</ref> * 2014 ''High Heels in Low Places'', Written and performed by Rory O'Neill as Panti.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.ie/show-Comedy/Wexford-Spiegeltent/Panti-High-Heels-In-Low-Places/Comedy-2723759.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101205851/http://entertainment.ie/show-Comedy/Wexford-Spiegeltent/Panti-High-Heels-In-Low-Places/Comedy-2723759.htm|archive-date=1 November 2014|title=Panti - High Heels In Low Places}}</ref> * 2022 ''If These Wigs Could Talk'', Written and performed by Rory O'Neill as Panti.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Rourke |first=Chris |date=2022-11-18 |title=Haunted/If These Wigs Could Talk |url=https://www.theartsreview.com/single-post/haunted-if-these-wigs-could-talk |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=theartsreview |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Logan |first=Brian |date=2023-05-31 |title=Panti Bliss review – forceful account of a remarkable life |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/may/31/panti-bliss-review-soho-theatre-london |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
===Media=== ====Film==== * 2015 ''[[The Queen of Ireland (film)|The Queen of Ireland]]''
====Television==== * 1990 ''Nighthawks'' as "Seán The Transvestite Farmer"<ref>{{cite episode|date=9 October 1990|series=Nighthawks|station=RTÉ|url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1862-before-fame/814844-panti-the-transvestitve-famer/|title=Seán The Transvestite Farmer|access-date=20 September 2016|archive-date=8 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908165010/http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1862-before-fame/814844-panti-the-transvestitve-famer/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1998: ''[[The Maury Povich Show]]'', as Panti (1 episode: "Turn My Daughter Back Into My Son") * 2008: ''[[The Clinic (TV series)|The Clinic]]'' as Dusty Mulberry (1 episode) * 2008: ''[[Raw (TV series)|Raw]]'' as Panti (1 episode) * 2014: ''[[The Mario Rosenstock Show|The Mario Rosenstock Christmas Special]]'' as Panti * 2014: ''[[The Saturday Night Show]]'' * 2022: ''[[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022|The Late Late Eurosong Special]]'' as Panti (televote spokesperson)<ref>{{cite tweet |user=RTELateLateShow |number=1489750225849835524 |author=[[The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)|The Late Late Show]] |date=4 February 2022 |title="I'm buzzin'!" This moment when @Brooke_Scullion was crowned as our #LateLate Eurosong winner 🥳 C'mon @Eurovision 2022! 🇮🇪😍 }}</ref> * 2022: ''[[Bad Sisters]]'', as Ms Sandy Mounts (1 episode) * 2022–2024: ''[[Wreck (TV series)|Wreck]]'', as Brian/Gloria Hole (6 episodes) * 2023: ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Irish TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-01 |website=[[RTÉ TEN]] |title=The first four contestants for DWTS have been revealed |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2022/1201/1339282-the-first-four-contestants-for-dwts-have-been-revealed/ |language=en}}</ref>
====Radio==== * 2011: ''Ireland's Karaoke Klassics'', 2FM, Co-presenter as Panti with Arveene * 2014: ''Sunday Breakfast With Dee Reddy'', [[Phantom FM]] as guest contributor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunday Breakfast with Dee Reddy |url=http://www.phantom.ie/shows/190.191.196.332/1402/1/Sunday_Breakfast_with_Dee_Reddy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203192342/http://www.phantom.ie/shows/190.191.196.332/1402/1/Sunday_Breakfast_with_Dee_Reddy |archive-date=3 February 2014 |website=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> * 2016: ''Pantisocracy'' a [[RTÉ Radio 1]] four part interview series hosted by Panti<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/pantisocracy/|title=Pantisocracy - RTÉ Radio 1|website=Pantisocracy|access-date=2016-08-31|archive-date=2017-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916085833/http://www.rte.ie/radio1/pantisocracy/|url-status=live}}</ref>
====Music==== * 2014: "Oppression" by Out!rage Featuring Panti Bliss released in aid of [[BeLonG To]] * 2014: "The Best Gay Possible - Oppressive Dance Mix" by [[Pet Shop Boys]] incorporates Panti's speech at the Abbey Theatre<ref name="team panti 2"/>
===Book=== *''Woman in the Making: A memoir'', Rory O'Neill, 2014, Hachette Books Ireland.<ref>{{Cite book |isbn = 978-1444798562|title = Woman in the Making|last1 = O'Neill|first1 = Rory|year = 2014| publisher=Hachette Books Ireland }}</ref>
==Coverage and recognition== ===Documentary=== O'Neill and his alter ego Panti are the subject of a documentary about his early life, the events surrounding [[Panti#Comments about homophobia on RTÉ|comments O'Neill made about homophobia]] and Panti's role during Ireland's successful campaign for marriage equality. Filmed over a number of years, the documentary was directed by [[Conor Horgan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 October 2015 |title=See Panti, The Queen of Ireland's first live interview! |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/technology/arid-20358023.html |website=Irish Examiner |access-date=18 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195852/https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/technology/arid-20358023.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Queen of Ireland (film)|The Queen of Ireland]]'' premiered on 21 October 2015, followed by its planned nationwide release in Ireland from 23 October 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/1002/731993-queen-of-ireland/|title=Queen of Ireland premiere goes nationwide|website=RTÉ|date=2 October 2015|publisher=|access-date=14 October 2015|archive-date=24 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124055850/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/1002/731993-queen-of-ireland/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Awards=== * Winner of 'Business Person of the Year' – Gay and Lesbian Awards 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://galas.ie/?page_id=198|title=thegalas|website=thegalas|access-date=2014-01-31|archive-date=2017-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226050208/http://galas.ie/?page_id=198|url-status=live}}</ref> * Winner of 'Best Blog Post' – Irish Blog Awards 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogawardsireland.com|title=Blog Awards Ireland|website=www.blogawardsireland.com|access-date=2021-09-23|archive-date=2017-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915123459/http://blogawardsireland.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Attitude's Editor's Special Award - Attitude Magazine Awards 2014<ref>{{Cite web |title=Panti Bliss collects Editor's Special Award from Matthew Todd |url=http://attitude.co.uk/panti-bliss-collects-editors-special-award-from-matthew-todd/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226045827/http://attitude.co.uk/panti-bliss-collects-editors-special-award-from-matthew-todd/ |archive-date=2017-02-26 |website=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> * Award for contribution to Irish society - People of the Year Awards 2014<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/panti-bliss-garda-whistleblowers-named-among-people-of-the-year-1.2028917|title=Panti Bliss, Garda whistleblowers named People of the Year|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |publisher=|access-date=2014-12-07|archive-date=2014-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208062432/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/panti-bliss-garda-whistleblowers-named-among-people-of-the-year-1.2028917|url-status=live}}</ref> * Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Public Discourse - Presented by the College Historical Society of Trinity College Dublin in 2014<ref>https://www. https://trinitynews.ie/2014/03/back-out-of-my-life-panti-is-honoured-by-trinity-societies/</ref> * Equality Award - Presented by European Law Students Association of Trinity College Dublin in 2014 <ref>https://www. https://trinitynews.ie/2014/03/back-out-of-my-life-panti-is-honoured-by-trinity-societies/</ref>* James Joyce Award - Presented by Literary and Historical society of University College Dublin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universityobserver.ie/news/rory-oneill-receives-james-joyce-award/|title=Rory O'Neill Receives James Joyce Award|publisher=|access-date=2015-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611104427/http://www.universityobserver.ie/news/rory-oneill-receives-james-joyce-award/|archive-date=2017-06-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Trinity College Dublin, Honorary Degree – O'Neill was awarded with an honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin in 2015 for his contribution to LGBT rights and marriage equality<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/tcd-confers-honours-on-mcverry-norris-and-panti-bliss-1.2446578/|title=TCD confers honours on McVerry, Norris and Panti Bliss|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |publisher=|access-date=2015-11-28|archive-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630180723/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/tcd-confers-honours-on-mcverry-norris-and-panti-bliss-1.2446578|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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