An exploration of the lives of men who are not straight, by @stphnmlny. Instagram: @mascdotlife.
Dublin, Ireland
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NEW: @BulelaniMfaco has always had an acute sense of the periphery. In a week which marks 20 years of #DirectProvision, he traces a search for freedom that has taken him from rural South Africa to the Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre. Read: bit.ly/3c9S9t3.
A new story has arrived on masc. On the eve of the first birthday of his drag alter ego, Viola Gayvis, @donnymz_ speaks about becoming only the second working queen in Ireland during a year of deepening anger and action against racism: bit.ly/3l2eqON.
NEW: "It’s possible to be a normal person – and to also be this other thing.”
Recently elected President of @UCDSU and @ActUpDublin volunteer, Conor Anderson recounts his negotiation of sexuality and sobriety, shame and stigma.
Read: bit.ly/2Za84Tr.
NEW: @BulelaniMfaco has always had an acute sense of the periphery. In a week which marks 20 years of #DirectProvision, he traces a search for freedom that has taken him from rural South Africa to the Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre. Read: bit.ly/3c9S9t3.
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NEW: @BulelaniMfaco has always had an acute sense of the periphery. In a week which marks 20 years of #DirectProvision, he traces a search for freedom that has taken him from rural South Africa to the Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre. Read: bit.ly/3c9S9t3.
Poverty in rural South Africa, persecution in Cape Town, and existing in a state of suspension under #DirectProvision in Ireland. Bulelani Mfaco traces the difference which has repeatedly positioned him on an edge and put him in pursuit of a centre. Read: bit.ly/2XGrUGZ.
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“Day sought counsel from a so-called conversion therapist, diagnosing demonic possession. ‘I remember him standing over me, shaking me. It was very theatrical,’ joking that the spectacle may have spawned the interest in performance he’d go on to pursue.” bit.ly/345lTVo
NEW: “I was brought up on a very American, dancing in the aisles and speaking in tongues evangelical Christianity.” Day Magee describes his negotiation of gender, sexuality, faith and family, and finding healing along the way: bit.ly/345lTVo.
“Knowing his truth and learning his own story has allowed a chink of light through a once impenetrable wall, transforming his relationships and friendships today – not least the one with himself.”
John Fleming on the power of letting trauma visit. More: bit.ly/2P813xo.
“There’s this innate desire in me to find my truth. It’s a compulsion."
A new story has arrived on masc. John Fleming describes his ongoing journey towards a place of greater self-love and authenticity.
Content warning: trauma and abuse.
Click: bit.ly/33QleWX.
“My baseline is love. I’m a love-giver. What I want to do with my art, my performance and my life is to cultivate more of a culture of positivity and healing and love, rather than tearing each other down to get a level up. Otherwise, you gain nothing.”
NEW: Wren Dennehy is an inter gender drag entity otherwise known as Avoca Reaction, queer performer and a creative producer. Here, they speak with masc about coming out, compassion, healing as a queer community and more. Click: bit.ly/2YvYWKD.
NEW: Wren Dennehy is an inter gender drag entity otherwise known as Avoca Reaction, queer performer and a creative producer. Here, they speak with masc about coming out, compassion, healing as a queer community and more. Click: bit.ly/2YvYWKD.
Congratulations, Sam! How exciting. Here’s a chat masc had with Sam [and Robert] on the intersection of queerness and veganism: masc.life/home/2018/7/23/rob….🌿
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“Some of the ways people are living on Cape Clear; they might never express themselves explicitly as being queer, or have the language to say that, but I view them as radically queer. Because of their relationships to the land, language, economy, body, community or children”.
NEW: Ruairí Ó Donnabháin is a choreographer, curator, producer and artist from Cork. As Gaeilge and in English, he talks exploring Irishness, queerness and the intersection of the two through dance; queering the Irish language and a queer sense of place: bit.ly/2xFrH8y.
NEW: Ruairí Ó Donnabháin is a choreographer, curator, producer and artist from Cork. As Gaeilge and in English, he talks exploring Irishness, queerness and the intersection of the two through dance; queering the Irish language and a queer sense of place: bit.ly/2xFrH8y.
Pradeep Mahadeshwar is a visual artist and designer, born in Mumbai and now living in Dublin. He describes growing up in India, the country’s relationship with queer sexuality - before and after colonisation, and his experience of inclusion in Ireland: bit.ly/2FUhedO.
"As a #trans person, you sometimes feel out of control of how your body looks. Tattoos put the control back into my hands.” Matt Kenneddy is a poet, activist and Ph.D candidate. Here, he takes masc on his journey, told by way of the art on his body: bit.ly/2XcmO68.
On #WorldRefugeeDay, a throwback to meeting one man who was brought to Ireland from Syria, who spoke anonymously of his experiences of both places, and his reconciliation of his sexuality and faith. Read: bit.ly/2y4w8Na.
“Grace reflects what I didn’t have, and what I wanted to create." Caio Fabro is a designer and one third of queer techno party @GraceClubDublin. He describes life in Brazil, negotiating Sao Paolo’s nightlife, and bringing that experience to Dublin: bit.ly/2KRhuh6.
On #IrishAIDSDay, consider the contemporary experience of people living with HIV in Ireland. Click: bit.ly/2IIWbLX.
