Rory O'Neill

Rory O'Neill, also known by his stage name as Panti or Panti Bliss and Pandora Panti Bliss[1] is a drag queen and gay rights activist from Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland. O'Neill, the son of a veterinary surgeon, grew up in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, and went to art college in Dún Laoghaire. [5] Although raised a Roman Catholic, O'Neill is an atheist. [6] 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.