Hi Spunout my name's Blathnaid and I'm from north co. Dublin and I'm here to talk to you about
matters of transvestitism
I'm from a place called (insert name here) in north Co. Dublin
It's really kind of rural and quiet.
I suppose I grew up kind of normal.
It's not really an urge to cross-dress for me, it's more kind of a... I don't know.
I think some gay people have this thing where subconciously they want
attention because they've been oppressed for so many years.
Some of them have a very artistic side and a performance orientated site
And the two kind of just combine and in the gay scene drag queens
are very idolized and every five minutes "Oh you're great, you're brilliant" blah blah blah
I think subconsciously that's why people do it.
How did you first feel when you dressed in women's clothes?
I thought it was deadly!
This'll be brilliant. I'll be fantastic I get up on stage and everyone will be looking at me.
It's just a bit of fun
And how did you first get into being a drag artist?
I saw (name here) one night and I thought "Wow I want to do that!"
So I just set about doing it myself.
And how did you go about doing that?
Bought the makeup, the clothes, the hair.
The "hair." Asked a few people if I could do shows and just kind of
fell about from there. Then Panti had a competition for her performing assisstant and I entered that.
That's how I managed to get into the show myself and I just kind of stumbled from there.
Can you tell me a bit about your first performance?
Oh god, I think that was when I was about sixteen..
I go to a youth group called the Belong To youth project and they have
parties every now and then for underage people. They call them Bops.
And I think that was my first performance.
How did you feel?
I thought I was brilliant! But looking back on pictures I'm like "God I can't believe I walked out like that!"
Were you ever worried about what others thought of you?
Not really. I don't worry about what other people think of me
just sometimes if I'm walking down the street and I have
the red nails on and I'd be walking along and be subconsciously thinking
"I'd better hide these." So I just sort of clench my hands into a fist so no one would see them.
It's not really that I care what anyone thinks, it's just that I don't want any trouble.
I just kinda go around my own business.
My dad's a typical dad, he doesn't really talk about it, but my mam she has no problems with it.
Well, she has problems, but she just doesn't really voice them.
And if somebody wanted to become a drag artist, what advice would you give them?
If you just kinda talk to some drag queens maybe
see how they find it, see if they can give you any tips or any advice.
Or even the internet as well, YouTube.
I watched a lot of YouTube videos. That's how I learned to do my makeup.
You can find all these tutorials for makeup and I watched them doing it and taught myself.
Have you had any kind of one amazing experience that you'd like to share?
I don't think there's just one amazing experience I think every week is a
different thing. Every week is amazing itself.
I love just looking in the mirror and thinking "What am I going to do this week? What will I wear?
What am I going to do with my face? My eyes?" and like I'm very lucky as well that I have a
weekly gig and I'm only 18 and some people have been this doing for five years, and
not a lot to their name.
Finally, do you have any one bit of advice you'd give to anyone watching?
Go for it, but don't go for it with a chip in your shoulder
because there's quite a lot of people have gone for it with a chip on the shoulder and they're not around.
and if they are still around, they're not very liked. So be confident, just don't be over-confident.
Bye Spunout!