Latest / PRIDE Daily / Why Krystal Queer’s climbing Ireland’s tallest mountain in full drag
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- 1:14Speaker 2: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, a lesbian milestone
- 1:20Speaker 2: in Serbia. First, though, Drag queen Crystal Queer is going
- 1:25Speaker 2: to climb Ireland's tallest mountain, dressed in all her finery.
- 1:31Speaker 2: She's going up Carentool in County Kerry at the end
- 1:33Speaker 2: of next month. It's a climb of more than 3,400 feet,
- 1:37Speaker 2: taking in the steep and rocky terrain of the Devil's Ladder,
- 1:41Speaker 2: and trying to scramble up that gully in heels won't
- 1:44Speaker 2: be easy. Crystal's raising money for this charity.
- 1:47Speaker 4: Gaza Gabra is a humanitarian organisation providing emergency aid to
- 1:51Speaker 4: the displaced families on the Gaza Strip. So things such
- 1:54Speaker 4: as tents, food, clothing, hygiene kits, water.
- 1:57Speaker 2: Previously, Crystal's done a 10k run in full drag for Gaza.
- 2:01Speaker 2: There's a link to her fundraiser in the show notes.
- 2:04Speaker 2: Pride Daily. Going to need your full attention for this
- 2:07Speaker 2: next one. A transgender man in Japan is pushing for
- 2:12Speaker 2: legal recognition as the father of the child he conceived.
- 2:16Speaker 2: This guy had his eggs retrieved while he was still
- 2:19Speaker 2: registered as female. One was implanted into his now wife
- 2:22Speaker 2: with donor sperm, and she had their baby about two
- 2:25Speaker 2: years ago. Problem is, Japan's family law is outdated, so
- 2:30Speaker 2: because he hadn't yet transitioned at the time of birth,
- 2:34Speaker 2: and it's not his sperm that fertilised the egg, He's
- 2:37Speaker 2: not legally seen as the father. The man who's in
- 2:40Speaker 2: his 40s has filed a lawsuit with Tokyo Family Court.
- 2:44Speaker 2: I hope that all made sense. And Serbia's got its
- 2:49Speaker 2: first lesbian president. Sort of. Anna Bernabic is covering the
- 2:55Speaker 2: role for the next month or so. It's fallen to
- 2:57Speaker 2: her as Speaker of the National Assembly after President Aleksandar
- 3:01Speaker 2: Vucic resigned. She was previously the first gay Prime Minister,
- 3:06Speaker 2: and that's the job he's now going for, just Prime Minister,
- 3:10Speaker 2: gay Prime Minister isn't a job, with elections due on
- 3:13Speaker 2: October 25th. If you tell your friends about Pride Daily,
- 3:18Speaker 2: they'll like you even more. Legit. That's your lot. I'll
- 3:23Speaker 2: see you tomorrow.