RTE's Stephen Byrne's fears on g out: 'I worried that I would be labelled as the gay prenter' |

Contents:

• GAY BYRNE DOCUMENTARY TO AIR AS RTE MAK APPEAL TO THOSE WHO WROTE TO LATE BROADSTER
• RTE'S STEPHEN BYRNE'S FEARS ON G OUT: 'I WORRIED THAT I WOULD BE LABELLED AS THE GAY PRENTER'
• IT STARTED ON THE LATE LATE SHOW: GAYBO'S MOST NTROVERSIAL MOMENTS
• HOLD THE MIC: HOW GAY BYRNE LED THE RAD WAV
• NEW GAY BYRNE DOCUMENTARY WANTS TO HEAR OM THOSE WHOSE LIFE HE TOUCHED
• A BAD WEEK FOR IRISH MEDIA - GAY BRYNE AND RTE
• GAY CANAL PRI AMSTERDAM 2024
• AMSTERDAM GAY PRI
• 'LIKE OLD TIM' -- LATE LATE SPECIAL LD AS THE PERFECT SEND OFF TO 'GAMECHANGER' GAY BYRNE

GAY BYRNE DOCUMENTARY TO AIR AS RTE MAK APPEAL TO THOSE WHO WROTE TO LATE BROADSTER

Born Rome to Sri Lankan parents, Wickremasghe was left homels after she told them she was gay. He has gone on to secure his dream job hostg a show on BBC 1 Rad and published a book tled I’m Gay!

RTE'S STEPHEN BYRNE'S FEARS ON G OUT: 'I WORRIED THAT I WOULD BE LABELLED AS THE GAY PRENTER'

On the show, the prenter told his guts, “I hope you do get gay marriage… I hope do e . V prenter Stephen Byrne prented the fascatg Realy Be seri Playg Straight, which shed a light on the everyday homophobia wh sports.

Durg the openg of the episo, he said, “Growg up football provid a never-endg backdrop of homophobia that jt drove me further to the closet. I ed to always ask why are there no gay players. © 2020 GCN (Gay Communy News).

IT STARTED ON THE LATE LATE SHOW: GAYBO'S MOST NTROVERSIAL MOMENTS

RTE has announced a new Gay Byrne documentary will air -- and the statn is lookg for those who wrote to the late broadster to get touch. Gay was famo for his unique nnectn wh the people and received tens of thoands of letters his 60 years of broadstg. Dear Gay aims to tell some of the many stori behd those letters and pture the bond between Gay and his viewers and listeners.

RTE is askg those who wrote to Gay over those six s to wre ; whether 's a movg, surprisg, or funny story to tell about why they were spired to wre or what effect their letter had. Speakg of the late TV star and of the documentary, RTE said: 'There are few public figur Ireland who have done more to shape morn Ireland than Gay Byrne.

HOLD THE MIC: HOW GAY BYRNE LED THE RAD WAV

Dear Gay aims to tell some of the many stori behd the those letters, and wh those letters tell the story of Gay and his viewers and listeners. 'A nservative man and lifelong Catholic, Gaybo was an unlikely revolutnary, but his work on rad and televisn over six s unvered jtic, challenged taboos and brought many hherto untold stori to the natn, often g ntroversy and always igng bate.

'Others, cludg Gay himself, claimed he simply ro those tis and brought chang that were happeng anyway to the public sphere. 'For many, that change happened at an dividual level, and RTE’s archiv are burstg wh box of letters om members of the public who wrote to Gay to tell their stori, to pla, to seek help, share rmatn and advice, or simply to publicise their ventn, band, bs or e.

'We know om RTÉ’s archiv that there were listeners the early days for whom the Gay Byrne Rad Show was almost like a muny noticeboard, where they sourced everythg om prams to snooker tabl; washg-mache parts to rare books.

NEW GAY BYRNE DOCUMENTARY WANTS TO HEAR OM THOSE WHOSE LIFE HE TOUCHED

'RTE’s archiv are burstg wh box of letters om members of the public who wrote to Gay to tell their stori, to pla, to seek help, share rmatn and advice, or simply to publicise their ventn, band, bs or e. 'People wrote letters to Gay sharg personal stori which they sometim uldn’t even tell their bt iends and fay members, which lifted the lid on subjects such as domtic abe, prsn, alholism, divorce, abortn, forced adoptns, homosexualy, cleril and stutnal abe and more.

'Dear Gay is a new documentary for RTÉ One which aims to tell some of the stori behd those letters.

A BAD WEEK FOR IRISH MEDIA - GAY BRYNE AND RTE

If you or know someone who wrote to Gay durg his time RTE and want to get volved, head over to the RTE webse or even send an old-fashned letter -- jt like Gay ed to receive.

If you or someone you know wrote to Gay durg his time RTE and want to get volved, log on to and fill the form.

GAY CANAL PRI AMSTERDAM 2024

Dear Gay. Sce Colette and Rois were rollg the tape for Gay Byrne, the Friday night chat show has been a talkg pot for the natn.

The Bishop of Clonfert Dr Thomas Ryan protted vigoroly after Gay Byrne asked a married man what lour the nightie was that his wife wore on honeymoon. Gay Byrne 1963 the stud.

AMSTERDAM GAY PRI

Gay Byrne ref to shake hands wh Gerry Adams. In 1994, after the liftg of a ban on Sn Fe speakg on the airwav, Gerry Adams was terviewed by Gay Byrne but the host refed to shake hands wh the Sn Fe print. Gay Byrne and Gerry Adams on RTE's Late Late Show on October 28, 1994.

Can't sg, n't dance, they'll go far, Gaybo joked.

What would Gaybo thk. Gaybo told Casey's former lover: 'If your son is half as good a man as is his father, he won't be dog too bad. Tommy Tiernan wh Gay Byrne.

'LIKE OLD TIM' -- LATE LATE SPECIAL LD AS THE PERFECT SEND OFF TO 'GAMECHANGER' GAY BYRNE

Gay Byrne lls a petn wner whose dghter had jt died. The natn was moved by the humany and Graham Norton ppots this as Gaybo's greatt hour.

Gay Byrne's empathy on the phonell me across on TV. Pat Kenny had jt weled the judg of You’re a Star to the stud when a member of the dience stormed up to him and shouted about Pat and former Late Late Show host Gay Byrne beg 'sufferable a***hol'. Sign up today for our ee To TopOUT is the leadg se for anythg gay entertament.

From havg openly gay powerhoe artists like Sam Smh and Adam Lambert on their vers, to alli like Lady Gaga and Joseph Gordon-Levt, OUT always brgs you the latt pop stars. A hand-wrten letter om a listener to the Gay Byrne Show plag about explic ntent on TV. The Gay Byrne Show was often ed by members of the public as a platform to highlight subjects of tert or ntroversy.