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Andrew O'Neill: Pharmacist Baffler: Episode 1

Andrew O'Neill Pharmacist Baffler

Episode 1

Andrew O'Neill: Pharmacist Baffler

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Comedian and transvestite Andrew O'Neill gives his thoughts on gender identity.

Comic and transvestite Andrew O'Neill, married and in a steam punk band, shares his thoughts on gender identity. From December 2014.

Comedian Andrew O'Neill is a transvestite or as he prefers to call himself, a "pharmacist baffler", or "correct toilet double-check instigator" or "patriarchal birthright rejecter". Andrew is also heterosexual, married and in a steam punk band. He confounds expectations and preconceptions.

In the first of two audience, stand-up shows using his own personal experience, he examines sexual and gender identity, what they are and how we get them.

From a transvestite's point of view, Andrew discusses gender identity and his own experiences growing up. His humorous take on these difficult and thought provoking issues delights the audience whilst occasionally shocking them.

Andrew is one of the most interesting and articulate voices on the circuit. He came out as a transvestite when he was 19, and now cross-dresses about half the time (the British Union Of Transvestites requires you to cross-dress at least 3 days out of the 7). He wears make-up and jewellery and has long hair. He's usually dressed in black, has lots of tattoos, plays in a steam punk band and has always been heterosexual. He's married and only ever fancies women. This makes him and Eddie Izzard the only out cross-dressing comics in the country. 

This series brings his (almost) unique perspective to ideas about gender and sexual identity, He looks at where you get your ideas about what your gender is, and what it should look like, how your sexuality is defined and how other people's sexuality continues to fascinate us and not necessarily in a good way.

Written and performed by Andrew O' Neill with Stephen Carlin.

Producer; Alison Vernon-Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2014.

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Two-part series of stand-up shows presented by comedian Andrew O'Neill.

Two-part series of stand-up shows presented by comedian Andrew O'Neill, a transvestite or, as he prefers to call himself, a 'pharmacist baffler'.

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