Ireland goes Canadian
/Adventures in The Patriarchy™: Irish Zoo Drag
The Dublin Zoo recently recruited a drag queen, which probably should have been depicted in the ad behind a display case in one of the exhibits rather than as the star of the ad campaign, to promote its Mother’s Day event.
Before and after
— Paul Treyvaud (@PaulTreyvaud) March 8, 2026
Don’t for a second think that social media pressure doesn’t work. Why do you think they want us off it
The face painting picture on the Dublin zoo website has now been changed. Just zoom in on the first one to see why
This entire campaign was nothing more… pic.twitter.com/86emlSGWIO
Apparently, the Zoo isn’t worried that its support for these odd people will upset Ireland’s new majority Muslims; we can only hope for the penguins’ sake that they’re right.