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IS EUROVISN A GAY EVENT? LGBT PERFORMANC THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NTT

Gtaph, notre représentant belge à l’Eurovisn, portera nos ulrs lors la sen mi-fale, le 11 mai procha, à Liverpool. Et le Boy Gee flamand, terprète “Bee of You”, rêve déjà fale le 13 mai. “Je suis gay, je suis un queer artiste et j’ai toujours rêvé d’être une star.” * eurovision chanteur gay *

Gtaph - BelgiumGtaph (right) and his hban RoenGtaph is reprentg Belgium this year wh 'Bee of You' and the artist has been openly gay for some time.

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L'engouement s LGBT (lbienn, gays, bi et trans) pour le nurs ropéen la chanson ne date pas la victoire Concha Wurst. Depuis s décenni, l valrs porté par l'Eurovisn… * eurovision chanteur gay *

His real name is Stefan Coers and was prevly known as Steffen before settlg on Gtaph as his stage told Eurovisnworld about beg openly gay the mic scene: "When I started off as Steffen, I was very young.

I am a gay man and I have been out sce I was only 14. I did feel sort of a prsure om the rerdg dtry to keep my sexualy as myster, like don't really tell them you're gay but don't ny eher, that was nfg for me.

LGBTQ+ fans have affectnately likened Eurovisn to other major events, wh scriptns such as “Gay Christmas”, “the Gay World Cup” and “the Gay Olympics”.

The Eurovisn Song Contt is for everyone, whether "gay, straight or between". LGBT visibily the ntt clus both LGBT them the petg acts and performers themselv. * eurovision chanteur gay *

Many have related LGBTQ+ (particularly gay male) admiratn for Eurovisn s “mp” nature and reliance on excs. In San Sontag’s semal piece Not on Camp, she scrib mp as more than jt the effemacy of gay men – is a sensibily that reprents the “love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeratn”.

IS EUROVISN A GAY EVENT? LGBT PERFORMANC THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NTT

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Camp n reprent the sense of subcultural muny through the “gayg” of straight culture.

The Eurovisn mtee have planned a number of events, such as Queerovisn, an onle event showsg the bt of Liverpool’s Queer ge, as well as a number of gay club events and after parti. Last year, a rerd five acts the grandfFal nsisted fully or part of out queer performers — cludg wners Månk om Italy, wh bisexual member Victoria De Angelis and “sexually ee” member Ethan Torch.This year’s Eurovisn Grand Fal on Saturday will feature two out queer acts — Iceland’s aforementned Systur and Atralia’s Sheldon Riley — and performanc om several other nttants will telegraph robt endorsements of queer sexualy.Subwoolfer performs Tuday on behalf of Norway.Mar Bertorello / AFP - Getty ImagHostg the extravaganza will also be two beloved out gay stars: sger Mika, who’ll be live om Tur as an onse host for the global dience, and Olympian turned NBC mentator Johnny Weir, who’ll emcee the exclive Amerin feed of the broadst on Peack.

Mar Bertorello / AFP - Getty ImagSystur’s folk ballad Eurovisn entry, “Með hækkandi sól” (“Wh the Risg Sun”), is an o to the promise of the sun’s warmth and light overg the ld darkns of wter.The lyrics of Atralian nttant Sheldon Riley’s song, “Not the Same,” also celebrate light shg through a broken darkns — and have ronated so strongly wh some LGBTQ fans that the song is beg hailed as a gay anthem.“I never really set out for to be an anthem,” Riley told the Netherlands’ OUTtv. “So the ia of beg gay and beg all of those thgs that Eurovisn is so proud of beg wasn’t acceptable for me, was jt this thg that was nstantly prayed over.