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.
Contents:
- COL RATHNIAK: PROFSNAL ICE SKATER TURNED FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR OF LA RONGE (CANADA)
- HOW EUROVISN BEME A GAY-IENDLY NTT
- ‘HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT EUROVISN IS VERY POPULAR WH GAY PEOPLE?’
COL RATHNIAK: PROFSNAL ICE SKATER TURNED FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR OF LA RONGE (CANADA)
A gay Mlim teen and BDSM anarchists will vie for this year's Eurovisn Song Contt, as the petn's only trans and drag champns return. * eurovision gay flag *
The global mic world's "gay Olympics" are back wh vengeance, as the fal for the annual wacky tune-filled phenomenon known as the Eurovisn Song Contt will take place Tel Aviv, Israel, on mp athetics are monplace at the always over-the-top Eurovisn, but this year's ntt fal is shapg up as one of s most overtly queer extravaganzas gay, genr-playful, and Mlim teen crooner Bilal Hassani will pete for France, and leather-clad bondage-synth-punk tr Hatari aim to take the crown for Iceland — wh some Eurovisn experts predictg that spe the band's cidly anti-pop approach (or maybe bee of ), they jt might pull off a w. "I'll never stop playg mic to su someone's polil agenda, nor will I stop speakg out agast vlatns of human rights wherever the world they may be, " the sger told Rters on 19-year-old Hassani, merely petg for France as an openly gay Mlim is a statement self, one that's unfortunately been met wh an onslght of social media attacks over both his relign and his Hassani's eedom-embracg Eurovisn song "Roi" ("Kg"), many have seen somethg of a fiant gay anthem.
HOW EUROVISN BEME A GAY-IENDLY NTT
'It's like a big, gay, not-sportg event... wh song and dance,' that's how one LGBT+ fan scribed Eurovisn - but why this cult followg? | ITV Natnal News * eurovision gay flag *
"I love the sayg 'gay anthem, ' but at the same, 's also a song that's directed toward anyone who may feel margalized or alienated society, " Hassani told NBC Out.
‘HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT EUROVISN IS VERY POPULAR WH GAY PEOPLE?’
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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.
Rsian entry told Gay Star News 'everyone is equal'. Pri flags flew clearly and proudly durg Rsia's Eurovisn semi-fal performance last night (19 * eurovision gay flag *
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. ‘We pray that Sheldon will be a real man; we pray that Sheldon won’t be gay, will be straight, will have a wife, will have kids.