The LGBT muny’s passn for the Eurovisn Song Contt hardly began wh Concha Wurst’s triumph last year. The ternatnal TV and rad ntt has long been embraced by gay, lbian and transgenr…
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- HOW EUROVISN BEME A GAY-IENDLY NTT
- BLAS CANTó: “EUROVISIóN HUMANO, NO GAY NI HETEROSEXUAL”
- ‘HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT EUROVISN IS VERY POPULAR WH GAY PEOPLE?’
- POR QUé EUROVISIóN LE TERA SOBRE TODO AL PúBLI GAY
- HOW A EUROVISN STAR'S SONG ABOUT G OUT BEME A GAY ANTHEM
HOW EUROVISN BEME A GAY-IENDLY NTT
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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. 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. Dpe anti-gay activists prottg on the streets of Slovenia's pal, Ljubljana, the tr won fans around the world wh their performance of 'Samo Ljubezen (Only Love)', their participatn, wh protts even reachg parliament and the European Stokkan, Norway (1986)In 1986, Norway's Ketil Stokkan performed his song 'Romeo' alongsi a member of the Great Garlic Girls, a well-known drag group.
BLAS CANTó: “EUROVISIóN HUMANO, NO GAY NI HETEROSEXUAL”
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Pl Osr, Iceland (1997)Consired by many Eurovisn die-hards as beg ahead of his time, Iceland's beme the first openly gay sger to perform at Eurovisn 1997.
‘HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT EUROVISN IS VERY POPULAR WH GAY PEOPLE?’
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. * cancion eurovision gay *
Dpe not makg through to the fals, DQ's entry song 'Drama Queen' was loved by members of the LGBTIQ+ muny and soon beme a go-to dis track at gay clubs.
POR QUé EUROVISIóN LE TERA SOBRE TODO AL PúBLI GAY
For s legn of gay fans, Eurovisn has long been more than a song ntt. * cancion eurovision gay *
Wurst has sce bee a vol advote for LGBTIQ+ rights, appearg at Pri ftivals around the world (cludg Sydney's Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras) and even addrsg the Uned Natns.
The ternatnal TV and rad ntt has long been embraced by gay, lbian and transgenr people tuned to s msage of uny.
HOW A EUROVISN STAR'S SONG ABOUT G OUT BEME A GAY ANTHEM
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. * cancion eurovision gay *
Slowly, but surely, the LGBT (lbian, gay, bi and transgenr) muny found a welg home Europe’s annual mil extravaganza.