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Contents:

• IS EUROVISN A GAY EVENT? LGBT PERFORMANC THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NTT
• EUROVISN: HUNGARY PULLS OUT OF 'TOO GAY' SONG NTT
• EUROVISN 2019 TEL AVIV – GAY NATN’S FIRST SEMI-FAL PREVIEW

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

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.

"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.

EUROVISN: HUNGARY PULLS OUT OF 'TOO GAY' SONG NTT

Subwoolfer performs Tuday on behalf of 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 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.

“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. France’s Bilal Hassani had been undated wh homophobic abe, but his powerful msage Roi was clear to see, and he owned that stage which was lovely to see.

EUROVISN 2019 TEL AVIV – GAY NATN’S FIRST SEMI-FAL PREVIEW

Iceland also attracted a lot of attentn, first wh gay and trans flags, but then when their televote me , they held ‘Free Palte’ banners, referencg the nflicts between Israel and Palte.

Hungary will not participate next year’s Eurovisn song ntt, amid speculatn the cisn was taken bee the petn is “too gay” for the taste of the untry’s far-right ernment and public media no official reason has been given for the whdrawal, the move amid an crease homophobic rhetoric Hungary, where the anti-migratn prime mister, Viktor Orbán, has lnched a “fay first” policy aimed at helpg tradnal fai and boostg birth rat. Earlier this year, the speaker of the Hungarian parliament pared same-sex adoptn to paedophilia, while a pro-ernment televisn mentator referred to Eurovisn as “a homosexual flotilla” and said not participatg would benef the natn’s mental health. Earlier, the Hungarian webse quoted unnamed sourc si public media speculatg that the reason for the whdrawal was likely to be that Eurovisn was emed “too gay”.