'We Used Gay-iendly Eurovisn to Hi the Tth, That We’re a Racist and Conservative Country' - Israel News

Contents:

• IS EUROVISN A GAY EVENT? LGBT PERFORMANC THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NTT
• EUROVISN: HUNGARY PULLS OUT OF 'TOO GAY' SONG NTT
• 'WE USED GAY-IENDLY EUROVISN TO HI THE TTH, THAT WE’RE A RACIST AND CONSERVATIVE COUNTRY'
• EUROVISN SONG CONTT VIEWERS SWOON FOR GAY ‘KISS CAM’ MOMENTS: WATCH
• GAY FRENCH EUROVISN HOPEFUL BILAL HASSANI ‘FAC WAVE OF HATRED’
• FAILG HOMONATNALISM? GAY ISRAELI EUROVISN GEEKS NEGOTIATG NATNALISM AND MASCULY

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. 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.

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

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. 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.

'WE USED GAY-IENDLY EUROVISN TO HI THE TTH, THAT WE’RE A RACIST AND CONSERVATIVE COUNTRY'

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”. Orbán has steered clear of cendiary homophobic rhetoric, although he has repeatedly emphasised his view that marriage n only be between a man and a woman.

But recent months the homophobia among the prime mister’s ner circle has ratcheted MP om Orbán’s Fisz party lled for a boytt of Co-Cola after the brand lnched an advertisg mpaign g photographs of a gay uple, while László Kövér, the speaker of the Hungarian parliament, pared proponents of equal marriage and adoptn to paedophil. Kövér ntrasted those who wanted same-sex adoptn rights to a putative “normal homosexual” who unrstood his lower stat the world. “I wele the cisn, cludg om a mental health perspective, that Hungary will not take part the homosexual flotilla that this ternatnal song petn has been rced to, ” said András Bencsik, the edor of a pro-ernment magaze and equent TV mentator.

EUROVISN SONG CONTT VIEWERS SWOON FOR GAY ‘KISS CAM’ MOMENTS: WATCH

”The sndal rells opposn to Eurovisn Rsia, where a homophobic MP lled for the untry to whdraw 2014, sayg that participatg would “ntradict the path of cultural and moral renewal that Rsia stands on today” European Broadstg Unn, which ns the ntt, said: “It is not unmon for EBU members to have breaks participatn the Eurovisn song ntt, ” and poted out that Hungary had been absent on prev ocsns.

GAY FRENCH EUROVISN HOPEFUL BILAL HASSANI ‘FAC WAVE OF HATRED’

Is Eurovisn a gay event? Eurovisn should not be dubbed as a gay event and ’s not related to Pri events around the world whatsoever. Sung by the first openly homosexual woman to participate the Contt (most importantly!

Dpe the song not beg exclively about gay marriage, Krista wanted to enurage her untry to legalise gay marriage at the time and spe heavy cricism, maly om the Turkish broadster, Krista and one of her backg sgers gave the first lbian kiss on a Eurovisn stage.

At least, gay marriage Fland has been legal sce 2017!

FAILG HOMONATNALISM? GAY ISRAELI EUROVISN GEEKS NEGOTIATG NATNALISM AND MASCULY

You might have missed if you blked but this actually marked the first gay male kiss the history of the Contt. In se you don’t remember, the vio featured a gay uple dog an terpretive dance around Dubl’s Temple Bar.