The 'gay world cup': why LGBTQ+ dienc love Eurovisn

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• SPA: EUROVISN STARS SHE AT THE 2022 MADRID GAY PRI

SPA: EUROVISN STARS SHE AT THE 2022 MADRID GAY PRI

Diagnosed wh Asperger’s syndrome as a boy and bullied for beg gay through school, Riley’s Atralian entry to Eurovisn, ‘Not The Same’, is all about that difference and feelg exclud. Elín is openly gay and has even performed wh her sisters at Pri events. The 25-year-old is yet another artist who knows only too well the stggl of beg bullied at school for beg gay.

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. Sheldon Riley me out as gay at an early age and unfortunately suffered bullyg durg his school told The Star Observer about his experience:“No-one got me, I didn’t f anywhere. I thought, if this is what beg gay is, I don’t want to be that person anymore.

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