'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
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HOW EUROVISN BEME A GAY-IENDLY NTT
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This song spoke a subtle msage to the queer muny, at a time when homosexualy was still crimalised many parts of Europe.
In Europe, Turkey’s TRT ced Concha Wurst’s 2014 victory as a reason for their whdrawal om the ntt, meanwhile the now-spend Belasian broadster BTRC submted an entry to Eurovisn 2021 which clud suggtively homophobic language.
For s legn of gay fans, Eurovisn has long been more than a song ntt. * eurovision lgbt reddit *
At Melodi Grand Prix 2020, Lisa Vassilieva bid to sg “I Am Gay” for Norway at Eurovisn.
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.
LGBT Foundatn is a natnal chary liverg advice, support and rmatn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) muni. * eurovision lgbt reddit *
‘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.
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… * eurovision lgbt reddit *
Another key moment me 2014 when Concha (a gay drag queen) brought her genr non-nformg drag to the mass. Cred: APHer 'Rise Like a Phoenix' performance was scribed the prs as "the most genrqueer yet" ntt kicked off the wake of Rsia troducg s "gay propaganda" or "anti-gay" law. The law claimed to protect children om homosexualy, and nmned reprentg LGBT+ liv as a norm society for urse none of the performers ped the evable bigotry aimed at LGBT+ people - there were lls for Eurovisns boytts om some, and offensive remarks ma by certa untry's broadsts of the the msage remaed clear, as Concha clared upon beg award the Eurovisn trophy: "We are uny and we are unstoppable" the LGBT+ fan base for Eurovisn 2023 has livered on that - a big way.
Homovisn Liverpool's Chavasse park scrib self as "20 years of queer art" wh 60 queer artists takg over the event's producer Josiah told 's a celebratn of "beg proud, beg queer and seeg other queer people beg so openly queer on an ternatnal stage, 's really embolng", a performer and fan, scribed the ftival and Eurovisn as "a celebratn of our art, our culture, our muny. Cred: @HomotopiaFtIt's also been an opportuny to promote lol, queer talent. "In Liverpool and Eurovisn there's a big queer muny that love the petn and we have a massive gay scene.
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