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Austrian gender-fuck artist Conchita Wurst won Eurovision 2014 tonight after a stunning performance at the finals held in Copenhagen. The audience was clearly on Conchita’s side during the vote tally and as each nation reported points for Austria, the screaming was crazy. Conchita Wurst: “This night belongs to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. We are …

From the International Business Times: 1. It will upset the Russians. Vitaly Milonov, the politician who was behind Russia’s strict anti-gay propaganda law, has been reported as saying that “pervert” Wurst would “insult millions of Russians” by taking part in the “Europe-wide gay parade”. Russia is expected to suffer in the voting because of its stance on homosexuality and the …

Despite boycott campaigns and anti-gay petitions out of Russia and Belarus, Austrian gender-fuck artist Conchita Wurst tonight advanced to the Eurovision finals in Copenhagen. With the Second Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest over, the line up for Saturday’s Grand Finale is now certain, and will include Austrian singer Conchita Wurst, who has faced a transphobic backlash from some conservative …

“Since I’m already getting vulgar calls from both sides (The ‘christian’ community AND the gay community) let me explain my views – I am for (and have fought for) equality for every American with that being said, equality doesn’t mean infringing on someone else’s rights. Marriage is a religious institute; plain and simple. WITH THAT BEING SAID – I also …

“I think that everyone has their own choices to make and I’m fine with everyone making their own. For me, from a religious standpoint, just for my life, for me, it just was not something that I wanted to continue. Of course it was an embarrassment, but you know, you move on. You live life, and you change, and you …

North Carolina GOP state Senate candidate Steve Wiles is campaigning on a platform in support of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage. What he is not campaigning on is that he once performed in a Winston-Salem gay nightclub as Miss Mona Sinclair. Wiles, 34, was in his early 20s when he worked at the now-defunct nightclub, Club Odyssey, according to …

Via the Guardian: St Petersburg legislator Vitaly Milonov – who sponsored a local law against homosexual propaganda in 2011 that helped pave the way for a similar federal law last year – has written a letter to Russia’s Eurovision selection committee asking it not to send Russian musicians to the 2014 competition in Copenhagen in May. Calling the event a …

Description: “A Parody of Beyonce’s Partition. Starring Honey Mahogany, Dulce De Leche, Adrian Anchondo and Reggie White. With Sarah Coykendall and Mike Delaney. Written and Directed by Adrian Anchondo.” Man, I miss In-N-Out. (Tipped by JMG reader Eric)

Now this is the kind of Eurovision entry that made me fall in love with the contest many years ago. Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst (real name Tom Neuwirth) is a longtime performer on local reality shows. In 2007 he was part of the short-lived boy band Jetzt Anders with other cast members of the singing competition show Starmania. That …

Several days ago Pet Shop Boys issued a dance track that accompanies the now-legendary speech on homophobia by Irish drag activist Panti Bliss. A second, slower version of the track has now been released with an accompanying video. Pet Shop Boys explain the genesis of the project: Impressed by what they considered (in Neil’s words) “a great statement in this …

Simple, spare, and leaves the speech intact. Love it.

I pretty much chuckled for the full 12 minutes. (Via JMG reader Zhy Kitty)

Many more photos are at Panti’s Twitter page. Also marching in today’s parade were NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio and members of the City Council, all of whom are boycotting the main parade in Manhattan for banning gay groups from participating.

From her just-released album, Born Naked.  Not safe for the office if your company has a “No Twerking” policy.

The paper will run an interview with Panti Bliss tomorrow on its sister website, Irish Central. Today there’s a story about Panti’s appearance in the Queens gay-inclusive parade on Sunday.

(Tipped by JMG reader Jonny)

Fantastic news. Irish drag performer and activist Rory O’Neil, whose anti-homophobia speech as Panti Bliss went globally viral, will march in the gay-inclusive St. Pat’s For All Parade in Queens this Sunday. Via press release: Mayor de Blasio, who has marched in the St. Pat’s for All Parade for many years, will be joined by Members of Congress Caroline Maloney …