tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819444802156961103.post2504024895950557105..comments2023-07-13T14:06:45.974+01:00Comments on Unzipped: Gay Armenia: Armenia Eurovision representative Aram MP3: “I reject homophobia”artmikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819444802156961103.post-50629188905362484822014-05-05T11:30:20.488+01:002014-05-05T11:30:20.488+01:00Rainbow Eurovision: Armenia’s Aram MP3, Austria’s ...<a href="http://gayarmenia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/rainbow-eurovision-armenias-aram-mp3.html" rel="nofollow">Rainbow Eurovision: Armenia’s Aram MP3, Austria’s Conchita, Iceland’s Pollapönk and lesson of diversity</a>artmikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3819444802156961103.post-7717507725415825552014-04-26T20:40:30.475+01:002014-04-26T20:40:30.475+01:00Bearded Austrian drag queen to take on Eurovision
...<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-austria-eurovision-drag-20140426,0,4231175.story" rel="nofollow">Bearded Austrian drag queen to take on Eurovision</a><br /><br />"[...] But her entry has highlighted Europe's geographical divide on attitudes to homosexuality. Unlikely to raise much controversy in the West, her appearance has prompted criticism by some in the East where anti-gay rhetoric remains more common.<br /><br />Online petitions have been started in Belarus, Armenia and Russia - whose government passed a law last year banning "gay propaganda" among minors - to have Wurst removed or edited out of broadcasts in their countries.<br /><br />Armenian Eurovision contender Aram MP3, a 30-year-old man whose real name is Aram Sargsyan, said Wurst's way of life was "not natural" and she should decide to be a woman or a man.<br /><br />Wurst shot back: "I told him I don't want to be a woman. I am just a working queen and a very lazy boy at home."<br /><br />Aram MP3 has since apologized, saying his comments were intended as a joke."artmikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.com