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Eurovision bans pride flags on stage (metro.co.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by Korne127@lemmy.world to c/eurovision@lemmy.world

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According to updated Eurovision rules, artists aren't allowed to wave any pride flags on stage. While most pride flags have already been banned last year (Nemo, for example, wasn't actually allowed to wave the non-binary flag), this now even includes the six-stripe rainbow flag.
However, before last year, it wasn't something very special to also wave a pride flag or have one in the Greenroom.

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[–] Olap@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wtf? What bonkers reasoning have they got for this?

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They don’t want to upset the bigots.

[–] alex@jlai.lu 6 points 1 month ago

but they're Eurovision - surely the bigots have been offended for the past decade already?

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They don't want political controversies so the easiest thing is to just ban everything

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Lets ban Eurovision then, let them have their own medicine