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+# Nonbinary Eurovision
+
+<small>2024-03-06 | [@andrea](/@andrea), [@T_Vos](/@T_Vos)</small>
+
+![](https://zaimki.pl/img-local/blog/eurovision-2024.png)
+
+_Content warning: This text contains a mention of sexual violence_
+
+The [Eurovision Song Contest](https://eurovision.tv/) has long been popular in the queer community.
+It's also full of representations of diverse queer identities: in terms of gender nonconformity,
+[Dana International](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv83u7-mNWQ), a transgender winner from 1998 representing Israel, and Austrian drag queen [Conchita Wurst](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaolVEJEjV4),
+who won the contest in 2014, come to mind.
+
+A very positive manifestation of the growing acceptance of non-binary in our society is that this year's
+Eurovision can boast an unprecedented representation of openly non-binary and gender-nonconforming individuals –
+as many as four countries have nominated such persons! We invite you to get to know them and their songs:
+
+## 🇬🇧 Olly Alexander – Dizzy
+
+Great Britain will be represented by pop music star, vocalist of the band Years & Years – Olly Alexander.
+
+Olly comes from England, he's most well-known as the lead voice of Years & Years and his later solo career.
+He is also a recognized actor, starring in a series about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 80s “It's a sin”.
+He often uses his platform to address issues important to the LGBTQ+ community.
+
+Olly is a non-binary person who uses [he/him](/he) pronouns:
+
+> I feel very nonbinary, and you know, I identify as gay and queer and nonbinary <sup>[[link]](https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Olly_Alexander)</sup>
+
+Olly wrote his Eurovision song together with Danny L. Harle, a well-known UK producer.
+“Dizzy” is a song about losing oneself in love. It will be heard both during the first semi-final of Eurovision
+and during the Saturday final.
+
+{embed=//youtube.com/embed/mvs92WfR8lM=Olly Alexander – Dizzy}
+
+## 🇮🇪 Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue
+
+Irish representation to the 2024 Eurovision will be Bambie Thug – singer and songwriter, who describes fær musical style
+as ouija-pop and hyperpunk. In their work, they often tackle themes of breakups, witchcraft, and drug addiction.
+
+Bambie uses [they/them](/they) and [fae/faer](/fae) pronouns.
+
+Fær song “Doomsday Blue” can be described as a “genre breaker”.
+In a short, 3-minute (Eurovision requirement) song, Bambie includes alternative rock, pop, and jazz.
+They describe it as an “electric-metal breakdown”. The song contains numerous references to spells
+including the famous Avada Kedavra. The lyrics are about an unnamed close person who raped Bambie in May 2023;
+writing the song and performing it at Eurovision in May is meant to “curse” those memories and the perpetrator.
+
+{embed=//youtube.com/embed/eA2fKlT8Khw=Bambie Thug – Doomsday Blue}
+
+## 🇨🇭Nemo – The Code
+
+Switzerland is represented this year by rapper, singer, and musician performing under the mononym Nemo.
+Nemo's career began in 2015 with the song “Clownfisch”, and in 2017 they achieved a big success with the single “Du”.
+In the following years, they were nominated for many awards in the Swiss music market. Nemo is 24 years old.
+
+Nemo uses [they/them](they) pronouns in English, but in their native German, they prefer to be referred [by name, without pronouns](https://de.pronouns.page/:Nemo).
+
+“The Code” is a song about coming out and living as a non-binary person, about the difficulties and benefits that come with it.
+Nemo sings how coming out gave Nemo a sense of freedom to break the "code" of society, to be themselves.
+We'll hear Nemo's song during the Thursday semi-final and probably during the Saturday final.
+At the time of writing this article, Nemo is among the favorites to win the contest.
+
+{embed=//youtube.com/embed/kiGDvM14Kwg=Nemo – The Code}
+
+## 🇦🇺 Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)
+
+Electric Fields is an Australian duo creating electronic music that combines contemporary soul with Australian Aboriginal culture.
+It consists of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and keyboardist and producer Michael Ross.
+
+They describe themselves as “two feminine brothers” and both use [he/him](/he) pronouns.
+
+> Michael: We wrote that we are “two feminine brothers” in our bio and some people questioned if we should keep it in.
+> Running and throwing “like a girl” was always an insult and that’s total horse shit. Girls and woman are total bosses and we love that part of us.
+>
+> Zaachariaha: There’s room for everybody but the modern world loves building walls and categorizing everything.
+> Am I a man, a woman, are we an Indigenous band, a queer band? All these boxes feel like barriers and we just fly right over the top on them… sorry suckers!
+>
+> <sup>[[link]](https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/electric-fields/)</sup>
+
+One Mikali is a song promoting interpersonal dialogue and resolving conflicts through conversation,
+praising the culture of Australian Aboriginal People (from which Zaachariaha comes).
+The lyrics are in English and in the Yankunytjatjara language.
+
+{embed=//youtube.com/embed/tJ2IaHxCvdw=Electric Fields - One Milkali}

locale/pl/blog/niebinarna-eurowizja.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Dizzy to piosenka o zatracaniu się w miłości. Usłyszeć ją będzie można z
 Z Irlandii na Eurowizję pojedzie Bambie Thug – piosenkarze i autorze piosenek, które swój styl muzyczny opisuje jako ouija-pop oraz hyperpunk.
 W swojej twórczości często porusza tematy rozstań, wiedźmiństwa i uzależnień od narkotyków.
 
-Bambie używa zaimków [they/them](https://en.pronouns.page/them) oraz [fae/faer](https://en.pronouns.page/fae).
+Bambie używa zaimków [they/them](https://en.pronouns.page/they) oraz [fae/faer](https://en.pronouns.page/fae).
 
 Faego piosenka „Doomsday Blue” może być określona jako „łamacz gatunków”. W krótkim, 3-minutowym (wymagania Eurowizji)
 utworze Bambie mieści rock alternatywny, pop i jazz. Samo określa ją jako „elektryczno-metalowe załamanie”.
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 Kariera Nemo rozpoczęła się w 2015 roku od piosenki „Clownfisch”, a 2017 roku duży sukces odniósł singiel „Du”.
 W kolejnych latach było nominowane do wielu nagród Szwajcarskiego rynku muzycznego. Nemo ma 24 lata.
 
-Nemo używa po angielsku zaimków [they/them](https://en.pronouns.page/them), jednak w swoim rodzimym niemieckim
+Nemo używa po angielsku zaimków [they/them](https://en.pronouns.page/they), jednak w swoim rodzimym niemieckim
 woli kiedy mówi się o nim [po imieniu, bez używania zaimków](https://de.pronouns.page/:Nemo).
 
 „The Code” to piosenka o wychodzeniu z szafy oraz o życiu jako osoba niebinarna, o trudnościach i korzyściach z tego płynących.