diff --git a/locale/en/blog/nonbinary-eurovision.md b/locale/en/blog/nonbinary-eurovision.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2865d7ff9 --- /dev/null +++ b/locale/en/blog/nonbinary-eurovision.md @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +# Nonbinary Eurovision + +2024-03-06 | [@andrea](/@andrea), [@T_Vos](/@T_Vos) + +![](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 [[link]](https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Olly_Alexander) + +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! +> +> [[link]](https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/electric-fields/) + +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} diff --git a/locale/pl/blog/niebinarna-eurowizja.md b/locale/pl/blog/niebinarna-eurowizja.md index 04ebf5686..ffa8a1edb 100644 --- a/locale/pl/blog/niebinarna-eurowizja.md +++ b/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”. @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Szwajcarcarię reprezentuje w tym roku raperze, piosenkarze i muzycze występuj 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.