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Trump administration invites sanctioned Russian known for attacks on LGBTQ people to tour NASA
The Russian ultranationalist’s visit to NASA headquarters is being resoundingly criticized by both civil rights groups and national security experts.
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Bearded Austrian diva Conchita Wurst is living her dream
She rubs shoulders with fashion icons Jean-Paul Gaultier and Karl-Lagerfeld and plays sold-out gigs across Europe. Her appearances on Austrian radio talk shows attract callers from as far away as California.
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Newsweek profiles Conchita Wurst: ‘Europe’s game-changing bearded lady’
Europe is changing, and Conchita Wurst is both beneficiary and agent of that change. Her stardom is proof that Austria is willing to love someone different. Now’s she’s been elevated to a global stage.
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UN secretary general, Austria’s Conchita Wurst call for end to LGBT bias
VIENNA — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has joined Austrian cross-dressing pop star Conchita Wurst in calling for an end to bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Wurst teamed up with Ban on Monday on the sidelines of a U.N. conference to deliver their message of tolerance.
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Conchita Wurst steals show at ‘Life Ball’ charity event for AIDS research
VIENNA — Party-goers dressed in little more than body paint rubbed shoulders with men in tuxedoes and cross-dressers in wild costumes on Saturday, transforming Vienna’s City Hall into a fantasy land. But in the end, Conchita Wurst stole the show. The occasion, Europe’s biggest charity event, was serious: raising money for AIDS research.
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Austrian drag queen wows 10,000 fans outside federal chancellery in Vienna
VIENNA — So… who was the real Conchita Wurst? The one on stage, of course. But with some of the fans gathered Sunday to fete the hirsute Austrian drag queen wearing fake beards, it was a justified question.
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Council of Europe official says Conchita Wurst win good for European gay rights
PARIS — The head of Europe’s leading human rights body is praising Conchita Wurst’s Eurovision victory as a positive sign that freedom of expression is thriving, and that Europeans are “allowed to shock.”
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Conchita Wurst’s Eurovision win shows pop is still political
It’s the beard that divided a continent. The victory of whiskered drag queen Conchita Wurst in the Eurovision Song Contest had celebrities from Nigella Lawson to Russell Brand posting bearded selfies on the Internet in tribute — and Russian men snapping clean-shaven pictures in protest.
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Moscow bans parade honoring Eurovision drag queen Conchita Wurst
MOSCOW — Moscow authorities have turned down gay activists’ application to hold a parade honoring drag queen Conchita Wurst, winner of this year’s Eurovision song contest.
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Civilization on the move? A weekend’s memorable LGBT moments
It was an eventful weekend: An openly gay football player kissed his boyfriend on national TV after being drafted by the NFL; same-sex marriage arrived in the Bible Belt; a bearded drag performer won one of the biggest TV song competitions in the world.