Nemo Mettler’s operatic, drum’n’bass-propelled entry won Eurovision for Switzerland last weekend, making the singer the first person who identifies as non-binary to triumph at the song contest. And I think that’s absolutely unacceptable,” the artist, known as Nemo, told reporters after being crowned the winner of the 68th Eurovision song contest. “That is unbelievable,” said Nemo, who waved the Swiss flag and the striped non-binary pride flag onstage. Eurovision organisers pointed to the longstanding policy of allowing only the flags of participating countries and rainbow flags. “Due to heightened geopolitical tensions, the flag policy was more rigorously enforced by security at this year’s event,” it said in a statement.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2024 09:19 UTC