The
hour-long concert in front of the European Parliament building is part of a
campaign to fight discrimination
Rappler – AFP, Sep 11, 2014
DIVA. Singer Conchita Wurst representing Austria performs during rehearsals for the Second Semi-Final of the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark last May 7. Nikolai Linares/EPA |
VIENNA,
Austria – Transvestite Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst will perform in front
of the European Parliament building in Brussels on October 8, the bearded
Austrian sensation said Thursday, September 11.
European
lawmaker Ulrike Lunacek, one of five MEPs from 5 different factions who invited
Wurst to perform, said that the hour-long concert was part of a campaign to
fight discrimination.
"The
wonderful signal for openness and anti-discrimination that the people of Europe
gave Conchita Wurst with their votes must be translated ... into forging a
society and legal framework allowing everyone to live and to love without
fear," Lunacek said.
Wurst won
the Eurovision Song Contest – an often kitsch annual music extravaganza now
more than 50 years old where people all over Europe and beyond vote for their
favorite song – in Copenhagen in May.
In recent
months she has performed at LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)
events around Europe and in July closed Jean Paul Gaultier's haute couture show
in Paris wearing a black and red vampire-themed gown.
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