Gay opening ceremony

After weeks of speculation, gay icon Lady Gaga surprised fans with a performance during the opening ceremony. Dressed in black and surrounded by dancers with giant pink feather fans, Gaga. The Paris Olympics opening ceremony has stirred up a lot of controversy for featuring drag queens and queer moments. The man with the task of delivering the lavish display, Thomas Jolly, told British Vogue ahead of Friday’s (26 July) extravaganza that he wanted everyone to feel represented.

Despite a driving rainstorm and an odd atmosphere that kept athletes at a distance from the fans cheering their arrival, there was still one comfort about the opening of the Paris Olympics. The. A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony took a legal turn Tuesday July 30, , with a DJ who performed at the show saying her lawyer is filing complaints over a torrent of threats and other abuse that the LGBTQ+ icon has suffered online in the ceremony’s wake.

The extraordinary opening ceremony of Paris set a thoroughly modern tone for these Games, with a flamboyant, diversity-celebrating extravaganza that put the LGBTQIA+ community centre stage. As a gay youth growing up in central France, Hugo Bardin never felt he lived in a world that represented who he was — a world in which he had a place. And that is why Bardin, who performs as the drag queen Paloma, felt it was meaningful and important to be part of a Paris Olympics opening ceremony that presented a multifaceted, multiethnic France with people of different ethnicities and orientations.

Butch has now filed a complaint alleging online abuse and harassment, and Paris police have launched an investigation. Still, there are no misgivings, despite the backlash. Many agreed, and praised the ceremony for its creativity, style and showmanship. The criticism, she said, has been fueled by hate. We just want to let people know that we have a place in the world, and we are claiming that place.

Paloma spoke to the AP in a phone interview and later at her Paris workshop, a studio devoted to her drag performance. Change the point of view.

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