The annual televisual spectacle, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is an international media event that is a nexus around which questions surrounding identity surface. This paper focuses specifically on the contest’s active promotion of queer visibility, that intersects through national stage performances and its international fan base. It untangles the relationship between the contest and its problematic construction as a ‘gay event’ and how fans are increasingly using social media platforms to legitimise their fan and queer identities. Mainstream social media platforms, such as Twitter are an important site where issues surrounding queer visibility may be expressed and constructed. These ESC fan practices are contextualised in relation to literature surrounding male same-sex hook-up apps which can inform our ideas surrounding queer code/space. It also suggests that fans self-regulate who or how they ‘come out’ as ESC fans which establishes an ESC closet because the ESC is prone to stigmatisation in some national contexts.

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“万事俱备”？在线和离线Eurovision支持者中的Querer可见性

一年一度的电视视觉盛宴，欧洲歌唱大赛（ESC）是一项国际媒体活动，是围绕身份表盘问题的联系。本文特别关注比赛在同志比赛中的积极性，这与全国舞台表演及其国际粉丝群相交。它理清了比赛及其作为“同性恋活动”的有问题的结构之间的关系，以及球迷如何越来​​越多地使用社交媒体平台使他们的球迷和同志身份合法化的关系。诸如Twitter之类的主流社交媒体平台是一个重要网站，可以表达和构建围绕酷儿可见性的问题。这些ESC粉丝做法与围绕男性同性连接应用程序的文献相关联，可以帮助我们了解有关酷儿代码/空间的想法。