Conchita Wurst wants to perform for LGBT community in Russia but knows the dangers: ‘You need security if you’re gay – it’s insanity’
metro.co.ukThe Eurovision winner, aka Tom Neuwirth, 33, reveals what it was like to have 24-hour security at her Belarus hotel door while dreaming of performing in Russia, and the importance of being an international LGBTIQ+ figurehead.It’s important to raise awareness.
Until the day we reach equality, there is a need to parade and march the streets, and stand up for our visibility and our place in society.
To me, being proud is to do with oneself. If you know yourself and love yourself, you are a happy human being and you become at peace with the world and other people.I think it was six months after my mother gave birth to me!
There was just no question about it. I did come out officially to my parents when I was about 17 but it wasn’t a big surprise.I wore a female one-piece bodysuit to a workout class in kindergarten.
