Queer artists call on Olly Alexander to boycott Eurovision over Israel participation

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Maxine Peake and Sarah Schulman among signatories of open letter asking singer to withdraw from contest

The actor Maxine Peake and the novelist and playwright Sarah Schulman are among the signatories of the open letter calling on the singer to withdraw from the contest in May due to the conflict in

Other signatories include the actors Indya Moore and Brigette Lundy-Paine, the musicians Goat Girl, H Sinno and Chardine Taylor-Stone, and the writers Jason Okundaye and Jamie Windust. “This is the moment for Eurovision participants including Olly Alexander to make history, instead of letting it pass them by.”

Before being chosen as the UK’s Eurovision contestant, Alexander signed a pro-Palestine letter in December, which accused Israel of genocide in Gaza.from participating and more than 1,400 Finnish music industry professionals signed a petition to ban Israel from taking part in the contest.

 

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