{"id":12864,"date":"2026-04-10T18:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/?p=12864"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:32:38","slug":"the-esc-under-the-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/en\/events\/the-esc-under-the-rainbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Queer City Talk 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row section_type=&#8221;container-width&#8221; padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;4x&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; column_sticky=&#8221;yes&#8221; column_sticky_offset=&#8221;150&#8243;]<div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 1120px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 133.393%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1120\" height=\"1494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kacheln_Website_eng_1_1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Alt text: &quot;Queer City Talk event on April 29, 2026, organized by WASt.&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kacheln_Website_eng_1_1.png 1x,https:\/\/www.qwien.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kacheln_Website_eng_1_1.png 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[vc_copyright prefix=&#8221;Photo&#8221; postfix=&#8221;Gregor Hofbauer&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;]<h2 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h3\"><span>The ESC Under the Rainbow<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is coming to Vienna. The ESC is not only celebrating its 70th anniversary \u2013 it also holds great significance for the LGBTIQ community. Together with ESC and LGBTIQ experts, we want to explore various aspects, share knowledge and new perspectives, and get in the spirit of this international event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Panel:<\/strong> Hannes Sulzenbacher (Qwien) \u00b7 Maximilian Bauer (\u00d63) \u00b7 Marco Schreuder (curator of the exhibition &#8220;United by Queerness&#8221;) \u00b7 Magdalena Posch (ESC Team 26)<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-1x\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The event will be interpreted in Austrian Sign Language (\u00d6GS).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">There will also be an opportunity to visit the exhibition \u00bbUnited by Queerness\u00ab at Qwien \u2013 Centre for Queer History and Culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The event is part of the series Queere Stadtgespr\u00e4che and is organised by the Vienna Anti-Discrimination Office for LGBTIQ Affairs (WASt).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wien.gv.at\/veranstaltungen\/queeres-stadtgespraech-esc\">More information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row section_type=&#8221;container-width&#8221; padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;2x&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 29th 2026, 6 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[498,261],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esc-2","category-events","grve-entry-item","grve-blog-item"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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