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Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen took the trophy with Liekinheitin. The EBU's controversial flag rule — performers limited to the national flag, audiences allowed Pride and Palestinian flags — survived the night, but the optics tell a more complicated story.
After Governor Brad Little signed a bill fining cities for flying Pride flags, Boise responded by wrapping its City Hall flagpoles in rainbow vinyl, lighting windows in trans flag colors, and putting up signs reading 'A city for everyone.' The flag ban says nothing about flagpoles.
The Trump administration agreed to restore and permanently maintain the rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument after a federal lawsuit challenged its removal.
