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Swedish church group offers choice of three genders

Society: 24 Feb 10
Sensus, a Swedish church-backed study association, has adopted a new policy to allow prospective employees to classify their gender in three ways: Female, Male or Other. READ »

Swedish papers say no to 'lesbian love' advert

Society: 20 Jan 10
An advertisement featuring three half-naked women was deemed inappropriate for publication by two newspapers in southern Sweden, shocking officials at the sexual health organization who created the ad. READ »

'Feminists have better sex': Swedish party

Politics: 17 Dec 09
Sweden's feminist political party is hoping logo items featuring a bold claim about their supporters’ supposed prowess in the bedroom will raise awareness about the party during the holiday shopping season. READ »

Allow Afghan women to give massages: army adviser

Society: 14 Dec 09
A Swedish army gender adviser in Afghanistan has taken the Armed Forces to task for only employing local men to perform massages on troops stationed in Mazar-E-Sharif. READ »

Gay men may donate blood: health board

Society: 1 Dec 09
Gay men in Sweden are to be permitted to donate blood provided they have not had sex with another man for at least a year, according to a new health board ruling. READ »

Online sperm donor sows seeds of debate

Society: 9 Nov 09
A 26-year-old man from Gothenburg, "used but in good condition", has had his advert removed from an auction site after offering his sexual services to lesbian women wishing to become pregnant. READ »

Sweden's first lesbian bishop consecrated in Uppsala

Society: 9 Nov 09
The Church of Sweden on Sunday ordained a female pastor as the country's first openly homosexual bishop, just weeks after approving gay marriages. READ »

Anglicans snub Swedish lesbian bishop

Society: 4 Nov 09
Anglican bishops from England and Northern Ireland have rebuffed invitations to attend the ordination of the openly gay Eva Brunne to be the next Bishop of Stockholm. READ »

'Taxpayers should not have to fund feminist porn'

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Sep 09
The idea of feminist porn may be attractive to some but there is no reason for the state to cough up half a million kronor to fund its production, argues Beatrice Fredriksson, a member of the Moderate Party's youth organisation and author of the Anti-Feminist Initiative blog. READ »

Transgender belly dancer helps launch Arab gay initiative

Lifestyle: 21 Aug 09
As a human rights group publishes details of a bloody campaign of hate being waged against gays in Iraq, Rami Abdelrahman speaks to members of a recently founded initiative for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Arabs in Sweden. READ »

Sweden refuses asylum to gay Iraqis

National: 18 Aug 09
A Swedish gay rights organisation has called on the government not to deport any homosexual Iraqi asylum seekers in the light of a shocking new report categorising an extermination campaign against gay men in the Middle Eastern country. READ »

The best of Stockholm Pride

Lifestyle: 30 Jul 09
As northern Europe's biggest Pride festival nears its climax, The Local offers its tips for how to make the most of the weekend. READ »

Sex change ops under review in Sweden

National: 30 Jul 09
The Swedish health and welfare board has launched a review of the healthcare available to transsexuals seeking to change their gender in response to criticism by interest groups. READ »

Gay youngsters suffer poorer health: study

Society: 27 Jul 09
Gay and bisexual youths in Sweden suffer from poorer health, including psychological problems and an increased incidence of attempted suicide, a new report says. READ »

Lesbian couples cause run on Swedish sperm banks

Science & Technology: 23 Jul 09
A shortage of healthy sperm and a spike in demand from lesbian couples has caused a backlog of artificial insemination applications at Swedish fertility clinics. READ »

Swedish lesbians more likely to wed than gay men

Society: 21 Jul 09
More female than male same-sex couples have chosen to marry since Swedish homosexuals were granted the legal right to marry on May 1st of this year. READ »

Sweden moves closer to nursing homes for gays

Society: 7 Jul 09
Elderly homosexuals in Stockholm are hopeful that their long-held hopes of having a nursing home of their own may soon become a reality. READ »

May Day nuptials for same-sex couples

National: 2 May 09
The first same-sex couple to be granted the same legal status as their heterosexual counterparts married in Stockholm on May Day. READ »

Sweden passes new gay marriage law

Society: 2 Apr 09
Sweden's parliament passed new legislation by a wide majority on Wednesday that will allow homosexuals to marry in church and civil weddings. READ »

Swedish national library in child porn scandal

Society: 21 Jan 09
Sweden’s legacy of lax attitudes toward pornography has come back to haunt the country’s national library, which has been found to have large quantities of child pornography in its collection. READ »

Sweden to allow gay marriage in May

Society: 21 Jan 09
Three of the parties in the four-party governing coalition have tabled a motion that is expected to pave the way for gay marriage in Sweden from May 1st this year. READ »

Gay rights group riled by tampon makers' sex ed books

Education: 15 Dec 08
The youth arm of Sweden's largest gay rights group has expressed fury at educational material distributed by two major tampon manufacturers. READ »

Sweden sets date for gay church weddings

Dating: 6 Nov 08
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said Sweden may allow homosexuals to marry in the Church of Sweden from May 2009 pending the adoption of a new law. READ »

Swedish lesbians in historic Taj Mahal wedding

Dating: 3 Nov 08
Two young women from Sweden tied the knot at the weekend in the first known lesbian "marriage" near India's famed Taj Mahal, newspapers said on Monday. READ »

Swedish lesbian couple sues over fertility treatment rules

Society: 2 Sep 08
The ombudsman against discrimination due to sexual orientation (HomO) is taking the case of a lesbian couple from northern Sweden who claim they don’t have equal access to artificial insemination procedures. READ »

Gays attacked by three boys

National: 3 Aug 08
Three youths arrested for the assault of two homosexuals in Stockholm last Monday, were held in custody on Saturday, and charged with robbery and grievous bodily harm. READ »

Castration law for Swedish transgenders

Politics: 2 Aug 08
A new proposal to introduce castration as a prerequisite for those undergoing gender reassignment surgery in Sweden has been met with outrage a leading gay and transgender rights organization. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: July 31 - August 6

Lifestyle: 31 Jul 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Churches vandalized for Europride involvement

Society: 30 Jul 08
Three protestant Lutheran churches in Stockholm, including Högalid church (above), have been vandalized because of their participation in the gay and lesbian Europride festival. READ »

Hate crime mars Europride launch

National: 28 Jul 08
Two men were stabbed and robbed of their mobile telephones in the Tantolunden area of Södermalm in Stockholm on Sunday night in an attack police are classifying as a hate crime. READ »

Health authority sued over lesbian insemination

Society: 26 Jul 08
Only one woman in a lesbian couple has the right to insemination according to Uppsala health authority. Discrimination - argues the Ombudsman against Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation (HomO). READ »

Gearing up for Europride: the best of Stockholm's gay scene

Lifestyle: 25 Jul 08
Stockholm will turn itself into Europe’s semi-official gay capital at the end of this month, as the Europride festival hits town. Visitors will find a city that does gay in its own, understated way, James Savage reports. READ »

Opening a window on the Queer world

Lifestyle: 2 Jul 08
A new exhibition of 'queer' art provides a perfect prelude to this year's Europride festival, writes David Bartal. READ »

'Permit insemination for single women'

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Jun 08
The Green Party's Gunvor G. Ericson and Maria Gudmundsson, Chair of Femmis, think it's high time that Sweden allowed single women to be artificially inseminated. READ »

Kinky Swedish mums want more sex

Society: 16 May 08
Swedish mums are a kinky lot and want far more sex than they are actually getting, according to a new survey. READ »

Prison time for Swedish Nazi leader

National: 17 Apr 08
The Court of Appeals in Malmö has confirmed the prison sentence for Simon Lindberg, leader of the National Socialist Front (NSF) in Skåne. READ »

Ferry line denies lesbian discrimination claims

Society: 14 Mar 08
Ferry company Viking Lines has strongly denied charges of discrimination after a 26-year-old woman claimed she was asked to stop kissing another woman during a Baltic cruise. READ »

Lesbian compensated for prevented puppy purchase

National: 11 Feb 08
Lesbians cannot be prevented from purchasing puppies in Sweden, a court has ruled. READ »

Church of Sweden approves gay marriage law

Politics: 12 Dec 07
The Church of Sweden has said it approves of moves towards gay marriage, but wants to reserve the word 'marriage' for straight couples. READ »

School slammed for gay slur

National: 14 Nov 07
A school in Stockholm with a Christian profile has received a rap on the knuckles from school authorities for teaching children that homosexuality is sinful. READ »

Moderates back gay marriage

Politics: 27 Oct 07
Sweden's Moderate Party gave its backing to gender-neutral marriages on Saturday, leaving the Christian Democrats as the only parliamentary party against gay marriage. READ »

Company names prove hard to choose

Business & Money: 24 Jul 07
Jihad Konditori was allowed, but Jesus Exclusively Made by Beatrix was refused. A list of company names rejected by Swedish authorities makes interesting reading. READ »

Church weddings for gays soon a reality in Sweden

Lifestyle: 6 Jul 07
Sweden may be on its way to becoming the first country in the world to allow gays to marry within a major church, writes Delphine Touitou. READ »

Moscow mayor invited to Stockholm gay pride festival

Society: 30 May 07
A group of Swedish politicians have invited the Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov to this year's gay pride festival in Stockholm. Mayor Luzhkov banned a similar event in his own city on Sunday, referring to it as 'Satan's work'. READ »

Axe attack in central Stockholm

National: 28 May 07
A man has been arrested in central Stockholm on suspicion of having struck a woman in the head with an axe on Monday afternoon. READ »

Vegas run by gays and Jews, says magician

Society: 11 May 07
Swedish magician Joe Labero has provoked a strong reaction with claims that his failure to secure a show in Las Vegas was due to the fact that he is not "a homosexual, a Jew or an American". READ »

Gay turned away by YMCA

Society: 15 Mar 07
A lesbian was denied employment by the YMCA-YWCA scouts in southern Sweden because her partner also worked for them. Heterosexual couples were given jobs, however. READ »

Women prevented from kissing in nightclub

National: 27 Feb 07
A Stockholm nightclub has been asked to pay compensation to two women after a security guard intervened to stop them kissing. The security guard claims he did the same to heterosexuals. READ »

'Give single women sperm donations'

Society: 27 Feb 07
Single women in Sweden may soon be permitted to become pregnant using artificial insemination techniques. Five out of seven parties favour the move. READ »

Lesbian couples win adoption battle

Society: 14 Feb 07
Having successfully appealed the original verdict against them, two lesbian couples in Norrköping will now be given the right to adopt their children READ »

Lesbians barred from adopting partners' children

Society: 20 Dec 06
Two lesbian women have been refused the right to adopt children born to their partners' through artificial insemination. "It's as though the court is trying to punish the women," says a legal expert. READ »

Swedish artist commits cardinal sin in Rome

National: 7 Dec 06
Italian police brought Swedish artist Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin’s photo shoot to a hasty end in Rome last Saturday. It seems cardinals with erections are frowned upon in the Catholic country. READ »

Man-free party backed by Swedish equality body

Society: 14 Oct 06
A man who tried to talk his way into a Miss Gay 2006 event in Stockholm in the summer has had his appeal to Sweden's equality ombudsman rejected. He apparently missed the point of equality. READ »

Gay Iranian to be deported

Society: 29 Sep 06
An Iranian is to be deported from Sweden to his homeland, despite the fact that he is homosexual. A Stockholm court ruled that while Iran did execute gay people, they were safe if they were discrete. READ »

New Yorker opens new chapter in Swedish book market

Lifestyle: 28 Sep 06
Surely only an optimist, a fan or a novice would hurl themselves into the old-fashioned end of the book market? Margaret Patane is all three. And with Swedish book sales up 40% since 1999, she is relishing getting her small shop going. READ »

Say a little prayer for Sweden

Lifestyle: 11 Aug 06
Christianity in Sweden has a long history, but you won't find many Swedes in the pews on a Sunday. But that doesn't mean Swedish religious groups don't have the capacity to cause a stir, as Christine Demsteader reports. READ »

Stockholm ready to party with Pride

Society: 31 Jul 06
Scantily-clad sailors, voice training for transsexuals and a side dish of robust political debate. This year's Stockholm Pride is getting underway, and organizers say it's bigger than ever. READ »

Gay hate law 'mostly hot air'

Society: 16 May 06
The law preventing incitement of hatred against homosexuals should be rewritten, since it appears to offer more protection than it really does. So says Sweden's Chancellor of Justice Göran Lambertz. READ »

Borås 'best place to be gay' in Sweden

Society: 15 May 06
It might not be the most obvious international gay destination and there's only one gay disco, but if you're a homo in search of a home you should apparently head to...Borås. READ »

Lesbianism different from male homosexuality

Society: 10 May 06
Lesbians react differently to sex hormones than both men and straight women. It is very possible that there is a difference between male and female homosexuality, Stockholm researchers say. READ »

Preachers, fascists and cartoonists

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 06
Freedom of speech or the right not to be offended? Sweden, with large immigrant groups and a liberal free-speech culture, has been wrestling with these issues long before the Muhammad cartoons burst onto the international scene. READ »

Åke Green cleared over gay sermon

Society: 29 Nov 05
The pastor sentenced to jail for a controversial sermon about homosexuality has been freed by Sweden's Supreme Court. He's relieved, but one Christian liberal says he'll go to hell. READ »

Kissing lesbians 'not discriminated against'

Society: 15 Nov 05
A restaurant-owner who threw out two lesbians who were kissing on his premises did not discriminate against them, a court has ruled. There is no proof that they were thrown out because of their orientation, it is decided. READ »

Sperm donor must pay child support ? court

Society: 12 Oct 05
A man who fathered three children through donating sperm to a lesbian couple is obliged to pay child support, Sweden's Supreme Court has ruled. READ »

"Loan a lesbian" idea to promote tolerance

Lifestyle: 16 Aug 05
Visitors to Malmö Library can now take out a real live person instead of a book. An imam, a homosexual and a journalist are among those on offer to those wanting to challenge their own prejudices. READ »

Sweden stops deporting gays to Iran

Society: 5 Aug 05
The execution of two teenagers in Iran, which some say was punishment for their homosexuality, has caused Sweden to suspend the deportation of gay Iranian asylum seekers. The situation in Iran needs investigating, says the migration board. READ »

Sweden "must stop sending homosexuals back to Iran"

National: 23 Jul 05
The Swedish gay rights group RFSL calls for a halt to all deportations of homosexuals to Iran, saying two young men were hanged there this week for committing a "homosexual act". READ »

High profile laws come into force

National: 1 Jul 05
1 July means a host of new laws come into force in Sweden. After all the talk, it now really is illegal for private individuals to download music from the internet and for your local salon to charge Mrs Svensson more than Mr Svensson for a haircut. READ »

Parliament approves lesbian IVF law

Smörgåsbord: 4 Jun 05
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No more trips to Finland for lesbian couples

Society: 27 May 05
A new law will give gay women couples the right to fertility treatment in Swedish hospitals. A bill will be presented to parliament in July allowing both partners to be named as parents to the child. READ »

Gay men "attracted by same odours as women"

Science & Technology: 10 May 05
A new Swedish study shows that gay men respond to "pheromones" in the same way as women. That's a boost to the theory that homosexuality is biologically determined, say researchers. READ »

Gays "treated insensitively" by health service

Science & Technology: 5 May 05
Gay people face prejudice when they come into contact with the Swedish health service, a new report suggests. The system assumes that everyone is heterosexual, it is argued. READ »

Lesbian kiss costs restaurant 50,000 kronor

Society: 25 Apr 05
Two years ago a Stockholm restaurant owner threw out a lesbian couple for kissing and cuddling at a table. On Monday a court ruled that he had broken Sweden's ever-tightening discrimination laws and forced him to cough up compensation. READ »