February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Transvestite":
Society: 8 Sep 10
Swedish fashion label Acne has released a new "transvestite and cross-dressing collection", promising to make gender bending easier with a variation of the classic blue western shirt.
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Politics: 10 Feb 10
High profile Centre Party member of parliament Fredrick Federley passed the buck to Ursula, his transvestite alter ego, when put on the spot for accepting an all expenses paid trip to Gran Canaria.
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Lifestyle: 17 Jul 09
For fans of live music, Stockholm’s Stampen jazz and blues club features an unusual history, an eclectic mix of styles, and a crowd which defies simple categorization, as The Local’s Alec Forss recently discovered.
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Science & Technology: 17 Nov 08
Transvestism, along with six other sexual behaviours, will be struck from Sweden’s official list of medical diagnoses starting on January 1st, 2009.
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Dating: 28 Oct 08
Judging by the number of column inches devoted to the subject in recent months, one would be forgiven for thinking that partner-swapping had become the noughties equivalent of the Tupperware party, writes Jennifer Heape. But is swinging really Sweden’s new favourite hobby?
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Society: 3 Aug 08
Hundreds of thousands of people braved pouring rain in Stockholm Saturday to watch or participate in this year's colourful EuroPride parade to protest discrimination against homosexuals.
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Travel: 28 Apr 08
In his book Cycling Back to Happiness, English journalist Bernie Friend covers 6,000 kilometres of northern Europe on a bicycle in a bid to overcome his paranoia. In the last of our three excerpts, Bernie and his pal Rhys get unexpectedly Eurovisioned in Gothenburg.
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Society: 5 Mar 08
A 58-year-old transvestite from southern Sweden has been told that he is not welcome to hold a planned lecture at a local Pentecostalist church hall.
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National: 11 Feb 08
Lesbians cannot be prevented from purchasing puppies in Sweden, a court has ruled.
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Society: 22 Mar 07
A drunken young transvestite has been fined for assaulting a policewoman after she asked him to remove his wig.
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National: 20 Mar 07
Lennart Widahr tried to change his name to Pia. But the tax board refused to register the name change on the grounds that Pia is too feminine a name for a man.
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Lifestyle: 19 Dec 06
Many foreigners think Swedish humour is as amusing as Björn Borg - but there's a rich seam of ribaldry below the surface. Christine Demsteader looks at what makes Sweden laugh.
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Society: 7 Aug 06
A 40-year old Stockholm streetwalker got into a scrap with two transvestites who she thought were invading her patch. The result: a broken finger, pulled hair and a bitten eyelid.
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Society: 2 Jul 04
...are all the rage in Sweden - if the conclusions of three new reports can be merged into one headline.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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