The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats' most senior openly gap MP has defended party colleagues' decision to stop flying the rainbow gay pride flag outside a local city council headquarters.
Swedish Pride means a month or more of parades, talks, and other celebrations for the country's gay, trans and queer community and allies. Here are five things to know about Pride in one of the world's most LGBTQ-friendly countries.
A 14-year-old transgender girl whose YouTube channel dealing with gender identity issues has become a national hit in Sweden, won plaudits at a glitzy awards ceremony for the country's gay, bisexual and transgender communities on Monday.
Stockholm Pride 2017 kicks off in just a few days, and with everything from lectures to performances and the all important parade, there’s plenty to love. Here’s why we think it’s pretty amazing.
Amir Ashour isn’t afraid to think big. From his base in southern Swedish city Malmö, he runs IraQueer, the first and only organization for the LGBT community in Iraq and the Kurdistan region. Ashour speaks to The Local about his life working in Sweden, his hopes of returning home, and his political ambitions.
Sweden’s justice watchdog has sharply criticised the the way in which a gay Ugandan man was sent home to face possible life imprisonment and even death, even though his case was under review.
An internal report looking at ways to make Sweden’s Migration Agency more efficient has proposed the agency gets rid of specialists dedicated to LGBT-related issues. The move has prompted the country’s main gay rights group to see red.
Security will be high at this week’s Stockholm’s Pride festival, with last month’s massacre at a gay club in Orlando a reminder that gay and transgender people are potential targets for attacks.
In the wake of the shocking attacks on an LGBT nightclub in Florida, two gay Muslims living in Sweden share their views on whether homosexuality and Islam can be compatible - and whether Islam is to blame for the attacks.
A group of Swedes have launched a petition urging Cartoon Network to stop censoring a lesbian romance depicted in one of its shows, after a scene showing two women flirting was apparently altered in the Swedish dub of the programme.
A hospital has become the first in Sweden – and possibly in the world – to score an official LGBTQ certification, according to the association for gay, bisexual and transgender rights behind the stamp.
Their families want them dead, but they don't know if Sweden will take them in. Sirwan and Karwan tell The Local what it's like to be transgender Kurds on the run from rapists and killers.
A member of the highest decision-making body of the Swedish Church has described homosexuality as 'just a trend' in response to other priests' participation in a Pride parade.
Swedish postboxes painted in rainbow colours are making a splash in Stockholm just in time for Eurovision, in a show of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
The Nordic country has fallen from fourth to twelfth place in a review of how LGBTI people experience human rights across the continent, by campaign group ILGA-Europe.
Swedes have nothing to fear from Russia, its ambassador in Stockholm, Viktor Tatarintsev, has said ahead of Eurovision, accusing Swedish media of "Russophobia".
A Malmö football club which frequently campaigns for gay rights is donning the Pride flag on its new match outfits – after winning the fight against UEFA bosses.
Steamy pictures of Sweden's own Eurovision heart-throb Måns Zelmerlöw shedding his clothes for charity have had fans feeling the heat despite the cold Nordic winter.
The first club night for gay, lesbian and transgender people has just launched in the Swedish town of Falkenberg. But the venue's owner tells The Local he's already been threatened with violence, despite the Nordic nation’s reputation for promoting equality.
