Time, Posted: 9/2/2010, 3:56 PM QUICK LOOK:
When officials at Scandinavian airlines say that love is in the air, they're being literal. The Swedish carrier has announced plans to host the first-ever in-flight gay... (MORE)
Washington Post, Posted: 8/20/2010, 11:47 AM QUICK LOOK:
The Swedish comedy "Patrik, Age 1.5" continues this summer's trend of baby-lust, unconventional families and parental angst on screen, from "Mother & Child" and "The... (MORE)
The Telegraph (U.K.), Posted: 6/27/2010, 9:31 PM QUICK LOOK:
Miss Sigurdardottir, 68, formally married Jonina Leosdottir, a writer, after the couple submitted a demand for their civil union to be transformed into a marriage, the... (MORE)
Reuters-U.K., Posted: 6/15/2010, 8:23 PM QUICK LOOK:
Iceland, the only country in the world to have an openly gay head of state, passed a law on Friday allowing same-sex partners to get married in a vote which met with... (MORE)
Outsports, Posted: 6/14/2010, 3:30 AM QUICK LOOK:
Tucked into this Q&A in the New York Times Magazine piece on the home life of soccer’s Freddie Ljungberg, now with the Seattle Sounders, was a question about... (MORE)
Pink Paper (U.K.), Posted: 6/1/2010, 5:50 PM QUICK LOOK:
IGLA Europe -- the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association -- has named Sweden as Europe's most pro-gay country. The... (MORE)
Christian Science Monitor, Posted: 5/13/2010, 8:20 AM QUICK LOOK:
Swedish cartoon artist Lars Vilks, who became the target of an alleged international murder plot for his 2007 cartoons of Mohammed as a dog, again angered Muslims Tuesday... (MORE)
Ice News (Iceland), Posted: 4/26/2010, 10:44 PM QUICK LOOK:
Regardless of the outcome of next year’s Finnish parliamentary elections, the governing majority is expected to implement a motion in support of gender-neutral marriage... (MORE)
Pink News (U.K.), Posted: 4/19/2010, 6:24 PM QUICK LOOK:
Gwyneth Paltrow has pulled out of appearing in The Danish Girl, a film about trans painter Einar Wegener. Paltrow was herself a replacement for Charlize Theron for the... (MORE)
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, Posted: 4/11/2010, 6:43 AM QUICK LOOK:
The isolated island of Iceland is putting the finishing touches on a bill supporting marriage equality. The liberal nation, which has a population of about 320,000, is... (MORE)
News.com.au, Posted: 3/21/2010, 5:43 PM QUICK LOOK:
A transsexual Finnish pastor, who returned to work four months ago following a sex-change operation, has decided to resign, Finnish media reported today. Marja-Sisko... (MORE)
Metro.co.uk, Posted: 3/8/2010, 9:45 PM QUICK LOOK:
A country known for its beautiful people also has one of highest rates of bisexual behaviour, a survey shows. More than a third of young Swedish women (39 per cent) and... (MORE)
The Local (Sweden), Posted: 3/5/2010, 11:46 AM QUICK LOOK:
The discrimination ombudsman (DO) has asked Stockholm local transport authority, SL, to adequately compensate a gay man after a bus driver ordered him to leave the bus. The man boarded the bus... (MORE)
The Local (Sweden), Posted: 2/19/2010, 1:45 AM QUICK LOOK:
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... (MORE)
United Press International (UPI), Posted: 2/16/2010, 8:20 PM QUICK LOOK:
Human Rights Watch congratulated the government of Albania on its new anti-discrimination law in a letter to the prime minister Tuesday. The bill, introduced by the government... (MORE)
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 2/14/2010, 6:50 PM QUICK LOOK:
A South African man has won the 2010 Mr Gay World pageant, beating rivals from Australia, Hong Kong, China and Spain, the organisers said on Sunday. Charl Van den Berg,... (MORE)
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 2/11/2010, 1:40 PM QUICK LOOK:
A Chinese contestant will take part in the Mr Gay World pageant to be held in Oslo this weekend despite Beijing's attempts to prevent him doing so, an organiser told... (MORE)
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 2/11/2010, 12:32 PM QUICK LOOK:
In Parliament he's Fredrick Federley, a serious and respected representative of the small Center Party. But a few times a year he becomes Ursula, a "grandiose diva" with... (MORE)
QX.se, Posted: 1/12/2010, 3:30 PM QUICK LOOK:
"There has been no problem for me to be openly gay as Head Coach in the USA team.," said soccer coach Pia Sundhage at Nyhetsmorgon, TV4 on Saturday morning. Pia... (MORE)
The Local (Sweden), Posted: 1/12/2010, 1:09 AM QUICK LOOK:
The Church of Sweden on Sunday ordained a female pastor as the country's first openly homosexual bishop, just weeks after approving gay marriages. Eva Brunne, 55, was... (MORE)
AIDSmap, Posted: 2/4/2009, 9:54 AM QUICK LOOK:
Some HIV-negative men in long term relationships with HIV-positive men
have an antibody response in saliva which may inhibit HIV infection,
report Swedish researchers... (MORE)
BBC, Posted: 2/1/2009, 1:06 PM QUICK LOOK:
Iceland has announced a new government that will be headed by the modern world's first openly gay leader. Johanna Sigurdardottir was named new prime minister by the country's... (MORE)
Iceland Review, Posted: 1/28/2009, 5:17 PM QUICK LOOK:
Iceland's current Minister for Social Affairs, Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir of the Social Democrats, said she is prepared to assume the position of prime minister as long as... (MORE)
News of the World (tabloid), Posted: 1/15/2009, 1:41 PM QUICK LOOK:
Royal rebel Prince Harry stands accused of racism in a bombshell home video as he swaggeres in front of his army comrades. The soldier prince pours shame on the Royal... (MORE)
Daily Mail (U.K.), Posted: 1/12/2009, 11:08 AM QUICK LOOK:
Retired London police officer Brian Paddick has tied the knot with his partner of two years, Petter Belsvik. The pair were married in a ceremony in Belsvik’s homeland... (MORE)