Results tagged “Politics” from A Swede in SF

Today, the Swedish Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, today declared that the government will present laws and propositions for a new marriage law in Sweden from May 1, 2009. All parties in the parliament, but one - that also is part in the coalition government - are supporting it. [Link to the Swedish news paper dn.se][The Local's report in English] To avoid the problem with the Christian Democrats, the remaining three parties in the government will present a bill starting in parliament.

It's ironic to see that happening the same day as the Prop 8 looks to pass, and bring a ban on same-sex marriage into the Californian constitution.

I'm happy that we got a chance to get married in California - as party A & party B - the chance to tick a box for bride or groom wasn't there yet. Groom-groom, bride-groom, bride-bride - and it didn't say that the sex had to be the same as the gendered name. :)

"Using 'queer' is a way of reminding us how we are perceived by the rest of the world". It was true for Queer Nation in 1990 - and it seems likely be just as true in 2008.

I know, I have a black soul - no, not in the Bill Clinton way! - but I cannot help feeling a bit... No, make that VERY affected by schadenfreude. The lipstick bulldog's church is offering to convert gays into heterosexuals [SF Chronicle]. That is an evangelium in its truest sense - this is crazy! But on the other hand, just because I think so, doesn't mean that enough US voters feel the same way...

For the first time, the Swedish LGBT members of the armed forces were allowed to march in the StockholmPride parade - and it happened during EuroPride.

Military in uniforms in the streets of Sweden has a bad reputation since the Ådalen shootings in 1931. Now they were performing YMCA,with a good sense for the beat!