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No ‘him’ or ‘her’; preschool fights gender bias

Jennifer Vanasco — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:55:52 +0000

(Stockholm) At the “Egalia” preschool, staff avoid using words like “him” or “her” and address the 33 kids as “friends” rather than girls and boys.

From the color and placement of toys to the(...)

Thursday Watercooler: The Obamas come out against bullying

James Withers — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:03:20 +0000

White House conference on bullying. Today the White House will be filled with people concerned about bullying. Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns, known for his powerful words at an October(...)

2 Gay Marriages to be performed on plane

logointern2 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:30:51 +0000

Two gay and lesbian couples are set to get married amid the clouds after winning a Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) competition, On Top magazine reports.

The couples had participated in SAS’s Love(...)

Swedish lawmaker defends alleged drag-queen junket

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:02:51 +0000

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 curved eyelashes,(...)

Sweden’s Lutheran church names first lesbian bishop

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:00:17 +0000

(Stockholm) Sweden’s Lutheran church consecrated its first openly gay bishop, just two weeks after it gave clergy the right to wed same-sex couples.

Eva Brunne became bishop of Stockholm’s(...)

Sweden OKs gay marriage

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:56:07 +0000

(Stockholm) Sweden on Wednesday became the seventh country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.

Following a five-hour debate in Parliament, the legislation was overwhelmingly passed on a(...)

Sweden on track for spring gay weddings

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:02:45 +0000

(Stockholm) Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Wednesday that legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry is on track and should become law by May 1.

Reinfeldt said he is confident(...)

Swedish court: Canadian gay marriage not legal

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:42:06 +0000

(Stockholm) Sweden’s highest court ruled Tuesday that a same-sex couple married in Canada are not married but in a civil union.

The Supreme Administrative Court said that Swedish law does not(...)

Nobel Prize ceremony honors AIDS discovery

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:46:42 +0000

(Stockholm) Scientists who discovered the AIDS virus, an outspoken U.S. economist and a Finnish diplomat who helped solve some of the world’s thorniest conflicts were honored Wednesday with the(...)

Sweden: SM, Fetishes Not Mental illnesses

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:50 +0000

(Stockholm) Swedish health officials say they will remove transvestism, fetishism and sadomasochism from the country’s official list of diseases and mental disorders.

The National Board of(...)