Tag: RFSL
Finnish-Swedish LGBTQ rights campaigner murdered in Stockholm
One of Gothenburg’s most well-known LGBTQ rights campaigner, Kaj Heino, died Tuesday night after being found seriously injured in an apartment in Stockholm.
Swedish Skatteverket forced to change their policy with transgender people
The legal representative RFSL cooperates, lawyer Kerstin Burman, has won a court case against the Tax Agency (Skatteverket). This time in a case with a man by the Tax registered as “divorced partner, instead of” divorced “, which among other things revealed the man’s change of legal gender.
Sweden’s Health and Welfare study of mental illness among same-sex couples show the need of action
This week the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) presented a registry study that shows the increase in mental illness, and risk use among people in same-sex marriage compared to people in different-sex marriages.
American Football is the first federation to be LGBT certified in Sweden
As the first sports federation in Sweden, the American football will be LGBT-certified. Not even a single compound in Swedish sport has come so far.
Växjö second in the survey about openness towards LGBT people
Växjö is the second best in Sweden in terms of transparency and working with LGBTQ issues. It shows RFSL’s survey of municipalities’ efforts and attitudes towards LGBT groups.
Swedish priest says sorry for gay comments
A priest in southern Sweden has apologised for preaching that some gay people suffer from a “psychological disorder” that can be “cured”, after his comments sparked outrage among gay rights campaigners.