Norway's parliament outlawed hate speech agast transgenr people on Tuday, expandg s penal which has protected gay and lbian people sce 1981.
Contents:
- MURAKAMI'S PUBLISHER STICKS UP FOR BOOK BANNED OVER GAY SEX
- A NATNWI STUDY OF NORWEGIAN BELIEFS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND LBIAN AND GAY PARENTHOOD
MURAKAMI'S PUBLISHER STICKS UP FOR BOOK BANNED OVER GAY SEX
Norway’s LGBTI muny is more exposed than ever and their livg ndns should therefore be studied. So say young people Trondheim’s gay i, and get support om a genr rearcher. * norwegian wood lgbt *
Yterday me the dishearteng news that a New Jersey school was bootg two books, Haki Murakami's Norwegian Wood and Nic Sheff's Tweak, off their summer readg list after parents plaed about the (limed) gay sex scen the books. This article reports fdgs om a natnwi study vtigatg Norwegian beliefs about equal marriage and parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl and the welfare of children wh lbian and gay Norway, there has been a seri of chang the legal stat of homosexuals sce the removal of male homosexualy om the Crimal Co 1972.
Twenty years later, when the Law on Registered Partnership was troduced, lbian and gay upl were at large granted the same legal rights as heterosexual upl except for church weddgs, jot adoptn and state-sponsored assisted fertilizatn (Halvorsen 1998). Today, Norway is nsired one of the most liberal untri the world wh regard to securg equal legal rights for heterosexuals and homosexuals (Anrssen and Hellund 2009; Badgett 2004) and was the first among the Nordic untri to troduce a genr-ntral Marriage Act.
A NATNWI STUDY OF NORWEGIAN BELIEFS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND LBIAN AND GAY PARENTHOOD
In Norway, a genr-ntral Marriage Law that secured equal marriage and parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl took effect January * norwegian wood lgbt *
This mak Norway an tertg se to study more public bate the perd leadg up to Norway’s new genr-ntral Marriage Law vered a spectm of topics related to marriage rights for same-sex upl, but maly centred on lbian and gay parenthood (Folgerø, 2008) and whether was the child’s bt tert to grant lbian and gay upl the right to bee parents. They argued that the genr-ntral Marriage Law would facilate eedom om discrimatn for children raised lbian and gay relatnships whilst general preventg prejudiced and moralizg notns ncerng lbian and gay parentg and children growg up wh lbian and gay parents. Conversely, var groups argued that there had been sufficient rearch to the nsequenc for children followg provisns for equal parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl the new genr-ntral Marriage Law and that the had not received aquate nsiratn.
A siar divisn of opns and arguments between supporters and opponents have also been intified the public bate other untri where qutns such as legal regnn of marriage and parentg rights for lbian and gay upl have been on the polil agenda, such as the USA, France and Swen (Eskridge 2001; Government Commissn 2006; Pew Rearch Center 2009; Price et al. Beliefs About Equal Parentg RightsIn Europe, grantg equal parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl have generally been more ntted than the qutn of securg legal regnn of same-sex partnership.
In a lerature review on discrimatn of lbian, gay, bisexual and HIV-posive persons Norway, Danielsen (2005) monstrated that Norwegian legislatn at that time uld be terpreted a way that society did not want lbian and gay upl to re for children. Uncertaty about whether lbian and gay parenthood was the child’s bt tert was nsired the cisive issue when a French Parliamentary Commtee refed to support a proposal for genr-ntral marriage legislatn France 2006. The proposal was rejected maly bee genr-ntral marriage legislatn tomatilly would imply equal parentg rights for lbian, gay and heterosexual upl (Government Commissn 2006) 1998, 25% of the Norwegian populatn supported adoptn rights for lbian and gay upl, whilst a clear majory was agast (MMI 1998).
Magic might happen on a hike, pecially if you wear a Pri beanie. The gay head of The Norwegian Trekkg Associatn shar his tips for both flirtg and trails. * norwegian wood lgbt *
In 2006, 44% of Danish rponnts, 51% of Swedish rponnts and 32% of the overall EU populatn generally supported adoptn rights for lbian and gay upl (European Commissn 2006), whilst the support for lbian and gay adoptn rights among the US populatn was 46% (People Prs Organizatn 2009). In general, average public opn Europe seems to reflect a more tolerant attu towards same-sex marriag than to legal provisns to secure equal adoptn rights for lbian and gay upl, whilst the USA, more people support adoptn rights for lbian and gay upl than marriage rights.
Beliefs About the Welfare of Children wh Lbian and Gay ParentsAcrdg to Herek (2006), ncerns about the welfare of children wh lbian and gay parents, and their needs and terts wh rpect to lbian and gay parenthood, have always been an tegral part of the bate on equal marriage rights for lbian and gay upl. (2008), vtigatg populatn attus towards lbian and gay parents and projected out for their children (n = 1, 217), found that lbian and gay parents were nsistently rated ls favourably than heterosexual parents across variabl such as nurturg abily and suabily as role mols. The study further dited that “participants believed that children raised by gay male and lbian parents would be more likely to experience nfn over their genr inty and sexual orientatn, be homosexual, experience straed peer relatnship, stigma and teasg” (p.