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HIV situation in Norway in 2013

In 2013, there were 233 newly diagnosed HIV cases in Norway, compared to 242 in 2012. The decline is mainly seen among heterosexuals. Among men who have sex with men (MSM), the HIV figures remain high. Increased HIV testing, condom use and more HIV-infected people on treatment are the most important preventive measures. Of the… Read more »

Norway: Group of 10 youths sentenced after luring and attacking gay man with fake dating profile

Ten 20-year-olds in Norway have been sentenced with community service and fined a collective equivalent of £10,200 after they lured a middle-aged gay man with a fake dating profile and then attacked him with a baseball bat and BB-gun. The men had created a dating profile on Gaysir.no to lure an unnamed gay man in… Read more »

Norway: Group of 10 youths sentenced after luring and attacking gay man with fake dating profile

Ten 20-year-olds in Norway have been sentenced with community service and fined a collective equivalent of £10,200 after they lured a middle-aged gay man with a fake dating profile and then attacked him with a baseball bat and BB-gun The men had created a dating profile on Gaysir.no to lure an unnamed gay man in… Read more »

Were there any gay Vikings?

GSN visits Oslo to improve our Nordic history and embrace the tall, blond warriors of the future You might need to find it online, but lately I’ve been a bit obsessed with the television series Vikings. It’s a bloody and violent depiction of life at that time, I’m guessing it’s not too far from the… Read more »

Gay and Lesbian Pride celebrations kick off in Oslo

The LGBT community of Norway’s capital brave a rainy evening to launch ‘Skeive dager’ – the city’s annual Pride festival. Oslo’s LGBT community are a hardy bunch, and despite fairly solid rain they were out in force this evening for the city’s Pride celebrations. Oslo’s celebrations are known as ‘Skeive dager’ (which translates roughly as… Read more »

Norway princess makes secret India trip to care for gay surrogate babies

New Delhi hospital mistakes Crown Princess Mette-Marit for palace nanny after she travelled to subcontinent to help gay fathers Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit secretly flew to India to care for a gay palace employee’s twin babies, born to a surrogate mother in the subcontinent. The royal made the trip in late October after the worker… Read more »