Norwegian National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation
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Landsforeningen for lesbisk og homofil frigjøring (LLH) (in English: The National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation) is a Norwegian
"working politically and socially so that those who are gay, lesbian and bisexual can live openly without fear of being ostracized, discriminated, or harassed."
The organization had its early beginnings in 1949, when the Danish
Forbundet af 1948 accepted two representatives in Norway. The Norwegian Forbundet av 1948 was formalized as a separate organization in 1952, but the organization worked in secrecy out of concern for criminal prosecution and discrimination. In 1965, a 90-minute radio program presented a balanced perspective on homosexuality, and in 1972 male homosexual acts were decriminalized. In 1977, the Norwegian Psychiatric Association eliminated homosexuality as a psychiatric pathology, and in 1979, the Norwegian department of defense gave gay and lesbian military staff full rights.
Karen-Christine Friele
acted as the organization's leader and sole spokesperson during until the late 1970s.
In 1992, LLH was formed as a result of a merger between Forbundet av 1948 and Fellesrådet for homofile organisasjoner i Norge were merged into one organization.
In 2004 the youth organization was sectioned out as its own independent organisation, Queer Youth (in Norwegian: Skeiv Ungdom).
Today the organization has about 2000 members.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
"working politically and socially so that those who are gay, lesbian and bisexual can live openly without fear of being ostracized, discriminated, or harassed."
The organization had its early beginnings in 1949, when the Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Forbundet af 1948 accepted two representatives in Norway. The Norwegian Forbundet av 1948 was formalized as a separate organization in 1952, but the organization worked in secrecy out of concern for criminal prosecution and discrimination. In 1965, a 90-minute radio program presented a balanced perspective on homosexuality, and in 1972 male homosexual acts were decriminalized. In 1977, the Norwegian Psychiatric Association eliminated homosexuality as a psychiatric pathology, and in 1979, the Norwegian department of defense gave gay and lesbian military staff full rights.
Karen-Christine Friele
Karen-Christine Friele
Karen Christine Friele is a Norwegian gay rights activist, famous for being the first Norwegian to publicly acknowledge and advocate for her sexuality, in June 1965...
acted as the organization's leader and sole spokesperson during until the late 1970s.
In 1992, LLH was formed as a result of a merger between Forbundet av 1948 and Fellesrådet for homofile organisasjoner i Norge were merged into one organization.
In 2004 the youth organization was sectioned out as its own independent organisation, Queer Youth (in Norwegian: Skeiv Ungdom).
Today the organization has about 2000 members.
External links
- http://www.llh.no/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=3092
- http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/norway,3.html