National Association for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender People
Landsforeningen for lesbiske, homofile, bifile og transpersoner (LLH) (in English: The National Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People) is a Norwegian organization "working for equality and against all forms of discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT people) in Norway and in the rest of the world."
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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 Ministry of Defense of defense gave gay and lesbian military staff full rights.
Karen-Christine Friele acted as the organization's leader and sole spokesperson until the late 1970s.
In 1992, Forbundet av 1948 and Fellesrådet for homofile organisasjoner i Norge merged into the new organization, LLH.
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.
See also
External links
- http://www.llh.no/#googtrans(no|en)
- http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/norway,3.html
- http://www.skeivungdom.no/#googtrans(no|en)