Just a week after Oslo’s Pride festivities were cancelled following a deadly shooting in one of the city’s most popular LGBTIQA+ venues, pop star Harry Styles has delivered an empowering message to the local LGBTIQA+ communities. It’s not usual for the singer to raise the Pride flag during his energetic live shows, but at his […]
Research from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law found that the average levels of acceptance for LGBTI people and their rights have increased globally since 1980. The report names Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are the top five most accepting countries, and all have significantly increased their levels of acceptance since […]
King Harald V of Norway has shown his support his nation’s diverse citizenship and the LGBTIQ+ community, delivering a moving speech in Oslo’s Palace Park last week. “Norwegians are girls who love girls, boys who love boys and girls who love each other,” King Harald said. The monarch also celebrated Norway’s religious diversity, saying that […]
The Marriage Alliance, one of Australia’s leading lobby groups against marriage equality, has posted a bizarre claim to their social media channel alleging that a Norwegian child protection case is a consequence of allowing same sex marriages. On their Twitter channel the Marriage Alliance posted an image of a story in the conservative newspaper the […]
delicious: Feel Good Food by Valli Little ABC Books There’s so much delicious food around. Alongside an increase in range and availability, there are non-stop cooking programs, celebrity chef recipe books and to-go gourmet meals. After a serious health scare in 2014, delicious magazine cooking expert Valli Little decided to reassess her lifestyle choices and […]
Norwegian producer and artist Lido is heading to Perth in September to perform at Listen Out Festival. Now living in Los Angeles, the multi-talented performer chatted with Graeme Watson about the evolution of music and making beats in transit. Your new EP with Canblaster is a really interesting work, it’s almost a journey from start […]
Ibsen’s classic play ‘Hedda Gabler’ is on this month at the Blue Room. Taking on the lead role is Norwegian born actress Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik. Marthe tells us that growing up in Norway everyone knows the play so well. She can’t remember when she was first introduced to it. “That’s how it is growing up in […]
Representing Norway at Eurovision this year will be Tooji. Tooji was born in Iran but his family fled to Norway before his first birthday. What can we tell you about twenty four year old Tooji? Well clearly he’s tall, dark, handsome and loves hoodies. He’s a former MTV presenter and he also works with children […]
