https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A new Europe-wide comparison of LGBTI rights across the continent has rewarded Norway with a sizeable improvement on last year’s score. https://www.thelocal.no/20170517/why-norway-is-hitting-the-right-notes-on-lgbti-rights-report Wed, 17 May 2017 19:33:42 +0200 why-norway-is-hitting-the-right-notes-on-lgbti-rights-report In the very second that the clock struck midnight and the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church’s new liturgy allowing gay couples to marry in church weddings came into force, Kjell Frølich Benjaminsen and Erik Skjelnæs tied the knot in Eidskog Church. https://www.thelocal.no/20170201/history-is-made-first-same-sex-church-wedding-performed-in-norway Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:35:39 +0100 history-is-made-first-same-sex-church-wedding-performed-in-norway Norway's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Monday adopted a new liturgy that will allow gay couples to marry in church weddings, an issue which had previously divided the country's main denomination. https://www.thelocal.no/20170131/gays-now-free-to-wed-in-norways-lutheran-church Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:41:07 +0100 gays-now-free-to-wed-in-norways-lutheran-church Norway is the best country in Europe to work in if you identify as LGBT, according to a recent study by Expert Market. https://www.thelocal.no/20170127/why-norway-is-the-best-country-for-lgbt-workers Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:32:42 +0100 why-norway-is-the-best-country-for-lgbt-workers Women in Bergen are hoping they can follow other cities’ leads, and start a Late Bloomers’ club for those coming out of the closet and declaring they are lesbian. https://www.thelocal.no/20111019/late-blooming-lesbians-start-bergen-club Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:20:11 +0200 late-blooming-lesbians-start-bergen-club