Norwegian transgender girl finally allowed to play soccer on girls’ team
Nelly Larsen (15), was denied to play soccer with her girlfriends because she is transgender. In a historical decision, the Norwegian Football Association (NFF) decided that Nelly and other transgender people can play on soccer teams with people of their own gender.
The male penguins Pondus and Herman Piele hatched their first chick yesterday, at the Bergen Aquarium, having adopted the egg from a local female. They have been sitting on the egg for nearly three weeks.
The two birds have previously fathered chicks with female penguins. However, they both left their female lovers and became an item.
When a female penguin at the same zoo laid three eggs, the zoo keepers were apprehensive. The third would never have hatched without the help of the two late bloomers, they say.
Penguins chicks are often bought up by two males or two females.
Denmark is now the first country in Europe where a ‘Gender Identity Disorder’/, Gender Dysphoria’ diagnosis is no longer necessary for a transgender person to be legally recognized as his or her preferred gender.
At the same time Amnesty International has started a campaign against the Norwegian government, arguing that the present system of medical gatekeepers and forced sterilization is against the human rights of Norwegian trans people.
“The U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Oslo supports the struggle for equality for and against discrimination of LGBT people in Norway and the world every day. But from the 17th to the 30th of June, we will highlight this little extra.”
The Embassy is now decorated with the rainbow colors. There will be special posters, and next week, the Embassy will host a visit by LGBT activist Beth Zemsky.
Norwegians are now waiting for the Russian embassy to do the same.
