Tag: Finland

Searching for that elusive holiday adventure can sometimes be tricky for the LGBT+ traveller who on the one hand loves to find something exotic and undiscovered but needs to make sure they weight that up with safety and a sense of belonging in the country they visit. The global travel experts at Abercrombie & Kent

Same-sex weddings have finally begun in Finland – the last Nordic country to approve equal marriage. Finns have had a long wait for marriage equality, with weddings coming several years after the Finnish Parliament first passed a citizens’ initiative on same-sex marriage way back in 2014. The two-and-a-half year delay was down to complexities in the process required for the legislation to become law, while opponents of equality also staged a plot to derail the plans at the eleventh hour last...

Seems like they didn't see that one coming The Finnish government has stopped an initiative seeking to block marriage equality at the last minute. On 1 March, Finland will become the last Scandinavian country to open marriage to same-sex couples. Parliament had originally voted on marriage equality in November 2014. It was a close vote, with 105 to 92 votes in support of same-sex marriage. But an anti-gay petition led to a ballot measure, which forced Parliament into debating – and voting on – the...