Date:         Fri, 16 Sep 1994 18:38:02 -0400

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SWEDES ELECT A NEW GAY MP
By Sergio Flores.

On Sunday the 18th Sweden will be voting a new prime minister and a new
government in to office. The polls made every day are predicting the
return of the social democrats back to power. But apparently, they will
not be having their own majority. After receiving good numbers on each
poll,they have lost severl percent units from a 52 % which means means
having their own majority to 43 % meaning having to make a coalition
government with another party.  The liberal party has been tipped to be
the one who helps them out form the new administration.

The liberal party seats right now in coalition with the moderates
<conservative>, the center party, and the christian democrats <very
anti-gay>.

The present administration has not a very good gay record except that it
was during this administration that the gay marriage law was passed, and
only because the liberals the social democrats and the left party had
majority on the parliament.

The liberal party is by far the most gay friendly political party there is
but they have to work a little more after this comming elections. Even
when they helped to pass the new law, this did not include adoption and
artificial insemination for lesbians. The liberal party has one of the
only open gay candidates with a big chance to have a place in the
parliament. It is a very young and beautiful man named Mats Sahlin, 24,
which will be the next open gay memeber of parliament whom will be the
future defender of gay rights in Sweden.

This year it seems to have more open gay candidates than ever. The first
one ever to hold that position was the late Kent Karlsson, who past away
from undisclosed causes, as reported by the morning daily DAGENS NYHETER.

As soon as the election results are clear I will posting them in the net
along with the name of the future prime minister and his e-mail address so
everybody who wishes to write does so. I would like to recommed you all,
that this is a great opportunity to put pressure on the new administration
and create a worldwide opinion about the situation of gays around the
world.  Sweden has among several other coutries a very good gay record and
this can help to improve it, and in turn this can put pressure on
governments around the world in reguards to gay rights, having Sweden as
an example.