Tobias Wikstr”m, RFSL
tobias@rfsl.se


News from Swedish gay/lesbian politics
Published by the Swedish Federation for Gay and Lesbian Rights
(RFSL)
 No. 7/94 (February 14th-20th, 1994)

1 New reporting of Ving
Another man has now reported the travel company Ving for unlawful
discrimination. Ving refuses to sell trips for couples to gay and
lesbian couples (see News from Swedish gay/lesbian politics 11/93,
21/93 and 37/93).

2 Call on the Prostitution Commission
On February 14th, the RFSL called on the Government's Prostitution
Commission. The RFSL conveyed its views on the issue of male
prostitution.

3 Call on the Standing Committee on Health and Welfare
On Feruary 15th, the RFSL called on the Standing Committee on
Health and Welfare concerning the infectious diseases act.

4 Call on the Standing Committee on the Labour Market
On February 17th, the RFSL called on the Standing Committee on the
Labout Market concerning discrimination against gay men and
lesbians on the labour market. The discriminatory collectively
negotiated life insurances were also addressed.

5 Schedule for the partnership work
The dates for the Standing Committee on Civil-Law Legislation's
sumbission of proposed legislation to the Council on Legislation
are now known. This means that the schedule for the consideration
of the partnership proposal looks like this.
  March 15th. Deadline for submission of formal remarks concerning
the report of the Parnterhsip Commission.
  March 24th. The Standing Committee on Civil-Law Legislation
starts its consideration of the partnership motions.
  April 12th. The Standing Committee on Civil-Law Legislation
submits a proposed legislation to the Council on Legislation.
  May 5th. The Standing Committee on Civil-Law Legislation
considers the reply from the Council on Legislation.
  May 26th. The Standing Committee on Civil-Law Legislation
approves its report.
  June 3rd. The report of the Standing Committee on Civil-Law
Legislation is announced in the Parliament.
  June 7th. Debate and voting in the Parliament.

6 Support from New Democracy?
The representative of the New Democracy Party in the Standing
Committee on Civil-Law Legislation is Lars Andersson. During the
period when he, together with Sten S”derberg, were outside of the
New Democracy Party, he advocated a partnership reform.
  In the parliamentary debate on partnership on May 6th 1992, Lars
Andersson asked "all liberal forces to unite" and vote in favour
of the social democratic proposal, which expressed the urge for a
partnership reform. He also said that it cannot be "reasonable
that internal coordination problems and differing opinions among
the coalition parties
should be reason enough to stop a law that would give the
homosexuals right to a partnership".
  The RFSL has now written to Lars Andersson to remind him of his
position.