Tag: Helsinki Pride
The Christian Democrats criticize the government’s participation in Pride Helsinki
As an authority, the government must refrain from participating in events that reflect an ideology that is not shared by all its members, he outlined In the YLE Aamu interview. “You have to understand that there are people too [in the government] who do not share the views and goals of the Pride movement,” he…
Minister of the Christian Democrats: The government should not have participated in the Helsinki Pride march
“You also have to understand that there are people behind us who do not share the views of the Pride movement,” Minister Sari Essayah said.
100,000 participate in the Helsinki Pride parade, including NCP politicians
The police said in the afternoon that the party went peacefully.
Pride week starts in Helsinki
The week-long festivities culminate in the Helsinki Pride parade on Saturday.
Helsinki Pride is preparing for the parade amid heightened anti-LGBTQ+ tensions
The parade is Finland’s largest LGBTQ+ rights and cultural event, and it takes place on Saturday, July 1.
President Tarja Halones will be the patron of the Helsinki Pride event in 2023
He was chairman of Seta ry in 1980-81, participated in the promotion of equality and equal opportunities in the workplace and has consistently emphasized the theme of equality. In Finland, significant social reforms regarding the realization of the rights of sexual and gender minorities have been achieved during my lifetime. Human rights and fundamental rights…
Helsinki Pride welcomes Center and Kokoomus affiliated organizations as partners
“We sincerely appreciate the long-term work of these actors for human rights. We have more goals that bring us together than divide us, the advocacy said press release. The announcement came about a week after it was announced that the protection of interests of gender and sexual minorities has refused to cooperate with the Helsinki…
Helsinki Pride invitation NCP, Center’s youth wing after the appetizer
The LGBTQ+ organization was previously unwilling to partner with the NCP and Center because the parties’ MPs voted on changes to Finland’s Transgender Act earlier this year.
Helsinki Pride explains why it has not cooperated with two political parties
He added that such discussions have been held annually for decades. The board met twice to weigh its decision on both parties, and the very first meeting sparked a serious debate about whether the community should limit partnerships with all political parties, on which regular feedback is received. The meeting concluded that the matter is…
Tuesday’s papers: Pride politics, tax reminder and popular porridge
At the Helsinki Pride festival, companies and organizations march in solidarity with sexual and gender minorities.
HS: Helsinki Pride refuses to cooperate with Keskusta
He declined to comment on other partner choices, citing that they have yet to be announced. – The coalition has raised the issue, so I can only comment on this for the party, he explained to the newspaper. On February 1, members of Parliament voted 113 in favor and 69 against. Both the center and…
HS: The centre’s silence on Pride is receiving criticism from within the party
“Who in the management of the center decided that the center should play dead for Pride week?” he asked, referring to the lack of communication and the party’s statements about what is the world’s leading event celebrating the rights of gender and sexual minorities. “When did the Center become such an introverted, stubborn and extremely…
Helsinki Pride photo gallery: Angels, pastors and the prime minister
Helsinki Pride week culminated in Saturday afternoon’s Pride parade, which has been organized for the first time since 2019. Chairman of the board of Helsinki Pride Panu Mäenpää told Yle that the event went well and no disturbances have been reported, although there had been fears of such in advance. Yle followed the procession from…
Marin at Pride march: New trans law to parliament in September
prime minister Sanna Marin (SDP) said on Saturday that the government will present a new law on transgender rights to the parliament as soon as its autumn session begins in September. Marin said that the long-planned legislative reform has been delayed because the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has had a heavy workload during…
Finland is preparing for a busy weekend of music festivals and cultural events
On the first weekend of July, numerous music festivals and cultural events are organized in different parts of Finland. The three-day Tuska Open Air Metal Festival starts on Friday in the capital’s Suvilahti. The heavy metal event was canceled last year due to Covid-related restrictions for the gathering of more than 500 people. In 2019,…
Police remove agitators from Helsinki Pride at Oodi Library
The police have removed several agitators who tried to disrupt the Helsinki Pride week event organized on Friday morning at Oodi Central Library. The story-time incident, aimed at children aged 6-10, was hosted by a drag queen as police said protesters tried to disrupt the incident. This led to at least three clashes in the…
Helsinki Pride will continue as planned after the Oslo terrorist attack
According to the chairman of the event organization, Helsinki Pride is proceeding as planned Panu Mäenpää. He commented on Monday on Yle TV’s breakfast program, adding that security plans will be reviewed with the authorities from Monday. Mäenpää said the organizers and staff discussed the issue on Saturday in the center of Oslo after an…
Christian Democrat MP Räsänen’s historic incitement trial begins in Helsinki
Trial of a Christian Democrat MP and former interior minister Päivi Räsänen Three charges against the minority group for incitement began on Monday in the Helsinki District Court. One of the accusations relates to Räsänen’s tweet sent in 2019 about that year’s Pride procession, in which he asked how "the basic doctrine of the church…
The president of the national organization is on trial for defamation of police officers
Defamation Geurt Marco de Wit, chairman of the ultranationalist and anti-immigrant organization Finnish Nation First, started in Pirkanmaa District Court on Tuesday. "exceptionally large" 20 plaintiffs, including police, prosecutors and judges, brought an action against de Witi. According to the prosecutor, de Wit alleged that he was insulting the plaintiffs on his website Laitonlehti.net (roughly…
Storm Aila, Nokia and Burger King; Finland in the world press
The impact of Covid 19 was revealed as the turnover of Finnish industry was reported to have decreased by 10.3% in July from the previous year. All major industries suffered in the midst of the pandemic, with the forest industry declining the most by 19.2% from the previous year. At the same time, the Finnish…
Helsinki Pride continues without a parade, appointing Prime Minister Marin as patron
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) will be the patron of the Helsinki Pride Festival in 2020 and 2021, the organizers announced on their websites. This is the first time the Prime Minister has been the patron of the festival. Marin said in a blog post on the Pride website that the rainbow flag will be…
