Political divisions in LGBTQ issues – Swedish Dagbladet

Political divisions in LGBTQ issues – Swedish Dagbladet

All the party leaders took part in the debate except the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, who was not invited. However, there were both Sissela Nordling Blanco from the Feminist Initiative and Anna Troberg of the Pirate Party of the podium at Pride House.

Party leaders pressed for an answer in a series of issues and it became clear that the Christian Democrats is in conflict with the other alliance parties. For example, KD together with the Feminist Initiative and the Left opponents of surrogacy.

– What if someone repents? There are lot of complex situations that can arise that are not successful, says KD-leader Göran Hägglund.

Centre Party Annie Loof, however, for surrogate motherhood, as well as the Liberal Party.

– We do not think policy to prevent people from having children, said Loof.

While on the subject of both women in a lesbian relationship to be counted as legal parents, regardless of how their children have been to, there is disagreement. All party leaders except Fredrik Reinfeldt and Göran Hägglund says yes to a new, gender-neutral föräldraskapspresumtion.

– I think it’s very complicated, said Hagglund.

Jonas Sjöstedt and Anna Troberg do not understand reasoning.

– Why should my rights be so much harder than yours? asks Troberg, who himself is gay, and gets a standing ovation.

Fredrik Reinfeldt does not believe that the split in The alliance involves a problem, but admits that the issue of, for example, surrogate motherhood “face difficult trade-offs.”

– It was found that there were multiple parties that have differing opinions. There is tension in all of the policy options available.

However, all parties now agree that transgender people should be added to the law on incitement to racial hatred. However, it can become a reality only in 2018, as it partly deals with changes in the constitutions and therefore requires a further general election before they can take effect.