One recent topic in Finland has been Johanna Korhonen, who was appointed the editor of the newspaper Lapin Kansa. She was later fired before she had time to start in her new position, allegedly because her domestic partnership with another woman. A statement that an out lesbian can not work as editor of Lapin Kansa […]
I saw in Gay Times a short report that Ahmet Yildiz, an openly gay 26 year old physics student was shot as he left a cafe near the Bosphorus Strait this week. He tried to flee from the attackers in his car, but lost control of the vehicle and crashed. Yildiz died shortly afterwards in […]
A recent news story tells of a Swedish research team’s conclusions about physical causes of homosexuality. According the study conducted at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm sexuality is a biologically fixed trait demonstrated in physical brain differences. The researchers, Ivanka Savic and Per Lindström, studied 90 persons, 25 heterosexual and 20 homosexual men and women […]
We wish you all Happy Holidays and New Year 2008!
This summer I have managed to pass my third dan (black belt) examination. I am very proud of this achievement that took lots of practise and preparation. It is also humbling experience as I realize how much more work I need to do to be able to progress any further.
This spring I visited Japan with Arto. Our trip coincided with our wedding anniversary on March 5th. This was our first time in Japan, though we have hoped to go there for a long time. Finnair flies direct from Helsinki to Narita in less than 10 hours. From Narita we took a train to Ueno […]
This is the fourth incarnation of my website. I wanted to find an automtic tool for maintaining the web site. After some searching I decided on WordPress. Though my site is not exactly a blog, it is not much different either. I did some work to keep some part of the old look. But mainly […]
This year’s Holiday greeting has two straw goats. These are a traditional yule time decoration in scandinavia. The billygoat is a pagan fertility symbol. I and my partner Arto wish all our friends a very happy year 2007!
Gay Games VII were held in June 2006 in Chicago. There were about 12,000 athletes and 50,000 other gay visitors attending the Games. I took part in the Martial Arts tournamet for the second time. Besides competing I was judging for most of the time. The level of the competitors was very high. I competed […]
This summer we traveled to Chicago with my partner. One reason for going was that I wanted to attend the Gay Games there. Besides attending the Martial Arts tournament we took this opportunity to get together with two guys we met a few years back in Vienna and Budapest..The world is quite small as we […]