Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Finlandare some of the most progressive in the world. Finland is currently ranked as having the fourth-best laws and policies in the world that protect the rights of the LGBT+ community, according to ILGA-Europe advocacy group. ILGA-E...
An increasing body of scholarship focuses on transgender individuals' experiences when accessing gender-affirming healthcare. However, the experiences of transgender individuals who identify as being of foreign-origin in Finland have rarely been studied. This study aims to fill the gap in research and...
The article presenst the results of a study which yielded insights and examples for how innovation had been applied to bring about new value for U.S. markets. The study was commissioned by the Finnish government to help Finland become one of the most competitive service economies. Findings sugg...
Globally, in fact, there was plenty of good news about world happiness. Acts of benevolence last year were about 25% more common than they were in the days before the pandemic. And despite the pain and suffering of the past few years, the organizers of the study said that people have re...
(Dis)advantaged positions in accessing gender-affirming healthcare in Finland: an intersectional qualitative study of foreign-origin transgender people belonging to the foreign-origin populations in Finland.Fourteen semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted and analyzed with reflexive thematic analys...
In this article we focus on lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender/-sexual (LGBT) activism that is grounded in some form of religious identification. Using the approach of the study of social movements highlights the features that enable such a movement to operate and proliferate in the ...